Image via Shutterstock Imagine spending more than $1 million to restore a cruise ship just to watch it all sink under the sea ...

After many years and about $1 million (£755,000) worth of renovations he was able to get a lounge, hallways and several cabins looking rather spectacular, and renamed the ship 'The Aurora'.

Cruise historian Peter Knego ... believes that the ship would likely “have just sank without anybody not knowing what it was” if he hadn’t bought it all those years ago.

The dramatic and sudden sinking of the ship that was touted to be unsinkable provoked a great search over the next 100 years ...

A petition has been launched to save an iconic cruise ship with links to Southampton which is due to be sunk to create the world’s largest artificial reef. Plans are in place for the SS United ...