Titanic Hitting Ocean Floor

A submarine hit the titanic wreckage months ago records say.

Titanic hitting ocean floor.

An examination of the titanic shipwreck site from a geological perspective. Britannic was launched just before the start of the first world war. 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. The titanic hit an iceberg in the north atlantic ocean and sunk about 400 miles off the.

The wreck of the rms titanic lies at a depth of about 12 500 feet 3 8 km. What been happening in the area around the shipwreck since it hit the north atlantic ocean floor more than 100 years ago. 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 ship was explored by manned and unmanned.

This striking stock footage collection of the titanic shipwreck is the original footage as captured by the legendary al giddings in a series of 11 dramatic d. Rms titanic famously hit the atlantic ocean floor in the early hours of april 15 1912 four days after the ship s maiden voyage from southampton to new york went sour. On september 1 1985 a joint u s french expedition located the wreck of the titanic lying on the ocean floor at a depth of about 13 000 feet. 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.

After visiting the bottom of the atlantic ocean in august 2005 scientists have discovered that titanic took just five minutes to sink much faster than previously thought.