Titanic deepwaters

TITANIC DEEPWATERS

back when it was built the Titanic was

one of the largest and most luxurious

passenger ships with high-class features

like a grand staircase a swimming pool

and a gymnasium people thought it to be

Unsinkable because of its advanced

Safety devices its tragic sinking on its

maiden voyage in 1912 proved it wasn't

at all the case

it wasn't until 1985 that the Titanic's

wreck was finally rediscovered using

state-of-the-art Sonar technology ever

since thousands of items have been

recovered from the Titanic many of them

being put on display or sold for auction

things like jewelry a life jacket a menu

from the ship's restaurant or even a

sample square of carpet from the first

class stateroom have all baffled the

public and told stories of the many

onboard people

scientists have even tried to come up

with strategies to get the Titanic back

up not because they want to put it up

for display but so it can be properly

studied and more importantly to stop it

from getting more and more damaged at

the bottom of the ocean some have

suggested filling the rack with

ping-pong balls to make it float While

others even considered injecting it with

198 000 tons of Vaseline another

creative solution was proposed the idea

of using a giant claw or scoop to lift

the Titanic nobody came up with this

device using half a million tons of

liquid nitrogen to trap it in an iceberg

that would float to the surface was also

considered but all these potential

strategies had to be eventually let go

since the Titanic is way too fragile to

ever be recovered

as the Titanic's iconic bow railings are

in danger of collapsing metal eating

bacteria continue to chew away at the

ocean liners wreckage an undersea

exploration company plans to gather data

about the ship's deterioration in annual

Expeditions they hope this will help

them learn more about the Titanic and

also more about the ecosystem that

shipwrecks create

over 100 year old ocean liner is also

being damaged by Deep Sea currents daily

some experts predict that the ship could

disappear in a few decades due to holes

in its Hull

the deck that passengers crowded on as

the ship sank has caved in the gymnasium

near the grand staircase has also fallen

out and a 2019 Expedition found that the

captain's bathtub which became visible

after the outer wall of the captain's

cabin fell away is no longer there

those annual Expeditions also gather

data about the creatures living at the

site including crabs and corals

surprisingly many species have only been

seen there at the Titanic wreck so

scientists are curious to find out more

about them

the most famous out of all these

creatures is the hallamonus Titanic a

it's a bacteria and it was discovered on

the wreckage of the Titanic what's

interesting about this creature is that

it's able to thrive in extremely salty

environments it's also been resistant to

several antibiotics unlike other types

of bacteria it's probably because of

this super bacteria that the

deterioration of the ship's iron Hull

happened so fast the Expedition will

also look at the debris field and its

artifacts on the site there are still

traces of little personal items like

clothes and Luggage one of the most

interesting stories about Titanic

artifacts is that of the passenger's

shoes most of the Titanic items that

have been lost at sea deteriorated or

disappeared completely but not the shoes

they seem to be able to resist the harsh

conditions on top of that the leather in

most shoes is perfectly preserved

probably because of tannins a substance

used in the tanning process of leather

it helped the shoes resist the damaging

bacteria found underwater

all this exploring might have gotten you

all excited if that's the case I have

some good news to share you might even

be able to join the expeditions to

personally explore the Titanic you have

to plan ahead and apply to be a mission

specialist with Ocean Gate the company

responsible for the journey however this

experience does come with a high price

tag of 250 thousand dollars despite the

cost this once in a lifetime experience

is in high demand because of the limited

spots available

if you can afford the exploration you

will have the chance to collaborate with

renowned specialists in Marine Biology

oceanography the Titanic DNA and the

deep ocean accommodations and meals on

the dive support vessel are also

included as well as training and

guidance from Specialists before and

during the mission lastly you don't even

need to bring your own gear as the

Expedition equipment is included as well

sure ships have evolved and modernized

over the years and these days we have

technology that is way better than that

available on the Titanic but this ship

remains an amazing piece of History

because of its many unusual features

like the fact that the Titanic's whistle

was loud enough to be heard over 11

miles away or the fact that the ship's

Hull was painted with a special mixture

of red lead and linseed oil which was

believed to be effective in preventing

the growth of seaweed and other marine

organisms however despite popular belief

the ship's iconic fourth Smoke Stack was

not functional and was only used for

ventilation and Aesthetics probably one

of its biggest flaws was its number of

lifeboats despite its size and luxury

the Titanic only had 20 lifeboats on

board which were not enough to save all

of its passengers and crew once it hit

the iceberg

the Titanic may be the most famous

shipwreck but it's not the only one the

fleet of Kublai Khan tells a similar

story this one was a large Naval Force

commissioned by the Mongol ruler Kublai

Khan in the 13th century the fleet was

intended to travel to Japan and

establish the Mongols as powerful rulers

in the region however in 1281 the fleet

was supposedly caught in bad weather and

was seriously damaged with many ships

being destroyed Legend has it that the

fleet was torn down by a massive typhoon

that came to be known as the Kamikaze or

divine wind this strong storm was

believed to have been sent by the higher

spirits to protect Japan from the

Mongols the truth about its

disappearance remains a mystery to this

day however the wreckage of the fleet or

parts of it appears to have been

discovered in the 1980s by Asian

archaeologists they dug across the site

and studied the remains of the ships at

a location near imari Bay the Shipwreck

is to this day considered to be an

important archaeological Discovery

that's because it informed us how well

prepared the Mongols were back in the

day in terms of their shifts another

tragic story is that of the RMS Empress

of Ireland this was a British passenger

ship that operated until May of 1914.

this is when the ship was sailing from

Quebec City to Liverpool but it ran into

the Norwegian Collier SS storestad in

the fog off the coast of ramusky Quebec

the Collision caused a large hole in the

side of the Empress of Ireland and the

ship began to quickly take on water and

sink the crew and passengers were caught

off guard and many were unable to

evacuate in time in total 1012 people

were lost in the disaster making it one

of the worst Maritime collisions in

Canadian history

rescue efforts were hampered by poor

visibility and the fact that many of the

lifeboats were damaged or unusable only

465 people survived the sinking and many

of them were rescued by the storestad

which had remained in the area despite

its damage the sinking of the Empress of

Ireland was a national tragedy in Canada

and it led to changes in Maritime safety

regulations and the establishment of a

coast guard the ship still lies at the

bottom of the St Lawrence River where it

has become a popular dive site for

enthusiasts

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