Lego models of famous shipwrecks to go on display

RMS Titanic is one of eight shipwrecks featured in the exhibition

A Lego exhibition of famous shipwrecks - including RMS Titanic - is going on display in the UK for the first time.

Eight models, ranging from 1-3m (3.2-9.8 ft) long, will be on show at Brickwrecks: Sunken Ships in Lego Bricks at Historic Dockyard Chatham in Kent from 8 March for six months.

Amongst them will be HMS Terror and HMS Erebus, both fitted out at Chatham, before being wrecked near Canada in 1846 while seeking the Northwest Passage.

Paul Barnard, from the tourist attraction, said they were "thrilled to bring this internationally renowned exhibition to Chatham".

A total of 1,336 hours of work went into creating the display

The ships on display include Uluburun, the oldest known shipwreck dating from around 1300 BC off Turkey, the iconic Titanic which sank in the Atlantic Ocean in 1912 with the loss of 1,500 lives, and MV RENA which was lost off New Zealand in 2011.

A total of 170,463 bricks and 1,336 hours of work went into creating the display.

Nick Ball, galleries and interpretation manager, said: "Visitors can try out different archaeology techniques, clean oil pollution from a penguin, and examine the wrecks in great detail."

Uluburun is the oldest known shipwreck dating from around 1300 BC off Turkey

The Historic Dockyard is encouraging amateur lego builders to submit their own naval-themed creations with some being chosen to be displayed at the attraction.

The exhibition runs until 31 August.