But all Harry Cotterill could talk about after seeing it as a seven-year-old was the doomed but magnificent ocean liner herself.
It began a passion which inspired him to start drawing ships. Now, at 18, he is celebrating sketching his 50th vessel. Harry, of Colchester, Essex, spends up to 20 hours over three days making his incredibly detailed drawings.
Each one is at a scale of 187.5 to 1 and the biggest is 244cm (8ft) long. ‘At school, I used to be sitting in the lunch area, colouring a 7ft-long piece of paper,’ he recalls. Dozens of the teenager’s drawings are displayed on the ships that inspired them and he makes money by selling copies on the web via a company, Dream Designs Colchester, which he set up at the age of 13.
Harry’s dream of being a naval architect was dashed when he failed to make the grade in maths and science – and he knows interest in his skill may wane as he gets older. But for now? ‘I’m very busy,’ he says. Time to sharpen that pencil…