Titanic insurance document could fetch £50,000

A rare insurance document tied to the RMS Titanic’s sea trials is expected to fetch between £30,000 and £50,000 at auction. The only known copy of an insurance ledger covering the ship’s hull during trials will be sold by Henry Aldridge and Son in Devizes, Wiltshire, on 21 November. The policy, under Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company, provided $100,000 of coverage to the steel hull and was signed on 27 March 1912—just 19 days before Titanic sank on its maiden voyage to New York. The policy limits were paid within 30 days of the disaster. Coverage ran for a year starting 30 March 1912, including a note extending protection to a Belfast-to-Southampton trip after 31 March.