Posted on 09/07/2024 7:41:15 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Chronicling the changes in the Titanic has shown a 15-foot-long section of the port side of the bow's railing has fallen to the seafloor.
Researchers have uncovered the bronze "Diana of Versailles" statuette, once a centerpiece in the doomed Titanic's first class lounge, and now mired in oceanic muck. It marks the first sighting of the Roman goddess Diana statue since 1986 and highlights the sunken ship's ongoing decay.
The Georgia-based RMS Titanic, Inc. has the only legal salvage claim to the Titanic, the famous British passenger liner that struck an iceberg and tragically sank on April 14, 1912. A 2024 expedition to the North Atlantic Ocean wreck site was the ninth by the company, and the first since 2010. In the latest expedition, the crew spent 20 days taking over two million photos of the site, fully mapping the wreck and debris field.
The researchers hoped to uncover Diana, the 2-foot-tall statue that once signified luxury and design in the most expensive passenger area of the ocean liner, they wrote in a statement. When the wreck occurred 112 years ago, the lounge couldn't withstand destruction. Diana once appeared in a photograph in 1986, but it hasn't been seen since—until now.
(Excerpt) Read more at popularmechanics.com ...
Violet Jessop: The World’s Most Unsinkable Woman
Kayla Mahoney
Tour Guide
September 27, 2019
https://museumhack.com/violet-jessop/
This is the story of Violet Jessop, an Irish woman who survived not one, not two, but THREE of the most catastrophic ship disasters of the 20th century.
After suffering through a childhood plagued with a serious illness, the ever-lucky Violet went on to survive the crash and near-sinking of RMS Olympic in 1911, the sinking of the Britannic in 1916... oh, and I almost forgot to mention, the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912.
Cynic that I am, I am guessing that one of these subs knocked the railing over and off its perch.
A perfect time to blame.... Climate Change!
I’m thinking Violet should consider flying next time. How did she miss taking a trip on the Andrea Doria?
Thanks! The Pop Mech articles only have Getty pix which we can’t use on FR.
LOL — so many connections!
She’s probably a jinx — find out she’s aboard, and swap the ticket for a different ship!
There’s also a Monkees connection...
LOLOL!
That statuette is in incredibl3 condition for the amount of time it has been at depth and exposed to the ocean currents.
“...You’re killin’ me Smalls ..”
For some reason this news makes me think of Paul Anka. Weird.
:^)
“Divers” my toches, they’re submariners maybe, but ain’t nobody “diving” that deep, not even with an atmospheric diving suit.
It should be retrieved. We take it for granted that expeditions to the Titanic will continue but that my not always be the case. Wars or harsh economic downtrends will likely render the expeditions a thing of the past. Bes to bring this thing of beauty home.
Divers went down to the Titanic?! Popular Mechanics has really become a parody of itself.
They had better do it soon. Iron eating organisms are rapidly turning the ship into a pile of rust.
CC
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