Haunting 3D images from Titanic wreck show shoes and champagne bottles

18 May 2023 , 14:21

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Haunting images show a pair of shoes in the Titanic wreck (Image: ATLANTIC PRODUCTIONS/MAGELLAN)

Haunting images show a pair of shoes and unopened bottles of champagne lying on the wreck of the Titanic in new 3D images.

Over a century after the world's most famous ship sank on its journey from Britain to the US, cutting-edge technology has given a never seen look at the entire shipwreck.

The British deep-sea mapping company Magellan have unveiled 3D images of the wreckage which is 3,800 meters deep in the North Atlantic Ocean.

The ship is rapidly being destroyed by iron-eating bacteria, salt corrosion and deep ocean currents so scientists feel it is now or never for questions to be answered.

Items found on board the iconic vessel included 2,500 champagne glasses, 45,000 napkins and 50,000 towels.

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Champagne bottles seen at the bottom of the Atlantic sea (ATLANTIC PRODUCTIONS/MAGELLAN)

One picture showed dust-covered unopened bottles of champagne that would have been poured into many of the glasses.

With lifeboats for just 1,178 people on an over 3,000-capacity ship, only 706 passengers and crew survived.

The last living survivor of the Titanic passed away in 2009 at the age of 97 - he was just 2 months old at the time of the tragedy.

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There are still numerous questions surrounding the disaster and until now, pictures of the wreck could capture only very small areas at a time.

Parks Stephenson, a Titanic analyst, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on Wednesday that the images could provide new forensic evidence that could prompt a rewrite of how the sinking unfolded.

He said: "I’ve seen enough in my years of studying the Titanic that I am suspicious of the narrative that we’ve become accustomed to over the past century.

'There is still much to learn from the wreck' (ATLANTIC PRODUCTIONS/MAGELLAN)

“I’m seeing a growing amount of evidence in recent years that suggests Titanic actually grounded, ran over a submerged shelf of the iceberg, which was the first scenario proposed back in April 1912.

“There is still much to learn from the wreck, which is essentially the last surviving eyewitness to the disaster. She has stories to tell.”

To get the images, more than 700,000 pictures from every angle were taken.

The expedition also included a flower-laying ceremony in memory of those who lost their lives in the maritime disaster.

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