Titanic Sea Floor
The smoking room was destroyed during the sinking being located just aft of where the break up occurred in an area that was ripped apart during the stern s plunge to the sea floor.
Titanic sea floor. Explore the design of the titanic in high resolution deckplans. 20 strange underwater images of the titanic in 2018 the rms titanic has been sitting on the sea floor 370 miles south southeast off the coast of newfoundland for 106 years now. Would allow the explorers to investigate the interior of the wreck. No pictures of the titanic s smoking room are known only those of the olympic.
An examination of the titanic shipwreck site from a geological perspective. Titanic deckplans from titanic the ship magnificent 2008 the history press courtesy of bruce beveridge download plans. It has been there since it struck that iceberg over a hundred years ago. What is left of the titanic is sitting on the floor of the atlantic ocean just off the coast of newfoundland canada.
Following his discovery of the wreck site ballard returned to titanic in july 1986 aboard the research vessel rv atlantis ii now the deep diving submersible dsv alvin could take people back to titanic for the first time since her sinking and the remotely operated vehicle jason jr. Titanic marine explorer robert ballard returned in june 2004 helped by. In august divers visited the wreckage for the first time. The rms titanic was visited by divers for the first time in 14 years and the ship that was once a picture of luxury was found in the process of being swallowed up by the ocean floor and ravaged.
What been happening in the area around the shipwreck since it hit the north atlantic ocean floor more than 100 years ago. Nearly 20 years after first finding the sunken remains of the r m s. The rms titanic otherwise known as.