[color=blue:7cc4b80308]Did the titanic really avoid a collision even before it left Southampton port? can you tell me about this and i also heard about a story telling that before the departure someone knew that the ship would sink, is it true?
Have you got any information about the bad luck of the titanic?

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That part about the collision is true. When it was leaving the suction from the Titanic pulled a fishing boat, I think it was, toward her. And there was someone who "knew" it was going to sink. Although, it was more a terrible feeling that something bad was going to happen rather than "it's definately going to sink". There was also a small coal fire in a coal bunker. I don't know if you knew that. But it was well under control on the night of April 14th.

Of course, other people here would be able to tell you more details about these things. Anthony, Bess or Teamtunafish would be able to give more details.

[quote:eb393f3f4b="JByard"]That part about the collision is true. When it was leaving the suction from the Titanic pulled a fishing boat, I think it was, toward her. And there was someone who "knew" it was going to sink. Although, it was more a terrible feeling that something bad was going to happen rather than "it's definately going to sink". There was also a small coal fire in a coal bunker. I don't know if you knew that. But it was well under control on the night of April 14th.

Of course, other people here would be able to tell you more details about these things. Anthony, Bess or Teamtunafish would be able to give more details.[/quote:eb393f3f4b]

I guess with the coal fire on the ship; it was common back in those days for a fire to be on the ship.

If Titanic had collided with the New York, the maiden voyage would of ended in southampton rather than a disaster in the North Atlantic ocean. :D

I don't think it was that bad.

The New York was a fishing boat. Thats HUGE compared to the Titanic. That's like the size of an ant compared to humans.

The SS New York was a passenger ship owned by the (I think) Leyland Line (owned by IMM).
I'll try to post some more information on the SS New york tomorrow. :D

HA, I was on the phone when I posted my last thing....when I said HUGE I meant SMALL....lol....anyhow...Titanic was the largest passenger ship correct? Besides, ,there are different levels of collisions, just like car accidents. Just because it collided with another ship by no means automatically suggests it was a huge collision.

The SS New York was a fairly big ship, so if she had hit Titanic there would have been a considerable amount of damage. :D
The collision would have been similar to Olympic's collision the year before, even the same captain and harbour pilot were on the bridge. :D

In the research I've done, many sources say that a bad collision was avoided. However, there was interaction between the two ships as they were able to stop anything fatal from happening. So, you are correct that a head on collision was avoided. But there was an incident.

Wednesday, April 10th, 1912, 12:00pm: Titanic cast off mooring lines from the pier at Southampton and is towed out to the river Test. As she approaches the New York, the New York's mooring lines snap, and swings stern-first toward the Titanic. Collision is averted, and Titanic steams out to sea at approximately 1:30pm. http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A372584

Titanic's departure was not entirely without incident. The tugs pulled her off the quay and into the dredged channel, and she was gathering way under her own steam, when she passed the American Line ship New York. The interaction between the two great ships dragged the New York off the quay and parted her stern wires, but Titanic stopped engines and a collision was avoided.
http://www.compass.dircon.co.uk/1titanic.htm