A 3D scan comprised of more than 700,000 individual hi-def images
A groundbreaking achievement has been made in the form of a full digital scan of the Titanic wreckage, providing an unprecedented perspective of the world’s most renowned shipwreck. The scan is composed of more than 700,000 images captured from every possible angle of the wreckage, allowing viewers to witness the ship as if it were on dry land. The 3D render offers a distinctive vantage point of the ship’s intricate details, including the radio room and serial number on the propeller.
The scan of the Titanic wreckage was conducted by Magellan Ltd, a deep-sea mapping company, and Atlantic Productions, who are filming a documentary about the project. The survey was carried out by underwater robots controlled by expert teams, which took a total of 200 hours to explore every nook and cranny of the two-part wreck located in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Canada.
Atlantic Productions CEO Andrew Geffen told BBC Breakfast on Wednesday:
“Great explorers have been down to the Titanic…but actually they went with really low-resolution cameras and they could only speculate on what happened. We now have every rivet of the Titanic, every detail, we can put it back together, so for the first time we can actually see what happened and use real science to find out what happened. It will take a long time to go through all those details but literally week by week there are new findings.”
Historian Parks Stephenson told BBC,
“Every artist that tries to give you overall context of the wreck is going to unconsciously insert some human bias, always trying to make the wreck look like the ship used to,” he explained. But this model is the first one based on a pure data cloud, that stitches all that imagery together with data points created by a digital scan, and with the help from a little aritifiical intelligence, we are seeing the first unbiased view of the wreck.”
About the Titanic shipwreck
At a depth of approximately 12,500 feet, lying about 370 nautical miles off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, rests the remains of the Titanic. It is fragmented into two main pieces, separated by a distance of around 2,000 feet.
The Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 1912, after colliding with an iceberg during its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. The ship was considered unsinkable, but unfortunately, it was not able to withstand the impact of the iceberg and sank, resulting in the loss of over 1,500 lives.
The RMS Titanic was a marvel of modern engineering at the time of its construction, and its maiden voyage was highly anticipated. It was built to be the largest and most luxurious ship at the time, with state-of-the-art amenities and accommodations for the wealthy passengers who were its primary clientele. However, on that fateful night, the ship’s lack of adequate safety measures and the crew’s failure to respond to the danger quickly enough, led to one of the worst maritime disasters in history.
The wreck of the Titanic was discovered in 1985 by a team of scientists led by Dr. Robert Ballard. The ship was found at a depth of over 12,000 feet, and the discovery provided valuable insights into the events leading up to the sinking of the ship. The wreckage has since been explored extensively and has revealed new details about the ship’s construction and the events of that fateful night.
Titanic 3D scans
Check out the 3D scans of the Titanic shipwreck in the picture gallery below.
3D scan of entire Titanic ship wreck 
Bow of the Titanic 
Serial number on a Titanic propeller visible in 3D scan 
The stern corkscrewed into the seabed as the Titanic sank 
3D scan of Titanic reveals propeller 
Titanic 3D scan 
Large hole to the right of the Titanic boat deck opens over where the grand staircase once stood 
Titanic stern, which has separated from the bow
Rare, uncut footage of the wreck of the Titanic shot by WHOI in July 1986
Recently, rare and remarkable footage of the Titanic shipwreck was released to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the film’s release, 37 years after the wreckage was first discovered. The video was captured by a team from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and the French National Institute of Oceanography, a few months after their discovery in September 1985.
This rare, uncut, and unnarrated footage of the wreck of Titanic marks the first time humans set eyes on the ill-fated ship since 1912 and includes many other iconic scenes. Captured in July 1986 from cameras on the human-occupied submersible Alvin and the newly built, remotely operated Jason Junior, most of this footage has never been released to the public.
An even worse maritime disaster – the sinking of the Whilhelm Gustloff ship on January 30, 1945
The worst maritime disaster in history is the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff ship on January 30, 1945. The ship was carrying over 10,000 passengers, including thousands of refugees, soldiers, and civilians who were fleeing from the advancing Soviet army during World War II.
The ship was hit by three torpedoes fired by a Soviet submarine, causing it to sink within an hour. It is estimated that around 9,400 people died in the disaster, making it the deadliest maritime tragedy ever recorded.
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3D scan of entire Titanic shipwreck via Atlantic Productions/Magellan with usage type - News Release MediaBow of the Titanic via Atlantic Productions/Magellan with usage type - News Release Media
Serial number on a Titanic propeller visible in 3D scan via Atlantic Productions/Magellan with usage type - News Release Media
The stern corkscrewed into the seabed as the Titanic sank via Atlantic Productions/Magellan with usage type - News Release Media
3D scan of Titanic reveals propeller via Atlantic Productions/Magellan with usage type - News Release Media
Titanic 3D scan via Atlantic Productions/Magellan with usage type - News Release Media
Large hole to the right of the Titanic boat deck opens over where the grand staircase once stood via Atlantic Productions/Magellan with usage type - News Release Media
Titanic stern, which has separated from the bow via Atlantic Productions/Magellan with usage type - News Release Media
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3D scan of entire Titanic shipwreck via Atlantic Productions/Magellan with usage type - News Release Media
