Legends and myths regarding RMS Titanic and the real-life sinking of the RMS "Titanic". In 1912, the German "Berliner Tageblatt" newspaper published a book in serial form that ran from January 9 until April 24. This work of fiction was written by Gerhard Hauptmann, who would receive the Nobel Prize in Literature later that year. One month before the fateful April maiden voyage of the RMS "Titanic", the story was published by S. Fischer Verlag as the novel "Atlantis". "Atlantis" is a romantic tale set aboard the fictitious ocean liner "Roland", which is coincidentally doomed to a fate very similar to that of the RMS "Titanic".
RMS Titanic the years of the two World Wars, the International Ice Patrol has worked each season since 1913. During the period there has not been a single reported loss of life or property due to collision with an iceberg in the patrol area. In 1912, the Board of Trade chartered the barque to act as a weather ship in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, keeping a look-out for icebergs. A Marconi wireless was installed to enable her to communicate with stations on the coast of Labrador and Newfoundland. "Titanic" has gone down in history as the ship that was called unsinkable.