I see that a cruise ship carrying descendants of some of the people who died on the Titanic set sail from Southampton docks in southern England yesterday. The ship is retracing the doomed liner’s route on its maiden voyage 100 years ago. The Titanic Memorial Cruise is carrying 1,309 passengers which is the same number as were on the Titanic all those years ago.
Our voyage of a lifetime will sail from Southampton on 8th April 2012 the twelve night cruise on board the MS Balmoral and will follow the RMS Titanic’s original itinerary, passing by Cherbourg on the French coast before calling into the Irish port of Cobh.
Along the way they’ll visit the place where the supposedly unsinkable ship collided with an iceberg. Passengers and crew will pay their respects at a special memorial service to take place at the exact time the Titanic sank 100 years ago.
It’d be rather amazing to be on such a voyage but I imagine it’d feel a little bit eerie. I reckon everyone on board would take a little bit more notice than usual when the crew went through the safety and emergency demonstrations.
So do you think you would have joined the memorial cruise if you’d had the opportunity?
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