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Titanic was long thought to have sunk in one piece and, over the years, many schemes were put forward for raising the wreck. None came to fruition. [ 254 ] The fundamental problem was the sheer difficulty of finding and reaching a wreck that lies over 12,000 feet (3,700 m) below the surface, where the water pressure is over 5,300 pounds per ...
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:1912 deaths. It includes 1912 deaths that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Victims of the RMS Titanic .
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A nearby tugboat, Vulcan, came to the rescue by taking New York under tow, and Titanic ' s 62-year-old Captain Edward Smith, the most senior of the White Star Line's captains, ordered her engines to be put "full astern". [7] The two ships avoided a collision by a distance of about 4 feet (1.2 m).
A year ago, the world watched in horror as a multinational search began for a commercial sub and five passengers that, days later, would end in tragedy.
Year Country Description Deaths Image 1495 Denmark: Gribshunden – Flagship of John, King of Denmark caught fire and burned down while in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Ronneby in southeastern Sweden, becoming one of the best-preserved shipwrecks from the late medieval period. Exact number of deaths unknown, reported only as many of the crew ...
OceanGate Expeditions Ltd last year began the first-phase of a multi-year exploration of Titanic to explore and document “the condition of the historic shipwreck and portions of the nearly ...
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