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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 with an iceberg to create a full-fledged disaster.
New year's Day 2017 Britain's [http://www.channel4.com Channel Four4] broadcast new evidence by Irish journalist Senan Molony revealing the ship also had a spontaneous coal fire raging for three weeksthat weakened the hull.<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> <ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/rms-titanic-evidence-fire-senan-molony-belfast-new-york-southampton-sink-april-1912-a7504236.html</ref>
Previously in 2004 American engineer Robert H Essenhigh suggested in 2004 that the ship’s crew might have been burning coal at a rapid rate in an effort to control the fire.<ref>https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2004AM/finalprogram/abstract_80510.htm</ref>
=== Titanic’s Sister Ship the Britannic ===
