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New Map Shows Titan Submersible Debris’s Proximity to Titanic Wreck [1]

['William J. Broad', 'More About William J. Broad']

Date: 2023-07-10

The company that possesses the exclusive salvage rights to the Titanic shipwreck and the ship’s artifacts filed in federal court on Saturday a map of the surrounding seabed that shows where searchers found the twisted remains of the Titan submersible.

The map, a mosaic of sonar images that were annotated by experts at the company, RMS Titanic Inc., helps indicate how close the craft was to its intended destination when disaster struck.

The vehicle very likely imploded on the morning of Sunday, June 18, killing all five crew members. RMS Titanic’s director of underwater research was on the last dive of the tourist submersible as a guest of Titan’s owner, OceanGate.

The seabed map, attached to a legal filing as an exhibit, shows the ghostly outline of Titanic’s bow section. It is one of the wreck’s most celebrated features because deep explorers over the decades have revealed the prow and forward railings to be in relatively good repair, standing upright and almost proud in the inky darkness.

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[1] Url: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/10/science/titan-submersible-map-titanic.html

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