Titanic insurance document could fetch £50,000
- 6 hours agoBea SwallowWest of EnglandPA MediaThe Titanic sank after striking an iceberg in the North Atlantic on 15 April 1912The only known copy of an insurance ledger covering the hull of the RMS Titanic during its sea trials is to be sold at auction.
- The policy provides $100,000 worth of insurance coverage to the steel hull under the Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company, one of the ship's major insurers.
- The binder was signed on 27 March 1912 - just 19 days before the ship sank during its maiden voyage to New York, claiming the lives of 1,500 people on board.
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- 6 hours agoBea SwallowWest of EnglandPA MediaThe Titanic sank after striking an iceberg in the North Atlantic on 15 April 1912The only known copy of an insurance ledger covering the hull of the RMS Titanic during its sea trials is to be sold at auction.
- The policy provides $100,000 worth of insurance coverage to the steel hull under the Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company, one of the ship's major insurers.
- The binder was signed on 27 March 1912 - just 19 days before the ship sank during its maiden voyage to New York, claiming the lives of 1,500 people on board.
Sources: BBC News