A series of events are being held to mark the 100th anniversary of the Titanic disaster of April 1912. Relatives of the victims are attending a memorial service commemorating the ship setting sail from Southampton 100 years ago.
The two Titanic memorial cruise ships - the Azamara from New York City and MS Balmoral from Southampton - have met at the at the site where the Titanic sank 100 years ago today.
A memorial service for the victims was held on board at 2.20am local time. Wireless officer Joseph Allen sent a morse code distress signal as part of the reenactment of the disaster and passengers threw wreaths into the sea.
The ocean is a little rougher, the sky cloudier but this is where we will pay our respects to the ship that sank so tragically 100 years ago
World commemorates 100 years to the day of the Titanic cruise liner disaster.
You only have to gaze across the waters of Halifax harbour in Nova Scotia to imagine the scene.