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Are there any sealed compartments on the Titanic?
The lower section of the Titanic was divided into sixteen major watertight compartments that could easily be sealed off if part of the hull was punctured and leaking water. These watertight compartments, which made the ship designers claim that the ship was unsinkable, were only watertight horizontally.
Are there parts of the Titanic unexplored?
The most experienced divers say they doubt that bodies lie intact in unexplored compartments of the deteriorating ship. “I’ve seen zero human remains,” James Cameron, the moviemaker and explorer, who has visited the wreck 33 times and extensively probed its interior, said in an interview.
Is Frederick Fleet still alive?
Deceased (1887–1965)
Frederick Fleet/Living or Deceased
How ‘watertight’ were the Titanic’s compartments?
However, these compartments were actually far from being truly ‘watertight’ in the way that the name suggests, and this was cruelly proven on the night of April 14th, 1912. The compartments were labeled from ‘A’ in the bow to ‘P’ in the stern, and all of them came at least as far as ‘E’ deck.
Is it true that the Titanic was unsinkable?
Titanic, according to the many legends, was ‘practically unsinkable’, but in reality, no ship can ever be made trulyunsinkable, even almost a century after Titanic’s conception.
Will the Titanic disappear forever?
The ship won’t. The Titanic is rapidly corroding, with some structures—such as the captain’s bathtub—already completely gone. Researchers are working to determine how much time the wreckage has before the Titanic disappears forever.
Where is the Titanic ship now?
The wreck of the Titanic has lain at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the Canadian province of Newfoundland since April 1912, when it hit an iceberg and sank on its maiden voyage