Steiff the famous bear making company - brought out a black mourning bear after the Titanic sunk in April 1912. Another similar bear was brought out in 2012 to mark the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. This bear is a limited edition copy. He is actually a lovely bear.
What is often missed where the Titanic is concerned, because it is not romantic and just gritty, is that many of the boiler stoker's families were from Liverpool in the United Kingdom and these families were left penniless and having to ask for money from church relief organisations. People tend to look at the illustrious passengers who sailed on the boat rather than those whose families depended on whatever small wages could be earned working in the heat and dark of the underbelly of the ship.
