by Anthea Gerrie
When the ?unsinkable? 52,000-ton RMS Titanic struck an iceberg and slid to the bottom of the ocean on her maiden voyage on April 15, 1912, you?d think it would be a night to forget, with the loss of more than 1,500 lives.
But not a bit of it -- the Titanic centennial will be a worldfest of commemorations, re-enactments, auctions and other special events taking place on both sides of the Atlantic, plus a couple of less likely sites around the globe.
Here?s a rundown on where to see the fixtures, fittings and other artefacts which survived, relive the voyage of those who didn?t and buy into the atmosphere of the world?s most advanced steamship of the times, doomed forever to the deep by pride, folly and human error.
1. Belfast, Northern Ireland
Even the chippie is getting on board in Belfast.
In the city where the fated liner was built, �90 million (US$143 million) and three years have been invested to create a ?Titanic Experience? on the old Harland and Wolff ship-building yard.
The show -- the world?s largest such experience -- opened on March 31 with full-scale reconstructions, rides and a bevy of special effects to tell how Titanic was conceived at the dawn of the 20th century prior to sailing out of Belfast on April 2, 1912.
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