Lost Photos of the Titanic and The Stories Behind Them

No Survivors Left

Millvina was the last living survivor of the Titanic. She passed away in 2009 at the age of 97. After she was cremated, her ashes were scattered from the docks in Southampton where she boarded the Titanic with her family. 

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