This area of the ocean is known as the Bathyal zone. The Titanic lies at 3,800 meters or about 12,500 feet. Since 1985, there have been several dozen expeditions to the ship to salvage artifacts and explore the current state of the wreckage. It would take technological advances including sophisticated sonar systems and unmanned submersibles with wide-angle cameras to find the wreckage of the Titanic. It would be 73 years before anyone would see the ship again. Margaret Brown saw the Titanic slip under the water at 2:20 am on April 15, 1912. We could see as plainly as if it had been day.β β Margaret Brown. A great wave rose once and then fell, and we knew that the steamer was gone. It did not seem long before there was a great sweep of water which went over us all. βIt was just midnight as we dropped down to the water, perhaps a minute or so after.
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