On 18 June 2023, Titan, a submersible operated by the American tourism and expeditions company OceanGate, imploded during an expedition to view the wreck of the Titanic in the North Atlantic Ocean off
Wreckage of Titan on the ocean floor, 22 June 2023
Logitech F710 similar to the one used (in modified form) on Titan for steering
MV Polar Prince (pictured in 2018) transported Titan and the expedition's crew to the dive site above the wreck of Titanic.
Ship Deep Energy (pictured in the Netherlands, 2015) arrived with two ROVs on 20 June.
OceanGate Inc. is an American privately owned company based in Everett, Washington, that provided crewed submersibles for tourism, industry, research, and exploration. The company was founded in 2009
Titan submersible implosion
…On 18 June 2023, Titan, a submersible operated by the American tourism and expeditions company OceanGate, imploded during an expedition to view the wreck of the Titanic in the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. Aboard the submersible…
Cyclops 1 submersible on display at Seattle's Museum of History & Industry
Catalina Island was the first location of OceanGate's tourist expeditions.
Screenshot of OceanGate Expeditions' website as of July 2023, indicating its suspension of all operations. A similar version that excluded the word "expeditions" was displayed on their primary website.
OceanGate submersible Antipodes