Amount paid at auction is highest ever for memorabilia related to ship that sank on its maiden voyage

A gold pocket watch presented to the captain of a boat which rescued more than 700 passengers from the Titanic has sold for a record-breaking £1.56m.

It was the highest amount ever paid for Titanic memorabilia, and went to a private collector in the US, said auctioneers Henry Aldridge and Son of Devizes, Wiltshire.