This is what the ‘Titanic’ that sank 111 years ago looks like… Building the hull in 3D

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The hull of the world’s most famous wreck ‘Titanic’ has been implemented in life-size 3D. This is the first time that a full picture of the sunken Titanic has been captured.

On the 17th (local time), Magellan, a company specializing in deep-sea exploration and deep-sea mapping, released the first life-size 3D scan of the Titanic, which sank in the deep sea below 3800 meters in the Atlantic Ocean.

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The wreckage of the Titanic was first discovered in 1985. Since then, the academic world has conducted extensive exploration of the Titanic, but has never secured a full view of the Titanic for more than 30 years. This is because it was virtually impossible to capture the entire hull with a camera flash as the wreckage remained in the deep sea where light did not penetrate properly.

The 3D image of Titanic implemented this time was implemented using more than 700,000 photos. Magellan succeeded in taking images from all angles of the hull for more than 200 hours using a remotely controlled submersible. The Titanic expedition was Magellan’s largest underwater scanning project.

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At a distance of about 800 meters in the deep sea, the Titanic was divided into two pieces, the bow and the stern. Numerous fragments from the iceberg collision and sinking were scattered around the separated hull.

It’s been more than 100 years since the Titanic sank in 1912, but the Titanic has almost maintained its original form even under the sea. Although the bow was covered with stalactites, it kept its shape, and even on the deck of her ship, a hole was seen along with a space that was supposed to have once been a spacious staircase.

However, unlike the bow, the stern part was out of shape. At the time of the sinking, the stern rotated in a spiral shape and fell to the bottom of the sea.

In addition to this, there were scattered items around the hull, such as colorful metalwork and statues from the Titanic, personal belongings such as shoes stored by passengers, and even unopened champagne bottles.

More than 100 years have passed since the sinking of the Titanic, and more than 30 years have passed since the exploration began, but the sinking of the Titanic is still shrouded in mystery. Although a collision with an iceberg is known to be the cause of the sinking, it is not clear exactly what point on the hull hit the iceberg and how it sank to the sea floor.

Parkes Stevenson, a renowned Titanic researcher, said, “It is amazing that we are able to see the whole wreck of the Titanic in a way that has never been seen before.” You can gain insight,” he said.

In particular, he hoped that studying the stern part, which had completely collapsed in shape, would reveal more about the sinking process of the Titanic.

In addition, after the sinking of the Titanic, there were great concerns that the hull would be damaged by seawater and marine life, and research on the Titanic would become more difficult as time passed.

Source: Donga

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