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It was supposed to be 'the unsinkable Titanic', though this was never officially claimed.

A journalist had used the phrase 'virtually unsinkable', and a porter said "God himself couldn't sink this one."

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Captain Smith of Titanic was not the one to declare that the ship was sinking. That was Thomas Andrews, the master builder.

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She was the largest passenger liner to ever set sail.

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They said it was unsinkable. This could help you.

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because she was the largest ship

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