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What good is an unsinkable ship when pride sets her course and profit counts her lifeboats?
The Titan crosses the North Atlantic in April, a floating city of steel whose owners insist she cannot sink. Her captain pushes for speed. Below that grand promise, John Rowland, a former United States Navy officer ruined by drink, works as a deckhand and sees the dangers with a bitter eye.
In The Wreck of the Titan, Morgan Robertson brings a sailor’s knowledge to a short, hard-edged adventure. As the liner enters colder waters, a young girl named Myra becomes bound up with Rowland’s fate. Behind the crossing lies a stark question: how much can human skill protect when pride and profit outrun care?
What you’ll discover
- A giant built on confidence Step aboard a vast luxury liner whose bold promises exceed her supply of lifeboats.
- A fallen officer’s bitter eye Meet John Rowland, a deckhand whose naval past sharpens his view of the ship’s dangers.
- Cold waters ahead Feel the crossing grow colder as the northern sea gives sailors reason for caution.
- Pride against nature Explore the folly of trusting steel and speed more than the sea allows.
- An unsettling echo Discover the adventure whose ship, waters, and month invite comparisons with the later Titanic disaster.
Who will love it
You will enjoy this if you like ships, naval adventure, inventions, shipwreck and rescue, and fast stories where a clever mind or a stubborn heart decides what happens at sea.
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The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- A liner built to be unsinkable and fast
- Full speed in fog costs a ship and a crew
- A drugged lookout and a sleeping child
- A child caught between fear and care
- Two boys, one appointment, and an old shame
- Thirteen convicts steal the navy's fastest destroyer
- Parole, a rescued woman, and a crew that splits
- An invisible light and a doctor who was mocked
- Sea tales as warnings about pride and fear
Who’s who
- John RowlandA former navy lieutenant now working as a sailor on the Titan, he cannot forget Myra Selfridge and will not be silenced about the collision.
- Myra SelfridgeA young mother traveling on the Titan with her husband and baby, she fears the sailor who once loved her.
- Captain BryceMaster of the Titan, he follows the company rule of full speed and tries to bribe and then discredit Rowland.
- William DenmanA young naval officer in The Pirates, he is haunted by an old fight and sworn to keep his word.
- Jack ForsytheDenman's boyhood rival, now a sailor among the escaped prisoners, he is clever, bitter and eager to rule.
- Herbert JenkinsA huge, calm seaman who leads the prison break and tries to keep his rough crew in order.
- Florence FlemingDenman's childhood friend, rescued from a burning yacht, she has a clear mind and a brave heart.
- George MetcalfA navy surgeon and eye specialist, mocked by the press, he works out what is blinding the American fleet.
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Le Naufrage du Titan
by Morgan Robertson · 1898
A drugged sailor holds a child on the bridge as a lookout above raises the alarm about an iceberg.
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What happens when a ship is called unsinkable and sent at full speed into fog? Morgan Robertson sets that question in the title story, aboard a liner called the Titan on an April crossing of the North Atlantic.
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A liner built to be unsinkable and fast
The title story opens with the Titan, the largest ship afloat. She is eight hundred feet long, weighs seventy thousand tons, and carries two thousand passengers, with bands, doctors, chaplains and a theatrical company aboard.
The company draws a bold conclusion from all this. Since the ship can float with nine compartments flooded, she is considered practically unsinkable, and she carries only as many boats as the law demands. Twenty-four boats are lashed down for about three thousand berths. The company also announces that she will steam at full speed in fog, storm and sunshine.
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Robertson, Morgan. The Wreck of the Titan. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-wreck-of-the-titan.
Robertson, M. (2026). The wreck of the Titan. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-wreck-of-the-titan (Original work published 1898)
Robertson, Morgan. The Wreck of the Titan. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-wreck-of-the-titan.
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What is The Wreck of the Titan about?
It follows John Rowland, a sailor on a giant liner called unsinkable, who refuses to keep silent about a collision on the North Atlantic. The book also holds three more sea tales.
What other stories are in this book?
Besides the title story, it holds The Pirates, about escaped prisoners who steal a destroyer, Beyond the Spectrum, about an invisible light, and In the Valley of the Shadow, about a sunken submarine.
Who wrote The Wreck of the Titan?
Morgan Robertson wrote it. These tales bring together his interests in life at sea and inventions.
The author
Morgan Robertson
1861–1915 · American maritime fiction writer
Morgan Robertson was an American writer born in Oswego, New York, in 1861. He worked as a sailor before becoming a writer. His works included Futility, published in 1898 and later titled The Wreck of the Titan. He lived in New York City and died in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in 1915.
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