Titanic claim form up for sale describes collision with 'growler' as 'slight jar'

The most senior officer to survive the Titanic attempted to downplay the iceberg collision to secure a £3m insurance payout, documents suggest.

Second officer Charles Lightoller insisted he merely felt a “slight jar” when the liner hit a “small low-lying iceberg” in April 1912, claiming more than 1,500 lives.