The titanic used 14 000 gallons of drinking water.
Titanic hit ocean floor site www encyclopedia titanica org.
Ballard finally located the shipwreck.
Since the site is a few hundred miles from the well known mid atlantic ridge where the ocean floor is spreading apart hundreds of earthquakes occur on a daily basis there some as high as magnitude 5 0 are too far from the site to effect the titanic.
Titanic s rudder measured 78 feet 8 inches high and 15 feet 3 inches long weighing over 100 tons.
At the time survivor testimonies claiming that the ship broke in.
Since the initial discovery in 1985 titanic has been visited by numerous other expeditions many of which have taken away considerably more than video images.
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.
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These activities have stirred controversy since the titanic shipwreck is unquestionably a.
The wreck of the rms titanic lies at a depth of about 12 500 feet 3 8 km.
But on april 15 the titanic sank after colliding with an iceberg.
The luxury liner even had an infirmary with an operating room.
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.
Titanic set sail on a five day journey across the north atlantic ocean from southampton england to new york city new york the titanic was one of the biggest and most state of the art ocean liners of its day.
The titanic was about as long as the empire state building is tall.
On its maiden voyage from england to new york the titanic hit an iceberg in the north atlantic ocean and sunk about 400 miles off the coast of newfoundland canada in april 1912 according to.
The bow is still recognisable with many preserved interiors despite deterioration and damage sustained hitting the sea floor.
With all of the ship s safety measures the titanic was thought to be unsinkable.
However that belief was disproved in 1985 when dr.
The titanic had on board a turkish bath several libraries a squash court and a heated swimming pool.
At the end of 2002 an estimated 6 000 artifacts had been removed from the titanic wreck site.
