There are several dozen versions of the disaster. We have selected the most shocking ones.
Titanic and the Fed
There were 57 millionaires aboard the ship. Among them are John Astor, Benjamin Guggenheim, Margaret Molly Brown, Macy's department store owner Isidore Strauss and others. Most of them opposed the creation of the US Federal Reserve System. They all died.
In December 1913, the FRS system was finally approved. A year later, the First World War began, which made American bankers rich.
"Titanic" is not "Titanic"
In the late 1980s, researchers Robin Gardiner and Dan Van der Wat hypothesized that instead of the Titanic, its twin brother, Olympic, crashed. Wait Star Line was on the verge of bankruptcy, so swapping one ship for another was economically viable. It was cheaper to sink the Olympic than to repair it.
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This hypothesis turned out to be untenable: during one of their expeditions, the Titanic's serial number 401 was discovered.
The Titanic was chasing the prize
In 1840, the prestigious Blue Ribbon of the Atlantic prize was instituted for the ships that would cross the Atlantic Ocean faster than others. This gave rise to some conspiracy theorists to argue that Captain Edward Smith wanted to quickly arrive in New York to receive the award.
Thus, the captain's ambitions and his negligence (the liner did not have the ability to maneuver due to high speed) could have caused the tragedy. However, this version seems doubtful: the Titanic technically could not reach the speed of 26 knots, at which the last record was set.
The Titanic was destroyed by fire
British researcher Ray Boston, who studied the circumstances of the tragedy for 20 years, put forward his own version. He believes the Titanic was destroyed by fire. Yes, there really was a fire, but even before the start of the voyage - in the port. No significant damage was found after the fire.
Titanic and German submarine
In 1996, another expedition discovered 6 holes in the Titanic's hull, located in the most vulnerable parts of the ship. Presumably, the liner was accompanied by a German submarine, which torpedoed it. The surviving passengers said that after the collision of the ship with the iceberg, they heard an explosion, but it could also be explosions of boilers.
No evidence has yet been found of the torpedoing of the Titanic.