Friday, August 23, 2019

New underwater footage shows Titanic wreck deteriorating


New images from the Titanic wreckage have been revealed by explorers.
Video [watch above] and photographs taken by high-powered, specially adapted cameras captured the bacteria-eaten ship at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean about 400 miles off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.
Explorer Victor Vescovo is leading a mission to the bottom of the five oceans. Known at the Five Deeps Expedition, Vescovo pilots a special submersible vehicle that took more than three years to build.
The mission 12,500 feet (3,810 meters) to the bottom of the ocean captured the first images of the sunken British passenger liner in 14 years.The wreck of the Titanic could be lost forever, say scientists, after the first dive expedition in 14 years showed key parts had been washed away. Explorers making the first manned voyage to the Titanic wreckage in more than a decade said they had uncovered a partial collapse of the ship's hull and that the Captain’s quarters had also deteriorated heavily. Nearly 13,125ft (4,000m) beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, in water at a bitterly cold one degree, salt corrosion and metal-eating bacteria have worn away parts of the liner's structure. The team of divers found that the hull near the officers' quarters on the starboard side of the ship has started to collapse, taking with it the vessel's luxurious stateroom accommodation, according to exploration company Caladan Oceanic.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/0

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