a replica of a 1st class cabin on board the Titanic ship is on display in the new £100 million titanic Belfast Visitor's Center.
The Titanic Belfast attraction nears completion in The Titanic Quarter on March 13, 2012 in Belfast
BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - MARCH 13: The Titanic Belfast attraction nears completion in The Titanic Quarter on March 13, 2012 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Belfast's Titanic Quarter is a regeneration area on the original site of the Harland and Wolff shipyard - birthplace of RMS Titanic. The Titanic Belfast Experience is a new £90 million visitor attraction which opens on March 31, 2012. The ill-fated passenger liner sank after hitting an iceberg in the Atlantic on the night of April 15, 1912 with the loss of 1517 lives. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - MARCH 13: A visitor stands in the old Harland and Wolff Drawing Office in The Titanic Quarter on March 13, 2012 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Belfast's Titanic Quarter is a regeneration area on the original site of the Harland and Wolff shipyard - birthplace of RMS Titanic. The Titanic Belfast Experience is a new £90 million visitor attraction which opens on March 31, 2012. The ill-fated passenger liner sank after hitting an iceberg in the Atlantic on the night of April 15, 1912 with the loss of 1517 lives. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - MARCH 13: Daylight shines down the main stairwell in the old Harland and Wolff Drawing Office in The Titanic Quarter on March 13, 2012 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Belfast's Titanic Quarter is a regeneration area on the original site of the Harland and Wolff shipyard - birthplace of RMS Titanic. The Titanic Belfast Experience is a new £90 million visitor attraction which opens on March 31, 2012. The ill-fated passenger liner sank after hitting an iceberg in the Atlantic on the night of April 15, 1912 with the loss of 1517 lives. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - MARCH 13: The Thompson Graving dry dock in The Titanic Quarter on March 13, 2012 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Belfast's Titanic Quarter is a regeneration area on the original site of the Harland and Wolff shipyard - birthplace of RMS Titanic. The Titanic Belfast Experience is a new £90 million visitor attraction which opens on March 31, 2012. The ill-fated passenger liner sank after hitting an iceberg in the Atlantic on the night of April 15, 1912 with the loss of 1517 lives. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - MARCH 13: Archivist Bethany Sinclair inspects rolls of displacement and body plans of 19th century ships in the old Harland and Wolff Drawing Office in The Titanic Quarter on March 13, 2012 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Belfast's Titanic Quarter is a regeneration area on the original site of the Harland and Wolff shipyard - birthplace of RMS Titanic. The Titanic Belfast Experience is a new £90 million visitor attraction which opens on March 31, 2012. The ill-fated passenger liner sank after hitting an iceberg in the Atlantic on the night of April 15, 1912 with the loss of 1517 lives. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - MARCH 13: (EDITORS NOTE: IMAGES OF TITANIC BELFAST ARE EMBARGOED UNTIL 1700 hrs ON MARCH 14, 2012) A man walks past a blow up of the last ever photograph taken of The Titanic as she departs Queenstown on April 11, 1912 at the Titanic Belfast attraction on March 13, 2012 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The Titanic Belfast Experience is a new £90 million visitor attraction which opens on March 31, 2012. The ill-fated passenger liner sank after hitting an iceberg in the Atlantic on the night of April 15, 1912 with the loss of 1517 lives. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - MARCH 13: (EDITORS NOTE: IMAGES OF TITANIC BELFAST ARE EMBARGOED UNTIL 1700 hrs ON MARCH 14, 2012) A visitor takes a phone picture of the slipway at the Titanic Belfast attraction on March 13, 2012 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The Titanic Belfast Experience is a new £90 million visitor attraction which opens on March 31, 2012. The ill-fated passenger liner sank after hitting an iceberg in the Atlantic on the night of April 15, 1912 with the loss of 1517 lives. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
A technician walks up a replica of The Titanic's Grand Staircase at the Titanic Belfast attraction
BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - MARCH 13: (EDITORS NOTE: IMAGES OF TITANIC BELFAST ARE EMBARGOED UNTIL 1700 hrs ON MARCH 14, 2012) Video projected characters are seen in a replica first class cabin at The Titanic Belfast attraction on March 13, 2012 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The Titanic Belfast Experience is a new £90 million visitor attraction which opens on March 31, 2012. The ill-fated passenger liner sank after hitting an iceberg in the Atlantic on the night of April 15, 1912 with the loss of 1517 lives. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - MARCH 13: (EDITORS NOTE: IMAGES OF TITANIC BELFAST ARE EMBARGOED UNTIL 1700 hrs ON MARCH 14, 2012) An employee of The Titanic Belfast attraction stands in front of screens showing computer generated images of a restaurant on The Titanic on March 13, 2012 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The Titanic Belfast Experience is a new £90 million visitor attraction which opens on March 31, 2012. The ill-fated passenger liner sank after hitting an iceberg in the Atlantic on the night of April 15, 1912 with the loss of 1517 lives. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - MARCH 13: (EDITORS NOTE: IMAGES OF TITANIC BELFAST ARE EMBARGOED UNTIL 1700 hrs ON MARCH 14, 2012) A worker at The Titanic Belfast attraction looks up at a painting depicting the launch of The Titanic on March 13, 2012 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The Titanic Belfast Experience is a new £90 million visitor attraction which opens on March 31, 2012. The ill-fated passenger liner sank after hitting an iceberg in the Atlantic on the night of April 15, 1912 with the loss of 1517 lives. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - MARCH 13: (EDITORS NOTE: IMAGES OF TITANIC BELFAST ARE EMBARGOED UNTIL 1700 hrs ON MARCH 14, 2012) A replica lifeboat is displayed at the Titanic Belfast attraction on March 13, 2012 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The Titanic Belfast Experience is a new £90 million visitor attraction which opens on March 31, 2012. The ill-fated passenger liner sank after hitting an iceberg in the Atlantic on the night of April 15, 1912 with the loss of 1517 lives. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - MARCH 13: (EDITORS NOTE: IMAGES OF TITANIC BELFAST ARE EMBARGOED UNTIL 1700 hrs ON MARCH 14, 2012) An employee walks past a mock up of the Titanic's hull on the floor of the Shipyard ride at The Titanic Belfast attraction on March 13, 2012 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The Titanic Belfast Experience is a new £90 million visitor attraction which opens on March 31, 2012. The ill-fated passenger liner sank after hitting an iceberg in the Atlantic on the night of April 15, 1912 with the loss of 1517 lives. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - MARCH 13: Archivist Brett Irwin inspects rolls of displacement and body plans of 19th century ships in the old Harland and Wolff Drawing Office in The Titanic Quarter on March 13, 2012 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Belfast's Titanic Quarter is a regeneration area on the original site of the Harland and Wolff shipyard - birthplace of RMS Titanic. The Titanic Belfast Experience is a new £90 million visitor attraction which opens on March 31, 2012. The ill-fated passenger liner sank after hitting an iceberg in the Atlantic on the night of April 15, 1912 with the loss of 1517 lives. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - MARCH 13: Technical ship plans line the walls in the old Harland and Wolff Drawing Office in The Titanic Quarter on March 13, 2012 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Belfast's Titanic Quarter is a regeneration area on the original site of the Harland and Wolff shipyard - birthplace of RMS Titanic. The Titanic Belfast Experience is a new £90 million visitor attraction which opens on March 31, 2012. The ill-fated passenger liner sank after hitting an iceberg in the Atlantic on the night of April 15, 1912 with the loss of 1517 lives. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - MARCH 13: Technical ship plans line the walls in the old Harland and Wolff Drawing Office in The Titanic Quarter on March 13, 2012 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Belfast's Titanic Quarter is a regeneration area on the original site of the Harland and Wolff shipyard - birthplace of RMS Titanic. The Titanic Belfast Experience is a new £90 million visitor attraction which opens on March 31, 2012. The ill-fated passenger liner sank after hitting an iceberg in the Atlantic on the night of April 15, 1912 with the loss of 1517 lives. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - MARCH 13: A Harland and Wolff shipyard crane is seen behind Belfast Metropolitan College in The Titanic Quarter on March 13, 2012 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Belfast's Titanic Quarter is a regeneration area on the original site of the Harland and Wolff shipyard - birthplace of RMS Titanic. The Titanic Belfast Experience is a new £90 million visitor attraction which opens on March 31, 2012. The ill-fated passenger liner sank after hitting an iceberg in the Atlantic on the night of April 15, 1912 with the loss of 1517 lives. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - MARCH 13: A selection of Titanic memorabilia are displayed for sale at The Pump House in The Titanic Quarter on March 13, 2012 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Belfast's Titanic Quarter is a regeneration area on the original site of the Harland and Wolff shipyard - birthplace of RMS Titanic. The Titanic Belfast Experience is a new £90 million visitor attraction which opens on March 31, 2012. The ill-fated passenger liner sank after hitting an iceberg in the Atlantic on the night of April 15, 1912 with the loss of 1517 lives. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - MARCH 13: Weeds grow in the old Harland and Wolff Drawing Office in The Titanic Quarter on March 13, 2012 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Belfast's Titanic Quarter is a regeneration area on the original site of the Harland and Wolff shipyard - birthplace of RMS Titanic. The Titanic Belfast Experience is a new £90 million visitor attraction which opens on March 31, 2012. The ill-fated passenger liner sank after hitting an iceberg in the Atlantic on the night of April 15, 1912 with the loss of 1517 lives. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - MARCH 13: A replica of a section of The Titanic's bow sits next to the Thompson Graving dry dock in The Titanic Quarter on March 13, 2012 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Belfast's Titanic Quarter is a regeneration area on the original site of the Harland and Wolff shipyard - birthplace of RMS Titanic. The Titanic Belfast Experience is a new £90 million visitor attraction which opens on March 31, 2012. The ill-fated passenger liner sank after hitting an iceberg in the Atlantic on the night of April 15, 1912 with the loss of 1517 lives. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - MARCH 13: A tour guide talks to visitors at the Thompson Graving dock in The Titanic Quarter on March 13, 2012 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Belfast's Titanic Quarter is a regeneration area on the original site of the Harland and Wolff shipyard - birthplace of RMS Titanic. The Titanic Belfast Experience is a new £90 million visitor attraction which opens on March 31, 2012. The ill-fated passenger liner sank after hitting an iceberg in the Atlantic on the night of April 15, 1912 with the loss of 1517 lives. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - MARCH 13: A Titanic Tour bus waits for passengers in The Titanic Quarter on March 13, 2012 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Belfast's Titanic Quarter is a regeneration area on the original site of the Harland and Wolff shipyard - birthplace of RMS Titanic. The Titanic Belfast Experience is a new £90 million visitor attraction which opens on March 31, 2012. The ill-fated passenger liner sank after hitting an iceberg in the Atlantic on the night of April 15, 1912 with the loss of 1517 lives. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - MARCH 13: A 13.5 metre tall sculpture of The Titanic entitled 'Kit' stands in The Titanic Quarter on March 13, 2012 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Belfast's Titanic Quarter is a regeneration area on the original site of the Harland and Wolff shipyard - birthplace of RMS Titanic. The Titanic Belfast Experience is a new £90 million visitor attraction which opens on March 31, 2012. The ill-fated passenger liner sank after hitting an iceberg in the Atlantic on the night of April 15, 1912 with the loss of 1517 lives. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - MARCH 13: A selection of Titanic memorabilia are displayed for sale at The Pump House in The Titanic Quarter on March 13, 2012 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Belfast's Titanic Quarter is a regeneration area on the original site of the Harland and Wolff shipyard - birthplace of RMS Titanic. The Titanic Belfast Experience is a new £90 million visitor attraction which opens on March 31, 2012. The ill-fated passenger liner sank after hitting an iceberg in the Atlantic on the night of April 15, 1912 with the loss of 1517 lives. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - MARCH 13: Photographs of the launch of the Titanic sit above rolls of displacement and body plans of 19th century ships in the old Harland and Wolff Drawing Office in The Titanic Quarter on March 13, 2012 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Belfast's Titanic Quarter is a regeneration area on the original site of the Harland and Wolff shipyard - birthplace of RMS Titanic. The Titanic Belfast Experience is a new £90 million visitor attraction which opens on March 31, 2012. The ill-fated passenger liner sank after hitting an iceberg in the Atlantic on the night of April 15, 1912 with the loss of 1517 lives. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - MARCH 13: Old unused gates to the Harland and Wolff shipyard are dwarfed by a crane near The Titanic Quarter on March 13, 2012 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Belfast's Titanic Quarter is a regeneration area on the original site of the Harland and Wolff shipyard - birthplace of RMS Titanic. The Titanic Belfast Experience is a new £90 million visitor attraction which opens on March 31, 2012. The ill-fated passenger liner sank after hitting an iceberg in the Atlantic on the night of April 15, 1912 with the loss of 1517 lives. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - MARCH 13: The Titanic Belfast attraction nears completion in The Titanic Quarter on March 13, 2012 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Belfast's Titanic Quarter is a regeneration area on the original site of the Harland and Wolff shipyard - birthplace of RMS Titanic. The Titanic Belfast Experience is a new £90 million visitor attraction which opens on March 31, 2012. The ill-fated passenger liner sank after hitting an iceberg in the Atlantic on the night of April 15, 1912 with the loss of 1517 lives. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - MARCH 13: A selection of Titanic memorabilia are displayed for sale at The Pump House in The Titanic Quarter on March 13, 2012 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Belfast's Titanic Quarter is a regeneration area on the original site of the Harland and Wolff shipyard - birthplace of RMS Titanic. The Titanic Belfast Experience is a new £90 million visitor attraction which opens on March 31, 2012. The ill-fated passenger liner sank after hitting an iceberg in the Atlantic on the night of April 15, 1912 with the loss of 1517 lives. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - MARCH 13: The Titanic Belfast attraction nears completion in The Titanic Quarter on March 13, 2012 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Belfast's Titanic Quarter is a regeneration area on the original site of the Harland and Wolff shipyard - birthplace of RMS Titanic. The Titanic Belfast Experience is a new £90 million visitor attraction which opens on March 31, 2012. The ill-fated passenger liner sank after hitting an iceberg in the Atlantic on the night of April 15, 1912 with the loss of 1517 lives. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - MARCH 13: A woman walks past a hoarding advertising the Titanic Belfast attraction in The Titanic Quarter on March 13, 2012 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Belfast's Titanic Quarter is a regeneration area on the original site of the Harland and Wolff shipyard - birthplace of RMS Titanic. The Titanic Belfast Experience is a new £90 million visitor attraction which opens on March 31, 2012. The ill-fated passenger liner sank after hitting an iceberg in the Atlantic on the night of April 15, 1912 with the loss of 1517 lives. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - MARCH 13: A selection of Titanic books are displayed for sale at The Pump House in The Titanic Quarter on March 13, 2012 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Belfast's Titanic Quarter is a regeneration area on the original site of the Harland and Wolff shipyard - birthplace of RMS Titanic. The Titanic Belfast Experience is a new £90 million visitor attraction which opens on March 31, 2012. The ill-fated passenger liner sank after hitting an iceberg in the Atlantic on the night of April 15, 1912 with the loss of 1517 lives. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - MARCH 13: Visitors walk on Queen's Road in The Titanic Quarter on March 13, 2012 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Belfast's Titanic Quarter is a regeneration area on the original site of the Harland and Wolff shipyard - birthplace of RMS Titanic. The Titanic Belfast Experience is a new £90 million visitor attraction which opens on March 31, 2012. The ill-fated passenger liner sank after hitting an iceberg in the Atlantic on the night of April 15, 1912 with the loss of 1517 lives. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - MARCH 13: Large photographs of the Titanic are mounted in roof windows in the old Harland and Wolff Drawing Office in The Titanic Quarter on March 13, 2012 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Belfast's Titanic Quarter is a regeneration area on the original site of the Harland and Wolff shipyard - birthplace of RMS Titanic. The Titanic Belfast Experience is a new £90 million visitor attraction which opens on March 31, 2012. The ill-fated passenger liner sank after hitting an iceberg in the Atlantic on the night of April 15, 1912 with the loss of 1517 lives. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - MARCH 13: A road sign points the way to The Titanic Quarter on March 13, 2012 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Belfast's Titanic Quarter is a regeneration area on the original site of the Harland and Wolff shipyard - birthplace of RMS Titanic. The Titanic Belfast Experience is a new £90 million visitor attraction which opens on March 31, 2012. The ill-fated passenger liner sank after hitting an iceberg in the Atlantic on the night of April 15, 1912 with the loss of 1517 lives. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - MARCH 13: The Titanic Belfast attraction looms over the old Harland and Wolff Drawing Office (R) in The Titanic Quarter on March 13, 2012 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Belfast's Titanic Quarter is a regeneration area on the original site of the Harland and Wolff shipyard - birthplace of RMS Titanic. The Titanic Belfast Experience is a new £90 million visitor attraction which opens on March 31, 2012. The ill-fated passenger liner sank after hitting an iceberg in the Atlantic on the night of April 15, 1912 with the loss of 1517 lives. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
This composite image, released by RMS Titanic Inc., and made from sonar and more than 100,000 photos taken in 2010 from by unmanned, underwater robots, shows a small portion of a comprehensive map of the 3-by-5-mile debris field surrounding the stern of the Titanic on the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean.
A view of the Titanic Belfast, which has been built in the derelict shipyard where the ill-fated liner was constructed
This composite image, released by RMS Titanic Inc., and made from sonar and more than 100,000 photos taken in 2010 from by unmanned, underwater robots, shows a small portion of a comprehensive map of the 3-by-5-mile debris field surrounding the stern of the Titanic on the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean.
Invited guests stand beside a replica of the Titanic staircase
This composite image, released by RMS Titanic Inc., and made from sonar and more than 100,000 photos taken in 2010 from by unmanned, underwater robots, shows a small portion of a comprehensive map of the 3-by-5-mile debris field surrounding the stern of the Titanic on the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean.
A visitor views an interactive hologram feature inside the Titanic Belfast
Millvina Dean the last living survivor of the Titanic disaster was today Thursday April 11, 2002, due to open a rejuvenated exhibition to mark the 90th anniversary of the disaster. Ms Dean, 90, was only nine weeks old when the ship hit an iceberg in the Atlantic on her maiden voyage and sank on April 15 1912, claiming the lives of 1,500 people. The survivor will open Titanic Voices the 90th Anniversary Exhibition at the Maritime Museum in Bugle Street, Southampton. The permanent exhibition has been upgraded with new exhibits, including images from the interior of Titanic's sister ship RMS Olympic
The wedding ring and locket property of Carl Asplund and the wedding ring of Selma Asplund are seen at Henry Aldridge and Son auctioneers in Devizes, Wiltshire, England Thursday, April 3, 2008. The locket and one of the rings were recovered from the body of Carl Asplund who drowned on the Titanic, they are all part of the Lillian Asplund collection of Titanic related items.
A heavily water stained leather bound journal bearing notes figures relating to the Asplund family, the property of Carl Asplund, is seen at Henry Aldridge and Son auctioneers in Devizes, Wiltshire, England Thursday, April 3, 2008. The locket and one of the rings were recovered from the body of Carl Asplund who drowned on the Titanic, they are all part of the Lillian Asplund collection of Titanic related items.
A unique emigrant inland forwarding order to the White Star office in New York, is seen at Henry Aldridge and Son auctioneers in Devizes, Wiltshire, England Thursday, April 3, 2008. The locket and one of the rings were recovered from the body of Carl Asplund who drowned on the Titanic, they are all part of the Lillian Asplund collection of Titanic related items.
Photographs of (from left) Felix Asplund, Selma and Carl Asplund and Lillian Asplund, are seen at Henry Aldridge and Son auctioneers in Devizes, Wiltshire, England Thursday, April 3, 2008. The locket and one of the rings were recovered from the body of Carl Asplund who drowned on the Titanic, they are all part of the Lillian Asplund collection of Titanic related items.
A gold plated Waltham American pocket watch, the property of Carl Asplund, is seen in front of a modern water colour painting of the Titanic by CJ Ashford at Henry Aldridge and Son auctioneers in Devizes, Wiltshire, England Thursday, April 3, 2008. The locket and one of the rings were recovered from the body of Carl Asplund who drowned on the Titanic, they are all part of the Lillian Asplund collection of Titanic related items.
An emigration contract/ticket, purchased by the Asplund family for passage from Southampton to New York, and used on the Titanic, is seen at the Henry Aldridge and Son auctioneers in Devizes, Wiltshire, England Thursday, April 3, 2008. The locket and one of the rings were recovered from the body of Carl Asplund who drowned on the Titanic, they are all part of the Lillian Asplund collection of Titanic related items.
This photo provided by Christie's auction house shows a life preserver from the ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic found during the initial search for survivors and owned by the same family for 90 years. Going on the auction block in June, it is the first Titanic life jacket to be offered at auction in the United States, and is one of about six believed to have survived to this day, Christie's said Thursday, May 29, 2008.
Roberta Maioni, a survivor of the Titanic disaster.
Roberta Maioni, a survivor of the Titanic disaster.
The White Star Line badge that was given to Roberta Maioni, a survivor of the Titanic disaster, by a man she was said to have fallen in love with during the boat's maiden voyage.
Sheet music for "Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey" from the Broadway production "Madame Sherry," (1910) is shown as part of the artifacts collection at a warehouse in Atlanta, Friday, Aug 15, 2008. The 5,500-piece collection contains almost everything recovered from the wreckage of the RMS Titanic, which has sat 2.5 miles below the surface of the Atlantic ocean since the boat sank on April 15, 1912.
Third-class tea cup china used by passengers and the crew, is shown as part of the artifacts collection at a warehouse in Atlanta, Friday, Aug 15, 2008. The 5,500-piece collection contains almost everything recovered from the wreckage of the RMS Titanic, which has sat 2.5 miles below the surface of the Atlantic ocean since the boat sank on April 15, 1912.
Currency, part of the artifacts collection of the Titanic, is shown as part of the artifacts collection at a warehouse in Atlanta, Friday, Aug 15, 2008. The 5,500-piece collection contains almost everything recovered from the wreckage of the RMS Titanic, which has sat 2.5 miles below the surface of the Atlantic ocean since the boat sank on April 15, 1912.
The work shirt of W. Allen, a 3rd class passenger on the Titanic, is shown as part of the artifacts collection at a warehouse in Atlanta, Friday, Aug 15, 2008. The 5,500-piece collection contains almost everything recovered from the wreckage of the RMS Titanic, which has sat 2.5 miles below the surface of the Atlantic ocean since the boat sank on April 15, 1912.
A seven of clubs card is shown as part of the artifacts collection at a warehouse in Atlanta, Friday, Aug 15, 2008. The 5,500-piece collection contains almost everything recovered from the wreckage of the RMS Titanic, which has sat 2.5 miles below the surface of the Atlantic ocean since the boat sank on April 15, 1912.
The pearl penknife, recovered from the body of Edmund Stone, victim of the Titanic disaster
The Service ForD "E" deck key, belonging to First Class Steward, Edmund Stone, victim of the Titanic disaster
A compensation letter sent to Millvina Dean's mother from the Titanic Relief Fund.
A 100-year-old suitcase belonging to Millvina Dean, the last remaining survivor of the Titanic
One of the three Titanic propellers -- the stern section landed upside-down.Photographed by Leonard Evans on 2 September 2000 from submersible MIR 1 -- 2.38 miles below surface of Atlantic Ocean.
Bow of Titanic - Photographed by Leonard Evans on 2 September 2000 from submersible Mir-1 -- 2.35 miles below surface of Atlantic Ocean.
Titanic stoker William McQuillan was feared lost at sea, but his grave was subsequently discovered in Canada after 93 years... the last resting place of an Ulster-born Titanic victim.
An 18-carat gold pocket watch which is among the rare artefacts connected to the Titanic to be sold by Bonhams and Butterfields in Massachusetts in the US on May 1. The watch, which was damaged when disaster struck mid-Atlantic, belonged to Nora Keane, an Irish immigrant, living in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania with her brothers and sisters.
A pair of glasses is displayed in the Titanic: Aritifact Exhibition at the Metreon on June 6, 2006 in San Francisco, California.
Binoculars are displayed in the Titanic: Aritifact Exhibition at the Metreon on June 6, 2006 in San Francisco, California.
One of the images on display at the Titanic - Built in Belfast exhibition in Union Station, Washington DC.
Story of the Titanic sinking on the Belfast Telegraph front page
The Titanic Report at a book fair in the Wellington Park Hotel. The document, dated July 30, 1912, was the main attraction at the Belfast Antiquarian Book Fair in the Wellington Park Hotel. The report, which was published three months after the tragedy, was presented for sale by Arthur Davidson of Davidson Books at Spa, Ballynahinch
A deckchair removed from the Titanic just moments before it set sail from Cork.
Lillian Asplund, the last US survivor from the sinking of the Titanic, has died.
A ticket for the maiden voyage of Titanic.
People look at the 15 ton 13' by 30' portion of the First-Class C-Deck hull, one of the artifacts from the Titanic, at the Metreon on June 6, 2006 in San Francisco, California.
A telegraph wheel from the Titanic is displayed in the Titanic: Artifact Exhibition at the Metreon on June 6, 2006 in San Francisco, California.
Artifacts from the Titanic are displayed in the Titanic: Artifact Exhibition at the Metreon on June 6, 2006 in San Francisco, California.
A bowler hat is displayed in the Titanic: Aritifact Exhibition at the Metreon on June 6, 2006 in San Francisco, California. The exhibition opens on June 10, 2006 and will feature more than 300 authentic artifacts that have been recovered from Titanic's debris field. (Photo by David Paul Morris/Getty Images)
Shipyard worker William Parr (background) pictured in the Titanic gym along with instructor T W McCawley
Giant starboard anchor of the Titanic is raised for the last time. 1.55pm 11th April 1912 in a picture taken by Father Browne.
1st class dining room on RMS Titanic taken by Father Browne.
Marconi Room on RMS Titanic showing Harold Bride in a picture taken by Father Browne.
White Star Wharf, Queenstown (Cobh) showing crowds waiting to embark on the tenders in a picture taken by Father Browne.
Brilliant new footage of a first class cabin on the Titanic. A live television link-up shows spectacular footage of the captain's cabin
Brilliant new footage of a first class cabin on the Titanic. A live television link-up shows spectacular footage of the captain's cabin
Pipes and the captain's bathtub are shown in this July 2003 photo, of what remains of the captain's cabin on the Titanic more than two miles underwater in the north Atlantic. Recent research dives to the legendary shipwreck are showing the vessel is deteriorating faster than earlier thought.
Long-lost film footage of the Titanic, showing the doomed ship moving slowly through Belfast Lough, has been discovered in the loft of a house in Glasgow. The Titanic moored in Belfast before it set sail on its fateful journey
Long-lost film footage of the Titanic, showing the doomed ship moving slowly through Belfast Lough, has been discovered in the loft of a house in Glasgow.
Frances Godden of Bonhams auction house inspects a silver table centrepiece from the a la carte restaurant on the White Star liner Titanic which sunk in 1912.
A very rare lunch menu for the first full meal served aboard the Titanic, dated April 2, 1914.
A letter written by first-class passenger Miss Alice Lennox-Conyngham to her nephew Alan Duff on the Titanic. The letter, postmarked only three days before the liner hit an iceberg and sank on its maiden voyage in 1912, had been used as a bookmark for years by its unsuspecting owner before a chance conversation revealed its value.
Titanic Ship
First class tea cup china used by passengers on the Titanic
Third class china used by passengers and the crew on the Titanic
FILE - John Zaller, creative director of Premier Exhibitions, discusses objects from the Titanic's Verandah Cafe on display in the "Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition" at the Discovery Times Square Exposition in New York, in this June 24, 2009
Lord Pirrie, the former head of Harland & Wolff and instigator of the Olympic Class liners constructed on the Queen's Island almost 100 years ago.
First Class menu from the RMS Titanic.
Lunch menu from the RMS Titanic.
Colin Cobb's Titanic Walking Tours. The pump house at Thompson graving dock.
Colin Cobb's Titanic Walking Tours. An original keel block from the Thompson graving dock
Colin Cobb's Titanic Walking Tours. The Thompson graving dock and pump house
Colin Cobb's Titanic Walking Tours. The Thompson graving dock and pump house where the Titanic's hull inspection and propeller work was done
Colin Cobb's Titanic Walking Tours. The tour reaches the gates through which the Titanic workers travelled each day.
The Titanic Building will immortalise one of history's most enduring tales
15 March 2012
The Titanic Belfast Experience is a new £90 million visitor attraction which opens on March 31, 2012.
Almost 80,000 tickets have been snapped up to tour the world's largest Titanic attraction when it opens.
Operators of the £90 million Titanic Belfast, which has been built in the derelict shipyard where the ill-fated liner was constructed a century earlier, say they are delighted with the interest the centre has generated.
They have also revealed that their banqueting suite, which is themed on the White Star Line's first class dining facilities, has already had almost 200 bookings, representing £1 million of business.
After three years in construction - the same time it took to complete the Titanic - the eye-catching building, already an icon on the Belfast skyline, is on course to open on schedule, ahead of April's centenary of the sinking.
As workers add the finishing touches to the six-storey venue, which at 90 feet is the same height as the Titanic's bow, the owners have given a sneak preview of what waits in store for visitors on opening day on March 31.
The centre, which hopes to attract 425,000 visitors in its first year, tells the story of the Titanic through nine separate galleries, each devoted to a different aspect of the tragedy.
Boomtown Belfast, the first, brings people back to the turn of the 20th century and explains why the thriving industrial port city was chosen to build what was to be the world's largest moving object. From there visitors will be invited to board a skyrail pod to go on a journey through a recreation of the Harland and Wolff shipyard where the vessel was fashioned.
The story then moves to the ship's triumphant launch in 1911 and focus then shifts to the fit-out of the vessel, with three cabins recreated on one floor, from the most opulent to the basic steerage accommodation.
The maiden voyage is then retold, complete and the temperature drops and lights darken as visitors enter the gallery dedicated to the night of the sinking on April 14/15, 1912. As haunting survivor accounts are played overhead, tales of the 1,522 victims are retold on the walls.
The final gallery recounts the discovery of the ship's final resting place 70 years later, with footage of the wreck on a massive video screen below the glass floor of the 88-seat auditorium. The Titanic Below gallery also hosts a marine exploration educational centre, where live feeds will be streamed from ongoing dive missions down to the ship, which lies two-and-a-half miles below the Atlantic surface.
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