He said the debris field suggested the disaster had happened away from the Titanic in "the water column" - a term used to describe the space between the surface and ocean floor. Mr Hartsville said the debris from the sub was found on a "smooth bottom" of the sea and there was "no wr...
It would be "devastating" if the vessel is deep underwater because even if it is found, there is no way to rescue those aboard. "The deepest submarine rescue ever performed was 1,500 feet. ... This is 13,000 feet. There's no other craft that can get down there in time,...
It was May 7, 1915, just off the southern coast of Ireland. The British Empire and the Allied Powers were deeply embroiled in World War I against the German Empire and the Central Powers. Germany had declared unrestricted submarine warfare, meaning their subs would sink merchant vessels without...
The Coast Guard first alerted mariners about the missing sub Sunday night, saying a "21 foot submarine" with a white hull was overdue and giving its last known position. "VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE," the alert message read. The sub was los...
When she was 100 nm away from the Titanic’s location, Captain Rostron of RMS Carpathia sent her a message that they had reached the site of the accident and that coming here would be for nothing. The Olympic offered to take some survivors from the Titanic. However, Rostron said that as...
, New York. Another collector, William Robertson Coe, of Oyster Bay, Long Island, whose company insured the Titanic, constructed a camellia home during World War I. It still stands. The original shipment of over a hundred camellias for Coe’s estate was torpedoed by a German submarine....
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Five people on board the touristsubmarine that disappearedon an expedition to explore theTitanic shipwreckover the weekend did not survive a "catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber," officials said Thursday. The announcement came after the U.S. Coast Guard said themassive searchunderway in t...
Five people on board the touristsubmarine that disappearedon an expedition to explore theTitanic shipwreckover the weekend did not survive a "catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber," officials said Thursday. The announcement came after the U.S. Coast Guard said themassive searchunderway in...