Watch given to captain who saved 700 Titanic survivors sells for £1.56m

Auctioneers say the watch sale is the highest-ever for a Titanic artefact.

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The 18-carat Tiffany & Co timepiece was given to Sir Arthur Rostron, then captain of passenger ship RMS Carpathia, by survivors he rescued in 1912.

Auctioneer Henry Aldridge and Son in Wiltshire said it was the highest amount ever paid for Titanic memorabilia, and that it was bought by a private collector in the US.

The sale demonstrates the "enduring fascination" with the ill-fated ocean liner, it added.

Sir Arthur changed course of the Carpathia, which was on its way from New York for Europe, after the ship's wireless operator picked up the distress call "we've struck ice, come at once".

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