Titanic Captain Edward Smith bore the lion's share of the responsibility for the lives lost. But the disaster was only the start of his family's tragic legacy.
There are many photographs of the 'Titanic,' but this video shot in Belfast contains the only surviving footage of the ship before it sank.
Alongside him was George Widener, who gave a dinner party in honour of the Titanic captain, Edward Smith, on the evening of the disaster. Their wives were loaded into the same lifeboat.
A Sussex author has examined the surprising connection between the captain of the Titanic and the mysterious death of an MI5 spy.