James Sexton has super-imposed an image of The Titanic against an image of a current-day cruise ship. Hard to believe your eyes. Actually, a bit scary! For copyright reasons, see the original photo on his Twitter feed: Twitter: James Sexton / Titanic. Marvel at engineering? See more stories about engineering. Photo credit: Masyanya – Fotolia.com

Remember the 1970s TV series “The Love Boat”? The ship upon which the series was based was, actually, a cruise ship. It’s been in service until now, but she’s been sold and will be scrapped for metal and parts in Turkey. During the show’s era, the ship was really known as “Pacific Princess”. Some factoids …