Titanic anniversary: Descendants pay tribute to relatives lost at sea
They threw flowers on the dockside where the famous ship departed on its journey on April 10th, 1912.
A minute’s silence was held for those who died when the vessel - which was on its way to New York - hit an iceberg and sank on its first voyage.
More than 1,500 people were killed.
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Hide AdToday, a recording of the vessel’s whistle played at noon as around 650 people gathered to pay tribute.
Southampton was badly hit, with a death toll with 549 - more than a third of the total - from the city dying in the tragedy.
Civic dignitaries also paid their respects in the ceremony hosted by television personality Fred Dinenage, whose great uncle James Richard Dinenage - a first class steward - died on the Titanic aged 47.