British Wreck Commissioner's inquiry into the sinking of the RMS Titanic British Wreck Commissioner's inquiry into the sinking of the RMS Titanic The sinking of the RMS "Titanic" on 15 April 1912 resulted in an inquiry by the British Wreck Commissioner on behalf of the British Board of Trade. The inquiry was overseen by High Court judge Lord Mersey, and was held in London from 2 May to 3 July 1912. The hearings took place mainly at the London Scottish Drill Hall, at 59 Buckingham Gate, London SW1. There were a total of 42 days of official investigation. Lord Mersey and the various counsels, assessors and experts in marine law and
RMS Titanic in popular culture The Full Story of the RMS Titanic". Robin Gardiner's 1995 and 1998 books "Riddle of the Titanic" and "Titanic: The Ship that Never Sank", put forward a conspiracy theory that the wreck is actually that of the RMS "Olympic", which supposedly the White Star Line had secretly switched with "Titanic" as part of an insurance scam. A variety of novels set aboard the "Titanic" has been produced over the years. One of the earliest was the German author Robert Prechtl's "Titanic", first published in Germany in 1937 and subsequently in Britain in 1938 and in the US in 1940 (translated