The story of the Titanic`s wreck is almost universally known, thanks in part to James Cameron`s movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. The ship departed on its maiden voyage from Southampton, England for New York on April 10th 1912. Just four days later, the ship hit an iceberg and sank. The sinking of the ship was highly publicized because of the large number of deaths of people on board, and because it was marketed as one of the safest ships ever built.
Building The Ship, And Leaving Out Lifeboats
In fact, the engineers who designed the ship only included half the lifeboats needed in case of emergency. Reports about the ship prior to its New York trip claimed the lifeboats were actually placed on board just so the Titanic could rescue people from other shipwrecks.
Crazy Schemes To Raise The Titanic
When the Titanic went down, it was about 370 miles south-southeast of Newfoundland, and was at a depth of 12,500 feet. After the boat sank, many explorers were eager to recover the ship, and there were several expensive and ridiculous schemes concocted to get to it. Most people wanted to raise the ship back to the surface, and claimed they could do so by filling it with Ping-Pong balls or Vaseline, or by dousing it in liquid nitrogen to turn it into a big iceberg that would float to the surface.
