Titanic first class deck plan fetches €34,000 at auction

A RARE Titanic first class deck plan belonging to a wealthy New York couple who drowned at sea has sold at auction for £30,000 (€34,177).

The deck plans were handed to the 324 first class passengers as they boarded the RMS Titanic at Southampton in 1912 to help them navigate around the luxury liner.

Ida and Isidor Straus died side-by-side after Ms Straus refused a place on a lifeboat to remain with her husband. They drowned at sea along with 1,495 others.