We are saddened by this loss and the inevitable decay of the Ship and the debris. Over the course of the next few weeks and months, we will conduct a more thorough review of Titanic’s condition and her changes over time. Although Titanic’s collapse is inevitable, this evidence strengthens...
was last seen and photographed in 1986 by Robert Ballard, 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 debris ...
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 8...
On September 1, 1985, the first underwater images of the Titanic were recorded as its giant boilers were 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 ...
(He was reportedly last seen in the bridge, and his body was never found.) At approximately 2:18 am the lights on the Titanic went out. It then broke in two, with the bow going underwater. Reports later speculated that it took some six minutes for that section, likely traveling at ...
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...
"There's no GPS underwater, so the surface ship is supposed to guide the sub to the shipwreck by sending text messages," he reported at the time. "But on this dive, communications somehow broke down." You may remember that the @OceanGateExped sub to the #Titanic got lost for a few ...
A bronze statue from the Titanic — not seen in decades and feared to be lost for good — is among the discoveries made by the company with salvage rights to the wreck site on its first expedition there in many years.
Underwater museum plans The explorer and his team returned to Titanic in 1986 in order to photograph every inch of the wreck. Robert Ballard and Martin Bowen/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution In the years after he found the ship, Ballard met several of the survivors, many of whom were just...
Jean-Louis Michel, narrowed down the site of the wreck to an area of 100 square miles (259 square kilometers) in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Using the sonar capabilities of two underwater vehicles called Argo and SAR, the teams followed a trail of debris straight to the ship's ...