A wooden cross made from oak taken from the Titanic has been revealed publicly for the first time.
The piece was made by Samuel Smith, who was on board the SS Minia when she took part in the mission to recover the bodies of those who perished.
Crew from the Minia picked up debris from the sinking as they retrieved the bodies, which were either buried at sea or taken to Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Mr Smith made the cross from some of that wreck wood in honour of the more than 1,500 passengers and crew who died when the Harland & Wolff-built Titanic struck an iceberg in the early hours of April 15, 1912.
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