The story of the unsinkable Titanic : classic, rare and unseen

2012 is the 100th anniversary of the sinking of RMS Titanic, then the largest and most luxurious passenger liner the world had ever seen.

Here is the complete story of the legendary vessel from design to its building in Harland & Wolf's Belfast shipyard and a detailed chronicle of the catastrophic voyage lavishly illustrated with contemporary photographs, many of them previously unpublished.

Contemporary news headlines up to the present day reveal the public story as it unfolded including the discovery and exploration of the wreck.