The Titanic leaving Belfast on April 2, 1912. The black streak can be seen just above the water line. Via Senan Molony. The sinking of the Titanic has long been a cautionary tale about the dangers ...

Molony said the existence of a fire inside one of the coal bunkers is well documented – but its significance underplayed. In the documentary Titanic: The New Evidence, broadcast on the UK’s ...

Typically firemen aboard the ships dug out the burning coal before the fire spread, but the Titanic's coal bunkers were three-stories high making it impossible to quickly deal with the massive flames.

A smoldering coal fire – and the continuing attempt to control it through the voyage – may have led to the sinking of the Titanic 92 years ago, says engineer Robert Essenhigh of Ohio State ...

Titanic ‘should never have been put to sea,’ after coal fire in hull, documentary concludes Originally published January 3, 2017 at 5:39 pm Updated January 4, 2017 at 6:59 am ...

A deadly combination of ice – and fire – share collective blame for the sinking of the Titanic, according to a group of experts who believe a massive below-decks blaze weakened the hull so ...

This coal fire may have structurally weakened the Titanic, turning an otherwise unsinkable ship into a sinkable one. Steve Raffield A photo of the Titanic a week before it set sail.

In Titanic: The New Evidence, an upcoming hour-long documentary on the Smithsonian Channel, new evidence suggests that it was actually a coal fire which caused the 1912 disaster.

Molony said the existence of a fire inside one of the coal bunkers is well documented – but its significance underplayed. In the documentary Titanic: The New Evidence, broadcast on the UK’s ...

Molony said the existence of a fire inside one of the coal bunkers is well documented – but its significance underplayed. In the documentary Titanic: The New Evidence, broadcast on the UK’s ...