Titanic

Violin from Titanic sold for world record price of £900 000

Article Staff Reporter - 19 Oct 2013

The violin played by the bandmaster of the Titanic as it sank sold at an auction on Saturday, for a world record fee for memorabilia.

Violin from Titanic expected to fetch record price

Article Staff Reporter - 19 Oct 2013

The violin played by the bandmaster of the Titanic as it sank is set to fetch a world record fee for memorabilia when it goes on sale on Saturday.

Full steam ahead as Titanic II effort gets under way

Article Sapa Afp - 17 Jul 2012

There's a sequel to Titanic in the works. But not the film: An Australian billionaire is going ahead with plans to build and sail the Titanic II.

Ships set sail in memory of the Titanic

Article bogdan TagDiv - 11 Apr 2012

Two cruise ships on the opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean have set sail to go to the spot where the Titanic sank 100 years ago.

Titanic’s richest passenger commemorated literally

Article bogdan TagDiv - 10 Apr 2012

John Jacob Astor IV has been remembered with a new book being added to his collection at a New York hotel he built 100 years ago.

Titanic director James Cameron sinks to a new low

Article Staff Reporter - 26 Mar 2012

Film director James Cameron has completed the world's first solo dive to the deepest known point on Earth, reaching the bottom of the Mariana Trench.

Crew, honeymooners rescued from Italy cruise disaster

Article Dario Thuburn - 15 Jan 2012

Emergency services are searching for those still missing as honeymooners and a crew member have been rescued from the cruise ship wreck near Italy.

Titanic’s history goes up for auction

Article Staff Reporter - 29 Dec 2011

The owner of the largest trove of artefacts salvaged from the Titanic is putting the vast collection up for auction as a single lot in 2012.

Battle rages over Titanic artefacts

Article Staff Reporter - 30 Oct 2009

A judge will decide who owns relics from the 1912 wreck, but there are fears that tourist dives are accelerating the liner's decay.

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