Before the Titanic struck an iceberg and sank to the bottom of the North Atlantic in April 1912, crew members kept her steaming along by shoveling coal into her boilers. Now, some of the ship’s ...

Coal from the Titanic is going on sale - with hundreds of items from shipwrecks including cannons and crockery. The 700 marine artefacts dating back to the 1500s are housed at the Shipwreck ...

The coal is expected to sell for between roughly $500 and $800. Another item included in the sale is a coil of tarred rope from the Mary Rose, which was built for Henry VIII between 1510 and 1511.