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[edit] Contradiction

The disaster section states: "Every member of the crew survived, with a total survivor count of 390 people of the 952 aboard." The trivia section, however, claims that "as the bodies were recovered and prepared for burial, it was discovered that one of the crew members was actually a woman". The second part reads like typical Victorian newspaper blarney to me, but either way, something's fishy. 69.229.127.207 13:58, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. Growing up near the area where the Atlantic hit shore and being practically raised on stories of the disaster, I don't recall hearing or reading anything to suggest that the whole crew survived. Then again, an attempt may have been made at the time to distance the crew from the woman dressed up as a crew member, perhaps to underscore that not one woman or girl survived the wreck.

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