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Menu for meal on Titanic sells for €113,000

More than 1,500 passengers and crew died when the ship struck an iceberg in the Atlantic in 1912
More than 1,500 passengers and crew died when the ship struck an iceberg in the Atlantic in 1912

A menu for the first meal ever served on the Titanic has sold for €113,000 at an auction in the UK.

The lunch, including sweetbreads, spring lamb and pastries, was served during the liner's sea trials on 2 April, 1912.

The highest ranking surviving officer from the Titanic, Charles Lightoller, had given the menu to his wife as a souvenir before he left from Southampton on 10 April 1912.

More than 1,500 passengers and crew died when the ship struck an iceberg in the Atlantic and sank on 15 April 1912.