SOUTHAMPTON is to get a £4.6m heritage centre based around the sinking of Titanic, the Daily Echo can reveal.
City chiefs want the attraction to be ready before 2012, the centenary of the ill-fated liner's tragic demise.
Experts believe the museum would help the city find the Wow factor, bringing in 100,000 visitors and making almost a quarter of a million pounds every year.
The idea has been welcomed by tourist bosses, historians and even a survivor of the disaster.
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