Stern Of Titanic Spiraling To Ocean Floor

Robert ballard in 1985.

Stern of titanic spiraling to ocean floor.

The bow is still recognisable with many preserved interiors despite deterioration and damage sustained hitting the sea floor. The rms titanic has been sitting on the sea floor 370 miles south southeast off the coast of newfoundland for 106 years now. Britannic was launched just before the start of the first world war. The wreck of the rms titanic lies at a depth of about 12 500 feet 3 8 km.

The ship embarked on what was its doomed maiden. The stern lands some 2 000 feet 610 meters from the bow. Share this on facebook. No attempts even to locate the ship were successful until septamber 1985 when a joint american french expedition led by dr.

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. Robert ballard of the woods hole oceanographic institution sailing on the research vessel knorr. Hmhs britannic b r ɪ ˈ t æ n ɪ k was the third vessel of the white star line s olympic class of steamships and the second white star ship to bear the name britannic she was the fleet mate of both the rms olympic and the rms titanic and was intended to enter service as a transatlantic passenger liner. The idea of finding the wreck of titanic and even raising the ship from the ocean floor had been perpetuated since shortly after the ship sank.

The exact location of the titanic wreck was determined after the bow and stern sections of the titanic were discovered and recorded by dr. During the ship s final moments it broke apart in two and the wreckage was found in two distinct pieces the stern fragmented virtually beyond recognition and the bow of the ship remarkably intact reports. Water pressure allegedly causes the stern which still has air inside to implode as it sinks. Hundreds of people are in the freezing water.

The positions of the bow and stern are 49 deg 56 min 49 seconds west longitude 41 deg 43 min 57 seconds north latitude and 49 deg 56 min 54 seconds west longitude 41 deg 43 min 35. Stunning new photos of titanic on ocean floor. The stern disappears into the ocean and the titanic is gone. Geological location of the titanic shipwreck.

March 22 2012 9 08am. 2 37 mi about 370 miles 600 km south southeast off the coast of newfoundland it lies in two main pieces about a third of a mile 600 m apart.