The crew of RMS Titanic Inc. spent 20 days at the site and managed to capture more than two million high-resolution photographs. The bronze statue found is of a Roman goddess.
RMS Titanic Inc.a Georgia-based company that owns the legal rights to the 112-year-old shipwreck, completed its first trip to the Titanic since 2010 and published images of the expeditionaccording to the US press.
Among the discoveries made by the salvage company at the wreck site on its first expedition there in many years is a bronze statue of the Titanic that had not been seen in decades and that was I thought I was lost forever.
“The findings from this summer’s trip show a mix bittersweet of conservation and loss“, RMS Titanic reported. A highlight of the expedition was the rediscovery of the statue of the Roman goddess “Diana of Versailles“, last seen in 1986, now with “a clear and updated image.”
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RMS Titanic Inc.
The first expedition of recovery mission carried out by this company, was carried out in 198775 years after the sinking of the Titanic. Currently, almost 40 years have passed since that moment and the evolution of the materials studied allows us to observe how they have changed over the years.
What discoveries were made
During the investigations, a significant section of the building was also found collapsed. railing surrounding the castle roof bow of the shipwhich was still in place in 2022, the company clarified, according to a report by the Associated Press.
“The discovery of the statue of Diana was a moment excitingbut we saddens the loss of the iconic bow railing and other evidence of deterioration that has only strengthened our commitment to the preservation “of the legacy of the Titanic,” he said Tomasina Raydirector of collections RMS Titanic.
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Titanic Honor and Glory
The crew passed 20 days On the spot and upon his return to Providence, Rhode Island, he revealed that he accomplished more than two million photographs the highest resolution ever of the wreck, the company said. They also searched for countless artifacts to consider for later recovery.
RMS Titanic Inc. said that over the course of the next few weeks and months, they will conduct reviews and searches more exhaustive of the state of the Titanic since they comment that “although the sinking is inevitablethis evidence strengthens our mission to preserve and document “what we can before it’s too late.”
Source: Ambito
