Cruise in the wake of Titanic

[Andrew Clarkson]

TODAY sees the memorial service for the last person to survive the sinking of the Titanic. The ashes of Millvina Dean, who died aged 97 in May, will be scattered near the doomed voyage's starting point in Southampton.

In 2012, to mark the 100-year anniversary of the disaster, a Titanic Memorial Cruise will follow the liner's route and include a memorial service in the early hours of April 15, exactly 100 years after the ship was lost.

It will make the journey with 1,309 paying passengers, the same number that sailed on the original voyage.

After the service, the cruise continues to Halifax, Nova Scotia, where passengers can visit Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery and Hirsch Jewish Cemetery, which have graves of Titanic victims.

The 12-night cruise ends in New York. Including flights back to the UK, it will cost from £2,595pp. Interest in the trip is so high more than nine grades of cabin have already sold out. See titanicmemorialcruise.com.

Source: http://www.thesun.co.uk