When I was young one of my comics had a section called Strange but True. This story should have been in it.

In 1898 an American writer, Morgan Robertson,  published a novella called Futility. It described the maiden voyage of a British luxury liner famous for its impressive technology which renders it practically unsinkable. On the fourth night of its journey, travelling at reckless speed, it hits an iceberg and sinks with the loss of many lives due to a shortage of lifeboats. Robertson called his fictional ship Titan – 14 years before the Titanic was named and built.

It is a shame therefore that Robertson’s book did not sell; someone might have taken notice