Life jacket worn by Titanic survivor goes on sale

A life jacket worn by a Titanic survivor is going to be auctioned, and could sell for up to £350,000.

It is the only life jacket from one of the survivors to ever be put up for sale, and its sale has been described by the auction house as a "once in a lifetime".

The lifejacket belonged to first class passenger Laura Mabel Francatelli.

What makes the object extra special is that it's signed by Laura and other survivors.

The RMS Titanic tragedy took place in 1912.

The ship was considered the world's biggest and most luxurious at the time and some even claimed it was "unsinkable".

But it's remembered for hitting an iceberg and sinking in the Atlantic Ocean just four days into its voyage to the United States.

There were about 700 survivors of the tragedy, and Laura Mabel Francatelli being one of them.

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