The wreck of the British ocean liner RMS Titanic lies at a depth of about 12,500 feet, about 325 nautical miles south-southeast off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. It lies in two main pieces about
The Titanic's bow in June 2004
The Titanic surfacing on a poster publicising the film Raise the Titanic. The scene depicted would not have been physically possible.
DSV Alvin, used in 1986 to mount the first crewed expedition to the wreck of the Titanic
The partly collapsed bathroom of Captain Edward Smith, with the bathtub filled with rusticles
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
Wreck of the Titanic
…wreck has been the focus of interest and has been visited by numerous tourist and scientific expeditions, including by the Titan, a submersible which imploded near the wreck in June 2023, killing all five aboard. Controversial salvage operations have recovered thousands of items, many of which have been conserved and put…
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.