Paul presented an interesting fact-based talk introducing several true or false statements. Hence dismissing a number of myths surrounding the voyage of the Titanic.

It was never publicised that the Titanic was unsinkable. The impression to go faster and hence gain the blue ribbon was not feasible as it was not as fast as the RMS Mauretania. Furthermore, Captain Smith was retired, so had no employer too put him under pressure. It was not the largest ship of the time as the earlier sister ship RMS Olympic was 3 inches longer. Indeed, the bad publicity of Titanic lead to the Olympic being scrapped sooner rather than later. The other sister ship HMHS Britannic tragically sank hitting a British mine in the Aegean Sea in 1916.

Other ships involved in the Titanic sinking were then discussed, notably RMS Carpathia. Built on the Tyne (Swan Hunter) and worked for Cunard. At the time the ship had 706 passengers on board and saved 712 from Titanic. The captain turned off the heating for his passengers to increase steam to the engines and hence speed from 14 knots to 17.

The presentation ended with several questions and numbers of Lifeboats was a theme. Comparisons in this context were also drawn with the SS Great Britain.