The film centers on the murder of Chinese soldiers aboard a cargo ship, a tragedy known as the 2011 Mekong River massacre.
The market for "ships of tragedy" relics, however, can be treacherous.
The ships of tragedy have also been gaining ground lately at museums.
In June, Broadway Books published Edward T. O'Donnell's "Ship Ablaze: The Tragedy of the Steamboat General Slocum," retelling the deadliest event in New York history before 9/11.
The General Slocum, which killed members of a German Lutheran church excursion, also quickly receded in memory because of the start of World War I and the resultant anti-German feeling, wrote Edward T. O'Donnell in his book, "Ship Ablaze: The Tragedy of the Steamboat General Slocum" (Broadway Books, 2003).
Of course: an important ship, and a terrible tragedy".
Now one historian is shedding new light on a considerably less-heralded segment of the tragedy: the ship's gay, or at least presumably gay, passengers.
As Italian rescue crews dealt with a major cruise ship wreck Tuesday, the tragedy of missing persons and rising casualties from the Costa Concordia were not their only concerns.
There were, as well, some veterans caught in the tragedy on the ship.
The letter was due to be delivered to Hart's mother in Essex when the ship returned to Southampton, but the tragedy meant it was never sent.
"My conviction is that no one on that ship should be blamed for that tragedy because no one on the ship could have stopped this attack," Admiral Clark said.
