Wreck of the Titanic
The British liner RMS Titanic sank on 15 April 1912 after striking an iceberg on her maiden voyage. Her wreck lies about 3,800 metres down in the North Atlantic, in two main pieces about 600 metres apart, and was found only in 1985 by a French-American expedition.
Dated events and their evidence
- 1912 CE mainstream
15 April: the Titanic sinks after striking an iceberg on her maiden voyage; she breaks apart between the second and third funnels at or just below the surface source - 1985 CE mainstream
1 September: a joint French-American expedition led by Jean-Louis Michel (IFREMER) and Robert Ballard (Woods Hole) finds the debris field with the towed camera Argo, then the wreck itself source - 1986 CE mainstream
Ballard returns with the crewed submersible Alvin, the first people to see the Titanic since she sank; the robot Jason Jr. descends the Grand Staircase to B Deck source - 2012 CE mainstream
14 April, the 100th anniversary of the sinking: the wreck becomes eligible for protection under the 2001 UNESCO Convention on underwater cultural heritage source - 2023 CE mainstream
June: the submersible Titan implodes near the wreck, killing all five aboard source
Where
41.7256° N, 49.9469° W
The point is Wikipedia's position for the wreck, about 600 km south-southeast of Newfoundland.
Sources
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