Morgan Robertson "Prediction"

No one could have foreseen the tragedy that would befall Titanic and her passengers.  However it is intriguing to note that in 1898, Morgan Robertson, a popular American writer of sea adventures, published a book with remarkable parallels to the Titanic story. 

In his novel, Robertson wrote about the most luxurious and biggest ship in the world, an 800 foot steel giant with three propellers and a top speed of more than 20 knots.  Unfortunately, she had too few lifeboats.

Robertson’s ship struck an iceberg at about midnight, sometime in April, and sank in the North Atlantic, with a huge loss of life. His book was called Futility, or the Wreck of the Titan.