![]() ![]() There is still debate over exactly where the iceberg struck, with some historians suggesting it could have scraped along the bottom of the Titanic rather than the starboard side – as is commonly accepted.Īmong the sites recreated in the scan is a hole in the boat deck where the grand staircase once stood as well as views of the captain's bridge and the wheelhouse. Until now, pictures of the wreck could capture only very small areas at a time due to the darkness and harsh conditions almost 2.5 miles beneath the ocean surface.īut using deep-sea mapping, images now show the ship as if the water around it had been removed – and offer extraordinarily detailed views of its final resting place.Įxperts hope the unique, full-sized digital scan will help to shed more light on some precise aspects of what happened on the night it sank in 1912, when 1,500 passengers and crew lost their lives. ![]() There were also 800 elderdown quilts, 12,000 knives and 12,000 forks, 19,000 spoons, 400 sugar basins, 500 cream jugs, 1,000 finger bowls, 12,000 cups and saucers and 1,200 teapots.Īs well as the champagne, the drinks on board included 1,000 bottles of wine, 850 bottles of spirits and 150,000 bottles of beer.įood included 75,000lbs of red meat, 25,000lbs of poultry, 11,000lbs of fresh fish, 40,000 eggs, 250 barrels of flour, 40 tons of potatoes, 800 bundles of asparagus and 36,000 apples. When it departed from Southampton, the Titanic's stock also included 18,000 sheets, 7,500 blankets and 5,000 table cloths. ![]()
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