A Titanic adventure
WITH a price tag of £23,000 per ticket, it's unlikely many of us will ever get to visit the wreck of Titanic.
The next best thing is to listen to Steve Rigby, honourable secretary of the British Titanic Society, describe his amazing 11-hour dive beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean.
Steve has been enthralled by the story of the disaster, during which 1,496 people perished, since the age of nine when he first read Walter Lord's non-fiction account A Night to Remember.
"Over a thousand people have been into space," he says. "But only 200 have been down to Titanic."
He will be giving a talk on his experience at the Merseyside Maritime Museum at 2pm on Saturday, October 11. Collect a free ticket from the information desk on the day of the talk.
A propellor from the wreck of Titanic
Steve Rigby, left, in the cramped submersible in which he made his dive and, right, the ship's telemotor
Shoes left behind by one of the 1,496 souls lost in the disaster
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