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A POCKET watch discovered on the frozen body of a Scot who was the last victim to be recovered from the Titanic is being auctioned for 25000The silver watch was found on Thomas Mullin whose corpse was plucked from the sea the day before it became too treacherous for rescue vessels to continue searching The 20yearold who was born in Maxwelltown Dumfries had signed on for the illfated voyage on 6 April 1912 as a thirdclass stewardMore than 1500 died when the Titanic hit an iceberg and sank off Newfoundland on the night of 14 April 1912