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.
Shoes on ocean floor titanic.
The wreck of the rms titanic lies at a depth of about 12 500 feet 3 8 km.
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.
It has been there since it struck that iceberg over a hundred years ago.
With a three man submarine ballard and others went down to the wreck and began taking pictures of her rusting hulk.
Newly released photos show the haunting images of titanic victim s clothing lining the bottom of the ocean floor 100 years after the new york bound ship sank in the north atlantic.
Sadly it won t be there for much longer as the ocean claims it for its own.
Though the rms titanic sank on april 14 1912 the remains of the doomed ship weren t discovered until 1985 on the bottom of the ocean floor off the coast of newfoundland.
This pair of shoes lying in close proximity and a tortoise shell comb suggest that a titanic victim had been lying here.
When the rms titanic sunk in 1912 the grand ship took with her over 1500 people.
Ocean currents and.
Finally on september 1 1985 an ocean explorer by the name of robert ballard discovered her again.
The bow is still recognisable with many preserved interiors despite deterioration and damage sustained hitting the sea floor.
And while much of the ship had naturally perished sitting under the sea for decades divers were still able to rescue and preserve plenty of amazing items.
What is left of the titanic is sitting on the floor of the atlantic ocean just off the coast of newfoundland canada.
The sea floor is not conducive to this process.
Read the other statements these same people have made they want nothing brought up from the titanic.
Those who point to every shoe on the ocean floor and say there was a body there would have us believe that 1500 people are now on the ocean floor around the titanic.
James cameron who directed the hit film titanic and has performed extensive research disagrees that there are bodies on the ocean floor.
Why would they do this.