Titanic sinking hit and myth

PASSENGERS and crew of the Titanic ignored seagoing superstitions when the ship made its ill-fated maiden voyage, it has been claimed.

Sailing myths, which advise against having women, priests and barbers on board any ship, were ignored, said family history website findmypast.co.uk.

There were 353 female passengers, three barbers, four priests and a monk on board the Belfast-built liner which sank in the Atlantic 100 years ago en route to New York.

Website historian Debra Chatfield said: “I bet few ever believed the ‘unsinkable’ Titanic would succumb to superstition.”