Who found Titanic wreckage?

Robert Ballard
(CNN) — In a career that’s spanned more than 60 years, Robert Ballard has conducted over 150 underwater expeditions and made countless significant scientific discoveries. But the renowned oceanographer says he’s made peace with the fact that he will probably always be known as “the man who found Titanic.”

Did they find both pieces of the Titanic?

During the ship’s final moments, it broke apart in two and the wreckage was found in two distinct pieces, the stern, “fragmented virtually beyond recognition,” and the bow of the ship, “remarkably intact,” reports Encyclopedia Titanica.

How old was the Titanic when it was found?

73-year-
In 1985, a joint American-French expedition tracked down one of the biggest prizes in maritime archeology: the 73-year-old wreck of the “unsinkable” ocean liner Titanic. Dr.

Where was Titanic found?

Atlantic Ocean
The wreck of the Titanic—which was discovered on September 1, 1985—is located at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, some 13,000 feet (4,000 metres) underwater. It is approximately 400 nautical miles (740 km) from Newfoundland, Canada. The ship is in two main pieces, the bow and the stern.

When did they find out that the Titanic sank?

On 1 September 1985, the wreck of the RMS Titanic was discovered by an American-French team two miles below the sea and 370 miles off the coast of Newfoundland . The discovery shattered years of myth, surmise and fiction about the lost luxury liner.

How did Robert Ballard find the sunken Titanic?

On September 1, 1985 , a joint American-French expedition, headed by famous American oceanographer Dr. Robert Ballard, found the Titanic over two miles below the ocean’s surface by using an unmanned submersible called Argo. This discovery gave new meaning to the Titanic’s sinking and gave birth to new dreams in ocean exploration.

When was the last expedition to Titanic?

RMS Titanic made the last expedition to site in 2004. The company, a subsidiary of Premier Exhibitions Inc . of Atlanta, conducts traveling displays of the Titanic artifacts, which the company says have been viewed by tens of millions of people worldwide.

When was the first sighting of Titanic?

The first week was uneventful, but then, on September 1, 1985 , a boiler was located – the first sighting of the Titanic underwater. This discovery reinvigorated the search and soon they found the ship’s main hull. To their surprise, much of the ship was still largely intact.