The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Titanic Titanic] is the iconic symbol of disaster. It was considered to be unsinkable despite obvious design flaws that were only admitted retrospectively. They combined with initial human error before and after the collision to create a full-fledged disaster.
=== Titanic ===
New year's Day 2017 Britain's [http://www.channel4.com Channel Four] broadcast new evidence revealing the ship also had a spontaneous coal fire raging for three weeks.<ref>http://www.channel4.com/programmes/titanic-the-new-evidence</ref> <ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/31/huge-fire-ripped-titanic-struck-iceberg-fresh-evidence-suggests/</ref>