'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.
He built up his own idea of the fateful April evening in 1912, when the cruise liner sunk on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York, through artists' impressions and books describing the incident, which he took to a tattoo artist.
The detailed ink includes the iconic 46,000-tonne vessel disappearing into the water after striking an iceberg and lifeboats bobbing on the waves.
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.
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