who had found the wreck of the Titanic only a year earlier. The statue – a 2-foot-tall bronze statue that was on display for the ship's first-class passengers – was discovered lying face-up in the sediment in the
On September 1, 1985, the first underwater images of theTitanicwere recorded as its giantboilerswere discovered. Later video showed the ship lying upright in two pieces. While the bow was clearly recognizable, the stern section was severely damaged. Covering the wreckage were rust-colored stalacti...
Sensing no collision, the lookouts were relieved. They had no idea that the iceberg had a jagged underwater spur, which slashed a 300-foot gash in the hull below the ship’s waterline. By the time the captain toured the damaged area with Harland and Wolff’s Thomas Andrews, five compartm...
For Ballard, the discovery came with mixed emotions. “It was one thing to have won—to have found the ship,” he later wrote. “It was another thing to be there. That was the spooky part. I could see the Titanic as she slipped nose first into the glassy water. Around me were the...
On a sadder note, a significant section of the railing that surrounds the ship bow’s forecastle deck has fallen, RMS Titanic said. The railing still stood as recently as 2022, the company said. Advertisement “The discovery of the statue of Diana was an exciting ...
The U.S. Coast Guard said the sub experienced a "catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber," and confirmed that a debris field found on the sea floor was pieces of the missing sub. Jun 22, 2023 Underwater noises detected in area of search for Titanic sub The noises were picked up...
An Underwater TourThe Titanic is the world's largest passenger ship(客轮)of its time.It leftSouthampton,UK for New York,US on April 10,1912.But just five days later,it hitan iceberg(撞到冰山)and went under the sea.More than 1,500 people died.After73 years,people found the Titanic ...
2023, www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/news/people/original-features-from-the-titanics-sister-ship-also-found-in-alnwick-hotel-fetch-whopping-price-at-auction-4447466. Three of its original lights went under the hammer at Anderson & Garland Auctioneers in Newcastle.They were sold after a battle ...
The surviving lifeboats were returned to service with the White Star Line and on other ships. No record has been found that tells us what ships they ended up on. And WSL repainted the lifeboats with the name of the new ship they were put on so there is no way to know the final dispo...
Shot by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) just months after explorers found the wreckage in 1985, the emotive clips feature images of the ship, including its famous bow section, deck and equipment. Captured about two miles (three kilometers) below the ocean’s surface, the 80-minut...