It's almost too ironic to be true. A rumour - with accompanying image - has been circulating over the last few days alleging that a Titanic exhibition was forced to shutter as a result of water damage. You can see the image below:

Is the rumour true? It seems so. Various local news sources have reported that Fleetwood Museum's Titanic exhibition was indeed closed late last week, right in the middle of the powerful storms that battered the UK. Although there is no mention of the closure on the Fleetwood Museum's Facebook page, the closure was reported by BBC Northwest, Cleveleys News, Blackpool Today and the parent Lancashire Museums organisation:

Apparently the Titanic Exhibition at Fleetwood Museum has been temporarily closed. Due to ...you guessed it....water damage.

— North West Tonight (@BBCNWT) November 1, 2013

Thanks Guys! ;-) @BlackpoolToday @cleveleysnews Titanic exhibition at Fleetwood Museum is now closed due to water damage.

— Lancashire Museums (@LMuseums) November 1, 2013

The incident also brought out some of Twitter's worst / best puns:

The Titanic Artifact exhibition is closed due to water damage. I've got that sinking feeling #Punny

— Katie McL.R (@katieruby) November 4, 2013