Sinking of the RMS Titanic the hull plates. This suggests that the iron rivets along the plate seams snapped off or popped open to create narrow gaps through which water flooded. An engineer from "Titanic"s builders, Harland and Wolff, suggested this scenario at the British Wreck Commissioner's inquiry following the disaster but his view was discounted. "Titanic"s discoverer Robert Ballard has commented that the assumption that the ship had suffered a major breach was "a by-product of the mystique of the "Titanic". No one could believe that the great ship was sunk by a little sliver." Faults in the ship's hull may have been a
The Legend of the Titanic The Legend of the Titanic The Legend of the Titanic (, ) is a 1999 Italian animated film directed by Orlando Corradi and Kim J. Ok. The film is a very loose adaptation of the RMS "Titanic" sinking and featured several fantasy elements such as anthropomorphic animals. "The Legend of the Titanic" was followed by a 2004 sequel titled "Tentacolino". In modern-day New York City an old mouse named Conners tells his grandchildren the supposedly "true" story of RMS "Titanic". In April 1912, Conners was a young sailor mouse on "Titanic"s maiden voyage from Southampton to New York. He is