Titanic — Myth vs. Reality

Everything You Think You Know About the Titanic Is Wrong

1,496 people died on April 15, 1912. Over a century of films, books, and barroom debates have turned their story into mythology. This site strips away the fiction.

Not Another Titanic Website

You will not find a ‘Leonardo DiCaprio standing on the bow’ image here. What you will find: the wireless messages that were actually sent, what the inquiry transcripts reveal, and why almost everything in James Cameron’s film is historically questionable.

Myths & Facts

Side-by-side: what they say vs. what happened

The Real Story

Hour by hour, from Southampton to the Atlantic floor

Hollywood vs. History

Every scene Cameron got wrong — and the one he got right

Passengers

Real people, not characters. Their names, their fates

“The sea was like a sheet of glass. There was not a ripple on it.”

— Second Officer Charles Lightoller, British Inquiry testimony

Built on facts. Sourced from inquiry transcripts.

Every claim on this site links back to a primary source. See our Sources & References.