Pictures of Titanic's last lifeboat - which show the tragic end of three people who drifted at sea for a month after the liner sank on its maiden voyage - go to auction this week. The crew of RMS Oceanic discovered the boat 200 miles away from where the Belfast-built ship was hit by an iceberg. Share Go To After rowing out for a closer inspection of the wooden vessel the crew were shocked to find three decomposed bodies. One man was still in his dinner jacket, while two firemen from Titanic's engine room were huddled under benches. The pictures taken that day on May 13, 1912 go under the hammer this week along with a handwritten letter from an unknown Oceanic crew member recounting the...
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