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A First: Artifacts Recovered From Titanic's Sister Ship

The Britannic sank during World War I

(Newser) - Divers have recovered artifacts from the Titanic's sister ship, the Britannic, for the first time since the ocean liner sank in the Aegean Sea more than a century ago after striking a mine during World War I, the AP reports. The Culture Ministry in Greece said Monday that an...

Note From Passenger Reserving Judgment on Titanic Auctioned

Archibald Gracie reached the Carpathia but didn't recover from hypothermia

(Newser) - A lettercard written onboard the Titanic by one of the sinking's best-known survivors has sold at auction for $399,000. In the note, written to the seller's great-uncle on April 10, 1912, first-class passenger Archibald Gracie wrote of the ill-fated steamship on the day he boarded, "It...

Scan Confirms Legend of the Titanic's Last Hours
Scan Confirms Legend
of the Titanic's Last Hours
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Apr 13, 2025 11:54 AM CDT

Scan Confirms Legend of the Titanic's Last Hours

Ice penetrated ship, which sank as stokers were still shoveling coal, evidence suggests

(Newser) - The legend goes that Titanic's stokers were shoveling coal into boilers to keep the lights on even as the ship sank. Now, analysis of a digital scan of the shipwreck on the ocean floor some 350 miles off the coast of Newfoundland appears to confirm the story as truth,...

Kate Winslet Reveals 'Horrific' Body-Shaming After Titanic
Kate Winslet
Reveals 'Horrific'
Body-Shaming
After Titanic
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Dec 8, 2024 7:00 AM CST

Kate Winslet Reveals 'Horrific' Body-Shaming After Titanic

Actor, 49, says she privately slammed critics of her weight then, telling them: 'I hope this haunts you'

(Newser) - Kate Winslet recently chatted with 60 Minutes , in an interview that aired Sunday to promote her new Lee Miller biopic, and the 49-year-old actor revealed that walking the red carpet after filming 1997's Titanic turned out to be a "horrific" experience, complete with body-shaming, per the Guardian and...

Gift to Carpathia Captain After Titanic Rescue Brings $2M

Madeleine Astor and two other survivors presented the gift to Capt. Arthur Rostron

(Newser) - A gold pocket watch given to the ship captain who rescued 700 survivors from the Titanic has sold at auction in London for nearly $2 million, setting a record for memorabilia connected to the shipwreck. The 18-carat Tiffany & Co. watch was given by three survivors to Capt. Arthur Rostron...

Engineer: OceanGate Didn't Test the Window We Built It

Another expert says sub reached depths three times the limit of the window

(Newser) - Wrinkles were found in the carbon fiber hull of OceanGate's Titan submersible a year before the sub imploded, an engineer with the National Transportation Safety Board testified Wednesday, the seventh day of a Coast Guard hearing expected to wrap up Friday. Don Kramer said flaws in the hull were...

Testimony: Titan Sub Had Just Had a Malfunction

Scientific director of OceanGate says passengers were tossed around

(Newser) - Days before it imploded while headed to the Titanic wreckage last summer, the Titan submersible endured a malfunction, the company's scientific director testified Thursday. Steven Ross told a US Coast Guard panel that the experimental submersible had a platform problem that caused passengers aboard to "tumble about,"...

After Testimony, James Cameron Walks Back His Titan Theory

Director had speculated crew knew they were in trouble, but contractor testified they 'had no idea'

(Newser) - After two days of damning testimony from former OceanGate workers, the hearing around the Titan submersible disaster took a new focus on Wednesday—whether or not the crew knew they were in trouble before the implosion. Per the New York Times , testimony has led to a most "unsensational finding....

Company That Built Titanic Goes Bankrupt
Titanic Shipbuilder
Goes Bankrupt
Sep 17, 2024 5:40 PM CDT

Titanic Shipbuilder Goes Bankrupt

Harland & Wolff says core operations won't be affected by filing

(Newser) - The company that built the Titanic has entered administration, the British equivalent of US Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, for the second time in five years. Harland & Wolff said it had been left in a "difficult financial position" by the British government's rejection of a request for a...

Titanic Find 'Another Reminder of the Deterioration'

A 15-foot section of railing has fallen away since 2022, new expedition reveals

(Newser) - When you think about the wreck of the Titanic, it's hard not to think about the ship's bow. It's one of the most recognizable features of the sunken ship's exterior, and one that inspired an iconic cinematic moment . The bow itself is "iconic," according...

A Rare Peek at Locked-Away Titanic Artifacts

BBC pays a visit to the secret warehouse storing thousands of items salvaged from the wreck

(Newser) - Our fascination with the Titanic has kept it in the headlines for the past 112 years, but some of its secrets are still under lock and key. The BBC had the chance to visit a secret warehouse in Atlanta, Georgia, filled with 5,500 of the ship's treasures, but...

Lawsuit: Crew of 'Doomed Submersible' Experienced 'Terror'

OceanGate accused of gross negligence in death of Paul-Henri Nargeolet

(Newser) - The family of a French explorer who died in last June's high-profile submersible implosion has filed a lawsuit seeking more than $50 million, saying the crew experienced "terror and mental anguish" before the disaster and accusing the sub's operator of gross negligence. Paul-Henri Nargeolet was among five...

We May Soon Know More About the Titanic Sub Implosion

Hearing is scheduled for September

(Newser) - The Coast Guard will hold a long-awaited public hearing in September about the deadly Titanic submersible disaster as it continues its investigation into the implosion of the vessel. The experimental Titan submersible imploded en route to the Titanic , killing all five people on board, in June 2023. The US Coast...

A New Mission Sets Off for the Titanic

But this is a scientific one, with only robotic subs heading to the ship

(Newser) - A new mission to explore the sunken Titanic embarks on Friday, but unlike last year's submersible disaster , this one will involve unmanned subs. The BBC reports that the US company RMS Titanic—which has the salvage rights to the iconic wreck—plans to send down robotic subs to photograph...

A Year After Titan Disaster, Questions Remain

The ongoing investigation is a 'complex and ongoing effort'

(Newser) - Tuesday marks one year since the experimental submersible Titan imploded en route to the Titanic, reports the AP , and unanswered questions linger, with no immediate answers. The US Coast Guard quickly convened a high-level investigation into what happened. Concerns leading up to the investigation included the Titan's unconventional design...

Billionaire Plans to Prove It's Still Safe to Visit Titanic

Triton Submarines says OceanGate's imploded sub was the exception, not the rule

(Newser) - Nearly a year after the implosion of an OceanGate submersible en route to the Titanic's final resting place, a tragedy that killed all five people on board, a billionaire is planning another trip to the wreck. Larry Connor, whom the BBC refers to as an Ohio luxury real estate...

He Went Down With Ship in Titanic, Roused Troops in LOTR

Actor Bernard Hill is dead at 79

(Newser) - Actor Bernard Hill, who delivered a rousing cry before leading his people into battle in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and went down with the ship as the captain in Titanic, has died. Hill, 79, passed away Sunday morning, agent Lou Coulson said, according to...

Watch of Titanic's Richest Passenger Brings $1.5M
Titanic Watch
Sells for Record
Apr 28, 2024 1:40 PM CDT

Titanic Watch Sells for Record

Gold timepiece belonged to John Jacob Astor, who died in the sinking

(Newser) - A 14-carat gold pocket watch owned by the Titanic's wealthiest passenger has sold for a record-breaking amount. Expected to bring about one-tenth of the winning bid, the watch went for $1.485 million at auction Saturday, CNN reports. That's a "world record for Titanic memorabilia," said...

Infamous Titanic Prop Sells for $720K

Viewers have long wondered why DiCaprio's Jack couldn't fit on wooden slab with Winslet's Rose

(Newser) - Conspiracy theorists have long argued that Kate Winslet's Rose had plenty of room for Leonardo DiCaprio's Jack on the floating door she clung to in the icy waters of the movie Titanic, after they'd abandoned ship. Now, one lucky person will get to examine those dimensions for...

Billionaire Re-Ups Plans for Titanic II

Australia's Clive Palmer says the replica will set sail in 2027

(Newser) - Australian billionaire Clive Palmer says he plans to build a replica of the Titanic, to set sail in a few years. That might feel like deja vu. The mining tycoon first launched the idea of building the Titanic II , "a more buoyant version" of the original ship, in 2012,...

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