“The famed ship at the bottom of the North Atlantic is actually not The Titanic. It is her near-identical sister ship The Olympic.”
Social media posts
Facebook. Claim dated 29 Nov 2024.
PolitiFact rated thisPants on Fire
What PolitiFact found
Auctioned items from the Olympic and objects recovered from the Titanic, show the unique identification numbers associated with each ship.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 29 November 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 4 December 2024, 5 days later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0EuLBtfGWn7Jj4WtBSrUe4VsusYp8k1nsc…
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