A titanic fan, Steve Hide has taken his obsession with the tragic ship to new levels by having the fateful moment it struck an iceberg tattooed on his back.
Steve Hine splashed out £3,000 on the artwork, which covers his entire back and took almost 40 hours to complete over a period of five years.
'When I started having it done five years ago I always planned to have it finished in time for the 100th anniversary,' he told the Southern Daily Echo. Pix Marcin, who completed the body art, said he had never seen anything like it in his six years as a professional tattoo artist.
Steve's wife, Vivienne, 51, said: 'Whenever we are on holiday and he has his shirt off, everybody comes up to us to have a look and get their pictures taken. It's like he's a celebrity!'
No doubt Steve will be first in the queue when the Oscar-winning blockbuster Titanic is re-released in 3D in 2012.
