The book that predicted the Titanic disaster: Eerie 1898 novel about 'unsinkable' ocean liner 'Titan' hitting an iceberg and sinking was published 14 years before tragedy claimed 1,500 lives

She was 'unsinkable' and 'indestructible' - until she sank in 1912 after hitting an iceberg. This was the story told by author Morgan Robertson in his 1898 novel. Above: Titanic departing Southampton.

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