BS. The Titanic hit the iceberg for one simple reason that has already been documented. The Captain was trying to set a speed record and refused to slow down in iceberg infested waters, simple as that. Moon, tide, black magic nor voodoo chants had anything to do with it. The reckless behavior of the Captain was partly due to the fact that the ship was supposed to be unsinkable, however it had a huge flaw in the design that actually contributed to its going under and those were the reasons it sank. Not tides, black magic, voodoo chants nor bad luck sank the Titanic, total disregard for safety did the job.
Her design did not allow for sufficient expansion/contraction as the water temperature changed.
The rivets in her hull were defective.
Her water-tight bulkheads did not extend to the overheads, allowing water to spill over as the compartment flooded.
She was deemed 'Unsinkable'..."Not even God can sink her!".
The representative of the White Star Line, on the passage, pushed the Captain to set a speed record.
The Captain allowed his prudence to be over-ridden.
When the iceberg was sighted, and an attempt to avoid it took place, the officer of the watch ordered the screw on the side he was turning towards to be reversed, removing any effect on the hard-over rudder and slowing the turn, presenting the exposed side to the raking blow of the iceberg spur, opening multiple compartments to the sea.
Insufficient lifeboats (Initial Design).
Poor loading of the lifeboats...many released without being fully occupied.
All this being said, "The Commander is responsible for everything his men do or fail to do." Captain Smith failed to command on that voyage. He failed to understand that his ship was indeed vulnerable.
Not disagreeing. The point of the article is that extreme tides on January 4, 1912 may have shaken a lot grounded icebergs loose. The fact that those waters were exceptionally “iceberg infested” was probably the result of the strongest tides in the eight hundred years before or after the sinking.