A rare object from the world’s most famous shipwreck sold for nearly double its estimated price at auction.

The item is believed to be one of only a handful of Titanic life jackets still in existence, the auction house said.

The company entrusted with 5,500 artifacts salvaged from the Titanic wants to pawn off 100 to deal with its creditors.

NORFOLK, Va. — The company that owns the salvage rights to the Titanic said Thursday that it hasn't settled on plans to retrieve more artifacts from the shipwreck, potentially cooling down a legal ...

The artifact belonged to first-class passenger Laura Mabel Francatelli, a secretary heading to Chicago with her employer. It's the only life vest connected to a survivor of the 1912 shipwreck to ever ...

Charlotte Observer reporter Joe Marusak and visual journalist Jeff Siner get a sneak preview of the Titanic exhibition that ...

It is the only life jacket from the Titanic to be sold at auction in 114 years.

The Titanic sank on April 15, 1912, after it hit an iceberg during its maiden voyage from England to New York. The accident killed 1,517 people. The steam liner sank to a depth of more than 12,000 ...

The last time a sale was proposed, the idea drew objections from the U.S. and French governments, and from UNESCO and other ...

A few years ago, researchers sent robots to the wreck of the RMS Titanic, which is located 12,500 feet below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean. Using underwater scanning technology, the deep-sea ...

This Wednesday will mark the 114th anniversary of a legendary maritime tragedy. At 11:40 p.m. on April 14, 1912, the British ocean liner RMS Titanic struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic at a speed ...