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The sinking of the RMS Titantic was a terrible tragedy for all the 1,517 people who died - but the stories of the 13 brides and grooms who joined the ship to celebrate their honeymoons are especially poignant.
They included multi-millionaire John Jacob Astor and his wife Madeleine, who had eloped to escape the gossip-mongers.
Only Madeleine and their unborn child would make it home.
Then there was Daniel Marvin, whole wedding to Mary Farquarson was the first recorded on film.
The groom helped his young bride onto a life raft but refused to save himself.
And there were Edward and Ethel Beane, who had saved up for six years to get married and lost everything on the Titanic.
They survived, but refused ever to talk about what happened to them.
These are profoundly moving stories of people thrown into life-or-death situations.
Their actions are sometimes courageous, often surprising - but always memorable.
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