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search  The sinking of the Titanic has inspired many urban
legends  Many alternative stories to the sinking of the ocean
liner Titanic have been put forward. The accepted reason for the
sinking, which resulted in the death of 1,517 passengers and
crew, is that the ship struck an iceberg at 23:40 on 14 April
1912, buckling the hull and allowing water to enter the ship’s
first five watertight compartments (one more than the Titanic
was designed to survive), and sank two hours and 40 minutes
later. Hypotheses which have been suggested as the cause of the
disaster include unsafe speed, an insurance scam, an ice-pack
rather than an iceberg, and even a curse on the ship by the
Unlucky Mummy. Further theories arose after a journalist had a
heart attack whilst on board the 2012 commemorative cruise that
followed the same journey 100 years later.[1]  Pack ice[edit]
In 2003, Captain L. M. Collins, a fo