Titanic Ocean Floor Body

The ship was explored by manned and unmanned.

Titanic ocean floor body.

While the assumption is that decades in the ocean would have led to total disintegration the discovery of the wreck of the titanic in 1985 also prompted a debate over whether there could be human remains embedded in the wreckage two and a half miles below the surface of the 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. When the rms titanic sunk in 1912 the grand ship took with her over 1500 people. The wreck of the rms titanic lies at a depth of about 12 500 feet 3 8 km.

Finally on september 1 1985 an ocean explorer by the name of robert ballard discovered her again. Amazing photos show vessel containing three rotting bodies including a man still in his dinner jacket which was found by passing liner a month later and 200 miles away. With a three man submarine ballard and others went down to the wreck and began taking pictures of her rusting hulk. If a human body were instantly tranferred from the ocean s surface where there is 1 atmosphere of pressure to the depth where the titanic lies an addition of 1 atmosphere for every 10 metres then the air chambers would be immediately flattered.

Photos were taken during submarine explorations of the site and the release of some of those photos suggest. 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. The bow is still recognisable with many preserved interiors despite deterioration and damage sustained hitting the sea floor.

For over 70 years the titanic sat on the bottom of the ocean waiting for man to find her again. Seventy three years after it sank to the north atlantic ocean floor a joint u s french expedition locates the wreck of the rms titanic the sunken liner was about 400 miles east of newfoundland. The titanic s last lifeboat.