Claim: The Titanic ship was switched with the HMS Olympic and deliberately sunk as part of an insurance fraud scheme.
Fact-check: No Evidence to Support This Conspiracy Theory: Titanic Was Switched with Olympic - FACTLY
Verdict: there is no evidence to support this conspiracy theory. the theory was propagated by british author robin gardiner, but it was debunked by many authors and experts, including steve hall and bruce beveridge. the differences between the titanic and the olympic were more than just cosmetic and included many structural differences that would have made it impossible to switch the two ships. the insurance fraud theory also does not hold up to scrutiny. several documentary films have presented expert evidence to debunk the conspiracy theories surrounding the titanic disaster. hence the claim made in the post is false.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Harshavardhan Konda
Date published: 2023-03-21T11:16:23