Ocean Floor Underwater Atlantic Ocean Titanic

The photos are the clearest most high resolution images that have ever been developed of the titanic on the ocean floor.
Ocean floor underwater atlantic ocean titanic. Titanic s rudder measured 78 feet 8 inches high and 15 feet 3 inches long weighing over 100 tons. This is the city from which the titanic originally set sail and the museum opened exactly 100 years after the date that the ship set off on its one and only voyage. An excerpt from the magazine s article reads. The wreck sleeps in darkness a puzzlement of corroded steel strewn across a thousand acres of the north atlantic seabed.
1985 the prow of the hms titanic as she lies on the atlantic ocean floor south of newfoundland. The titanic was about as long as the empire state building is tall. Sadly it won t be there for much longer as the ocean claims it for its own. Underwater bacteria have been eating away at titanic s steel and transformed it into rust since the ship sank but because of the extra damage caused by visitors the national oceanic and atmospheric administration estimates that the hull and structure of the ship may collapse to the ocean floor within the next 50 years.
The wreck of the titanic has lain at the bottom of the atlantic ocean off the coast of the canadian province of newfoundland since april 1912 when it hit an iceberg and sank on its maiden voyage. The luxury liner even had an infirmary with an operating room. After the collision the titanic and its debris came to rest in the region of the north atlantic ocean where two major underwater currents converged. The titanic used 14 000 gallons of drinking water.
Geological features of the titanic shipwreck location. 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. This napkin was actually recovered from the ocean floor and based on all the detail it has it was likely used by first class passengers during their lavish meals. What is left of the titanic is sitting on the floor of the atlantic ocean just off the coast of newfoundland canada.
The titanic had on board a turkish bath several libraries a squash court and a heated swimming pool.