Titanic Whistles Ocean Floor

Robert ballard found the titanic over two miles below the ocean s surface by using an unmanned submersible called argo.

Titanic whistles ocean floor.

As part of the titanic 100 centenary event on 10th april 2012 ships gathered together in the ocean dock where titanic set sail 100 years before. This is the very first time titanic has been heard since the night she sank. The wreckage on the ocean bed lay undetected for decades until 1985. The bow is still recognisable with many preserved interiors despite deterioration and damage sustained hitting the sea floor.

After the sinking of the titanic on april 15 1912 the great ship slumbered on the floor of the atlantic ocean for over 70 years before its wreckage was discovered. Upwards of 80 000 people gathered saturday in st. Newly released photos show the haunting images of titanic victim s clothing lining the bottom of the ocean floor 100 years after the new york bound ship sank in the north atlantic. 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.

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. The wreck of the rms titanic lies at a depth of about 12 500 feet 3 8 km. Paul minnesota to listen to the sounding of one of titanic s bronze whistles recovered from the ocean floor in a 1993 expedition. On september 1 1985 a joint american french expedition headed by famous american oceanographer dr.

Boasting a length of 900 feet a height of 25 stories and weighing 46 000 tons it was the largest mobile vessel ever built at the time. 1985 the prow of the hms titanic as she lies on the atlantic ocean floor south of newfoundland. Almost 87 years ago titanic s voice was silenced after hitting an iceberg in the north atlantic ocean.