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Titanic band member's final letter sells for £93,000

5:23pm Monday 22nd April 2013

A letter written by the bandmaster of the Titanic who carried on playing as the doomed ship sank has sold at auction for £93,000.

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SeaCity rides on a wave of success one year on

12:50pm Thursday 11th April 2013

A YEAR on from its opening, Southampton's £15m SeaCity museum is boasting higher than expected visitor numbers and has won a clutch of design awards.

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Bus tribute to last Titanic survivor

8:01am Wednesday 10th April 2013

THE memory of the last surviving Titanic survivor will live on in the form of a bus.

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Titanic band leader's violin discovered

6:16pm Friday 15th March 2013

THE violin that was played by the bandmaster on the Titanic can be revealed for the first time along with the story behind its discovery.

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New Titanic II liner will be so successful a THIRD Titanic may be built says magnate

10:00am Saturday 2nd March 2013

The billionaire building Titanic II, an exact replica of the ill-fated liner, said the vessel will be a living memorial to hundreds of Southampton crew members who died in the disaster.

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Billionaire launches Titanic II blueprint in New York

7:43am Wednesday 27th February 2013

An Australian billionaire unveiled blueprints for his new version of the Titanic that could set sail in late 2016 in New York last night

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First images of the planned Titanic II revealed

5:16pm Thursday 21st February 2013

THESE are the first, exclusive glimpses of how Titanic II will look when she arrives in Southampton for her maiden voyage in 2016.

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Titanic hotel blasted for being in 'poor taste'

9:00am Monday 14th January 2013

A FLOATING hotel which is painted to look like the sinking Titanic sinking has been slammed for being in “poor taste”.

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World's most expensive Titanic artefact goes on show

2:24pm Tuesday 27th November 2012

The world's most expensive Titanic artefact has gone on public display in a centre dedicated to the doomed liner.

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Titanic hero's sextant to go under the hammer

7:00am Monday 19th November 2012

A SEXTANT used by a Southampton captain to locate Titanic and rescue her survivors is expected to fetch £70,000 at auction.

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A must-see sea city?

12:20pm Sunday 18th November 2012

Belfast is another city facing the challenge of modernising its run-down waterfront. On a visit to the Northern Ireland capital this week to attend the Society of Editors’ annual conference, editor Ian Murray examines how the once troubled city is making the most of its setting by the sea

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Titanic safety officer 'feared he would lose his job'

6:48pm Wednesday 31st October 2012

A document revealing how a safety officer warned that the Titanic needed '50 per cent more lifeboats' but was suppressed from voicing his fears has emerged.

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