RMS Titanic has captured our collective imagination for over a century. One of the largest and most opulent ships of its time, the ship was once considered unsinkable. However, in the early hours of April 15, 1912, on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York, the unthinkable happened when it struck a large iceberg. Sinking in less than three hours, the 883-foot ocean liner quickly sank to the bottom of the ocean where it now rests.
Earlier this year, a team visited the original site to capture never-before-seen footage of the shipwreck. A few months later, deep-sea expert Magellan made another expedition with Atlantic Productions to scan the entire Titanic. The exact position of the wreckage, now split in two, has now been revealed and the surrounding 3-mile debris field containing unopened champagne bottles and various personal belongings has been accurately mapped.
„There are still questions, fundamental questions, about the ship that need to be answered,” Titanic researcher Parks Stephenson said. BBC News It first broke the scene.
The scans were taken during a six-week cruise in the summer of 2022. About 700 km off the coast of Canada, two submarines, Romeo and Juliet, went 3,800 meters (12,500 feet) below the surface to map every millimeter of the wreck. Work on propellers. The entire site was said to be treated with the utmost respect for the bereaved, a wreath-laying ceremony was held and the entire site was left undisturbed. In total, 16TB of data was collected from the ruins with 700,000 images taken from every angle. As the ship gradually disintegrates, new scans shed light on how the ship went down.
„We don’t really understand the nature of the collision with the iceberg. We don’t even know if she hit the starboard as shown in all the movies — she probably landed on the iceberg,” explained researcher Parks Stephenson.
’We now have every ship on the Titanic’
Andrew Geffen from Atlantic Productions spoke #BBCBreakfast After the first full-scale digital scan of the Titanic created using deep-sea mapping.https://t.co/DZyzkoSRd7 pic.twitter.com/jCveKN0Zxf
— BBC Breakfast (@BBCBreakfast) May 17, 2023
First 3D scan of Titanic reveals never-before-seen wreckage This technology will help to more accurately determine the conditions of the famous ocean liner sinking in 1912. https://t.co/QKD4Hxk5z3
? Atlantic Productions/Magellan pic.twitter.com/oibk4HAe70
— El Pais (@el_pais) May 17, 2023
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