Great Mysteries and Myths of the Twentieth Century (1998)

Season 1: Episode 25

She was the greatest technological wonder of her age. A luxury hotel with enough space to accommodate millionaires in first-class comfort and hundreds of immigrants seeking a new life in America. She was branded as unsinkable but corners had been cut in her construction, and her Captain was determined to set a new record. She only carried life boats for half her passengers, such was the economy with which she had been built. Her watertight compartments did not reach to top of the ship. She was a disaster waiting to happen.