Titanic memorial cruise docks in Halifax

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The 100th anniversary Titanic memorial cruise ship docks in Halifax, Nova Scotia, before setting sail again for the site where the legendary ship sank.

A commemorative Titanic memorial cruise ship docked in Halifax, Nova Scotia on Thursday (April 12).

The eight-night cruise will take passengers to the site where the Titanic hit an iceberg and sank, about 400 miles off the coast of Newfoundland.

When the Titanic sank on April 15, 1912, ships were sent from Halifax to pick up the bodies of the dead.

The story of the Titanic still resonates in Halifax, which has many visible reminders of what was the worst peacetime maritime disaster ever: 150 graves, more than 20 sites linked to the recovery effort, and dozens of artifacts.

The city of 300,000 is holding a series of concerts, readings, and other events to mark the occasion