
The Titanic lies 12,600 feet below
The Titanic’s ruins were lost for several decades after it sank, and were only found 73 years after the tragedy. The Titanic lies 12,600 feet below the surface; this was ascertained after the ship’s ruins were found about 370 miles from the Newfoundland coast of Canada in 1985.
A joint team of French and American forces headed by US Navy officer, Robert Ballard, discovered the ship; Ballard had tried unsuccessfully to find the ship’s ruins some years before. Technology aided the find as a deep-sea vehicle called Argo helped the team find the Titanic.