Few human events have stirred the imagination, inspired myths and movies and had such a hold upon the western world as the sinking of the "unsinkable" ship, the RMS Titanic. On April 15, 1912, the world awoke to the news that the RMS Titanic had met with disaster some 300 miles off the coast of Newfoundland. And ever since that time the misinterpretation of the evidence that was given at the courts of inquiry has perpetuated the myth that the Titanic collided with an incberg.