Legends and myths regarding RMS Titanic
At the time the "Titanic" sank, the 1 May 1912 issue of "The Popular Magazine", an American pulp magazine, was on the news stands. It contained the short story "The White Ghost of Disaster," which described the collision of an ocean liner with an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean, the sinking of the vessel, and the fate of the passengers. The story, by Mayn Clew Garnett (the pseudonym of sea-story author T. Jenkins Hains), created a minor sensation. In 1898, fourteen years prior to the "Titanic" disaster,
Morgan Robertson wrote a book called "Futility, or the Wreck of the Titan". This story features an enormous British passenger liner called the "Titan", which, deemed to be unsinkable, carries insufficient lifeboats. On a voyage in the month of April, the "Titan" hits an iceberg and sinks in the North Atlantic with the loss of almost everyone on board. There are some similarities between the fictional sinking of the "Titan" and the real-life sinking of the RMS "Titanic".
Titanic: Adventure Out of Time
Players assume the role of Frank Carlson, disgraced British secret service agent. His career having ended after he failed in a mission aboard the RMS "Titanic", he now lives in a small apartment in London, England, surrounded by mementos of his past. On 14 April 1942, Carlson is listening to news of World War II on the radio, when an air raid during the London Blitz occurs, and a bomb hits his apartment, destroying everything in a blast of fire. Carlson blacks out, before awakening in a ship quarters as his younger self. Unaware of what has just happened, he speaks with a steward, and discovers that he is on board the Titanic. He is then informed that the date is April 14, 1912 and that he must meet with fellow agent Penny Pringle. Carlson discovers that he has somehow been transported back in time to the ship on the night it sank. With his memory from the original timeline intact, Carlson uses his advanced knowledge of the future to have a second chance to complete his mission.