Futility

Age may, and often does, weaken obstinacy, by the revelation, at seventy-odd years, that most human things do not matter. — Bolitho

In Morgan Robertson’s 1898 novel, Futility, a superliner on her maiden transatlantic voyage strikes an iceberg and sinks, with all but 13 on board drowned. His fictional ship is named the Titan. Pulling out of the harbor, she strikes and sinks a smaller ship — just as the Titanic did 14 years later.