Titanic expedition takes pictures that show the ship's decay in detail

The remains of the Titanic lie on the bottom of the North Atlantic and show signs of decay. Researchers on a new expedition discovered that part of the railing had fallen off the bow of the ship, where the characters Jack and Rose “fly” in the 1997 film Titanic.

The expedition was the first to venture to the wreck site since the Titan disaster that killed five people last summer. RMS Titanic Inc., which owns salvage rights from the ship's wreckage, dispatched a team of videographers, photographers, scientists and historians in July to document the condition of the wreck.

The ship sank after hitting an iceberg on its very first voyage in the early hours of April 15, 1912. More than 1,500 people on board died. Since then, the public's fascination with the wreck has continued, and researchers have made several trips to the seabed to photograph and study the ship, the most recent in 2010.

More than two million photographs taken during the 2024 2020 expedition have provided new clues about the wreck's decay, researchers said.

On July 29, the team discovered that a 15-foot section of railing around the ship's bow on the port side was missing. In 2010, the section was still intact. Photos from previous expeditions showed the development of “jaws and marine life” on the bow railing. The missing section now lies on the sea floor.

“Although the sinking of the Titanic is inevitable, this evidence reinforces our mission to preserve and document everything we can before it is too late,” RMS Titanic Inc. said on its website.

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“Lost” statue rediscovered

The team hoped to find a statue that once “embodied the palatial design of the Titanic” and served as the centerpiece of the ship's first-class lounge. When the ship sank, the lounge was torn apart and the Diana of Versailles was lost in the wreckage.

The 60cm-tall bronze statue represents the Roman goddess of wild animals, Diana. The statue was discovered in photographs taken during an expedition in 1986, “but a tradition of secrecy surrounding the wreck of the Titanic ensured that its location remained unknown,” said RMS Titanic Inc. After days of searching, the team finally found the statue on the last day of the expedition and was able to photograph it in details “not seen for 112 years.”

“The discovery of the Diana statue was an exciting moment,” said Tomasina Ray, collection manager at RMS Titanic Inc., in a press release.

The RMS Titanic researchers stated before their voyage that they would send remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) to collect data and take photographs, but no manned vehicles.

Famous Titanic researcher who died in submarine disaster is honored

RMS Titanic announced that there was a memorial service for Paul-Henri Nargeolet and all the people who lost their lives on the submersible Titan and on the Titanic. Nargeolet was a famous Titanic expert and deep-sea explorer who dived to the wreck 37 times.

Nargeolet, 73, was on board the submersible when it imploded during a trip to the wreck on June 18, 2023. As head of underwater research on the RMS Titanic, he would have been involved in this year's expedition.

The Titan's disappearance attracted international attention during a four-day frantic search of the waters after a supply ship lost contact with the submarine. The submersible was scheduled to make a two-hour, 2½-mile journey to the wreck site but never resurfaced. On board were Stockton Rush, CEO of OceanGate; Nargeolet, the French explorer; British pilot and adventurer Hamish Harding, 58; Shahzada Dawood, 48, a Pakistani-British businessman; and his 19-year-old son, Suleman Dawood.

On June 22, the U.S. Coast Guard announced that it had discovered a debris field and that the Titan had imploded, killing all aboard.

Last month, Nargeolet's family filed a $50 million wrongful death lawsuit against OceanGate, the operator of the submersible.

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