Mention hole seen in foundering Titanic (8)
I believe the answer is:
citation
'mention' is the definition.
(I know that mention can be written as citation)
'hole seen in foundering titanic' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'hole' could be 'o' (O looks like a hole) and 'o' is found in the answer.
'in' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for citation that I've seen before include "Quotation from a book" , "Commendation for bravery" , "Mention in an official report" , "mention in dispatches" , "Encomium, tribute" .)