A key which is thought to have fitted the locker holding the crow’s nest binoculars of the Titanic will be sold at auction in Wiltshire.

The iron key was held by Second Officer David Blair who was removed from the crew at the last moment and did not hand it on to his replacement.

Titanic sank on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York on 15 April 1912 with the loss of 1,522 lives.

The conjecture is that this is the key that could have saved the Titanic and is for sales at Henry Aldridge and Son Auctioneers.

It is known Second Officer Blair was given a pair of binoculars for use on the ship as he lent them to lookouts for help guiding them into Southampton on the voyage from Belfast.

He was replaced in the post by Henry Wilde who would later perish when the liner sank.

Posted: 09|5|07 at 2:13 pm. Filed under: UK News.