The bow railing of the ill-fated luxury liner Titanic, which sank in the North Atlantic during its maiden voyage in 1912, has been found to have fallen off due to corrosion. The artifact, which had been missing since the first exploration, has been found after 38 years.
RMS Titanic, the American corporation that owns the Titanic relics, announced to the BBC on the 1st (local time) that it had confirmed that the Titanic’s bow railing had fallen off due to corrosion as a result of an exploration conducted in the deep sea of the North Atlantic from July to August.
The photos released by the company that day show that the right side railing of the Titanic’s bow has disappeared without a trace, unlike the left side. Even during the Titanic’s exploration conducted by deep-sea diving company Magellan and documentary production company Atlantic Productions in 2022, the railings on both sides of the bow were still intact.
The ship’s crew estimated that the 4.2-metre-long metal railing could not support the weight of the stalactites that had formed over the past two years. “At some point the metal weakened and fell off,” Tomasina Ray, who manages the RMS Titanic’s collection, told the BBC.
The exploration team discovered the 60cm tall bronze statue of ‘Diana of Versailles’ for the first time in 38 years during this exploration. The bronze statue, which had been on display in the first-class lounge, was buried in sediment outside the ship.
The American and French marine researchers who first discovered the Titanic’s hull in 1985 took photos of Versailles Diana the following year. Since then, many artifacts that had sunk with the Titanic have been recovered through several expeditions conducted by RMS Titanic, but Versailles Diana has disappeared without a trace, leaving many people wondering.
(Seoul = News 1)
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