Oysters and ice-cream: menu for dinner on Titanic expected to sell for £70,000

Water-stained bill of fare from three days before disaster reveals passengers dined on shellfish, salmon, squab and Victoria pudding

It was not quite the last supper for the first-class passengers on board RMS Titanic, but very nearly. A unique surviving ship’s menu from 11 April 1912, going under the hammer this weekend, has revealed the treats that were served on the doomed liner just three days before it hit an iceberg on its maiden voyage across the Atlantic.

Expected to sell for up to £70,000, the bill of fare poses some interesting questions: among them, who grabbed a menu while making for the lifeboats, and what is Victoria pudding?