The novel that predicted the sinking of the Titanicbr A ship named Titan.. A novel predicted the sinking of the Titanic with extreme accuracybr The novel The Wreck of the Titan was published in 1898. The novel presents a fictional story about a regular ocean liner called Titan, which sinks in the North Atlantic Ocean after hitting an iceberg. It was noted that Titan and its sinking are exactly like the passenger ship RMS Titanic, which sank fourteen years later. From the version of the novel.