Which US Marine explorer discovered the wreck of the Titanic?
"month, Robert Ballard, the wreck's discoverer, announced a plan to preserve the wreck of the ""Titanic"" by using deep-sea robots to paint the wreck with anti-fouling paint, to help keep the wreck in its current state for all time. The proposed plan that Ballard announced has been outlined in a documentary made to time with the Titanic's 100th sinking anniversary called ""Save the Titanic With Bob Ballard"" where Ballard himself talks about how this proposed paint job on the wreck will work. Ballard says that he proposed to robotically clean and repaint the ""Titanic"" with a colour scheme mimicking rusticles"
"Robert Ballard Robert Duane Ballard (born June 30, 1942) is a retired United States Navy officer and a professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island who is most noted for his work in underwater archaeology: maritime archaeology and archaeology of shipwrecks. He is most known for the discoveries of the wrecks of the RMS ""Titanic"" in 1985, the battleship ""Bismarck"" in 1989, and the aircraft carrier in 1998. He discovered the wreck of John F. Kennedy's ""PT-109"" in 2002 and visited Biuku Gasa and Eroni Kumana, who saved its crew. He leads ocean exploration on E/V Nautilus. Ballard"
"EV Nautilus Exploration Vessel (E/V) ""Nautilus"" is a 64-meter research vessel owned by the Ocean Exploration Trust under the direction of Dr. Robert Ballard, the man who is known for finding the wreck of the ""Titanic"" and the German battleship ""Bismarck"". The vessel home port is at the AltaSea facility in San Pedro, CA, at the Port of Los Angeles. E/V Nautilus is on a global mission of exploration. ""Nautilus"" is equipped with a team of remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) ""Hercules"", and ""Argus"", a multibeam mapping system, and mapping tools ""Diana"" and ""Echo"". All of these tools help the Ocean"
"four days into the ship's maiden voyage, ""Titanic"" struck an iceberg and sank two hours and forty minutes later, early on April 15, 1912. The sinking resulted in the deaths of 1,517 of the 2,223 people on board, making it one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history. After nearly 74 years of being lost at sea on the bottom of the ocean floor, a joint Franco-American expedition led by American oceanographer Dr. Robert D. Ballard, discovered the wreckage of the RMS ""Titanic"" two miles (3 km) beneath the waves of the North Atlantic on September 1, 1985. Ballard"
"with NOAA, he was involved in the Titanic mapping expedition in 2010 as chief scientist, continued his years of study on the Civil War-era, pearl-diving submersible Sub Marine Explorer, participated in field work while reorganizing and focusing the maritime heritage program, and mentored five high school students from Saginaw, Michigan, for Project Shiphunt. He led the excavation of the Civil War-era blockade running steamer ""Mary Celestia"" in Bermuda, and either led or co-led maritime heritage expeditions in the Alaskan Arctic, in the waters of Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, where the wrecks of SS ""City of Rio de Janeiro"", SS"
"""Titanic"". Graham Jessop Graham Jessop (born 5 June 1957) is a British commercial diver and marine archaeologist who has taken part in a number of important expeditions such as the 1999 discovery of the remains of the RMS Carpathia off the coast of Ireland. Jessop subsequently purchased the ""Carpathia"", so as to control access and protect it from private scavengers. Along with his father, Keith ""Goldfinder"" Jessop, he recovered the approximately $85,000,000 of gold bullion from HMS ""Edinburgh"" in 1981. He was born in Yorkshire. In 2000, RMS Titanic Inc. named Jessop as the recovery manager of the wreck of"
"explorer, was unveiled in Kinsale in September 2000. Timothy McCarthy (sailor) Timothy 'Tim' McCarthy (15 July 1888 – 16 March 1917) was an Irish able seaman (AB). He is best known for his service in the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–1916, for which he was awarded the Bronze Polar Medal. McCarthy was born on 15 July 1888 in Kinsale, Ireland. He signed on the ""Endurance"" as an able seaman, and participated fully in the dangers and privations of the Weddell Sea, particularly after the ""Endurance"" sank and the ship's company and shore party were marooned on a nearby ice floe."
"did not receive the same attention, due to the death toll (1,517 on ""Titanic"" and 30 on ""Britannic""). Because the exact position of the sinking of the ""Britannic"" is known and the location is shallow, the wreck was discovered relatively easily in 1975. ""Titanic"", however, drew everyone's attention in 1912. After several attempts, the wreck was finally located by Jean-Louis Michel of Ifremer and Robert Ballard following a top secret mission for the US Navy to investigate the wreckage of two nuclear submarines, USS Thresher (SSN-593) and the USS Scorpion (SSN-589), that sank in the North Atlantic in the 1960s."
"Titanic Ventures Limited Partnership, George Tulloch, Connecticut, and Oceanic Research & Exploration, G. Michael Harris, Florida. These co-partners led a $6 million expedition to the ship, and recovered artifacts beneath the surface of the North Atlantic. In order to recover these artifacts, George Tulloch, G. Michael Harris and their team completed 32 dives to Titanic in the “Nautile”, a deep-diving submersible chartered by Oceanic Research and Exploration in a partnership with Ifremer, the French Research Institute for Exploration of the Sea. This is the greatest number of deep-sea dives ever completed for any televised project. The company had an OTC"
"RMS Titanic RMS ""Titanic"" was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early hours of 15 April 1912, after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. There were an estimated 2,224 passengers and crew aboard, and more than 1,500 died, making it one of the deadliest commercial peacetime maritime disasters in modern history. RMS ""Titanic"" was the largest ship afloat at the time she entered service and was the second of three s operated by the White Star Line. She was built by the Harland and Wolff"
"Mearns was part of a team led by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen which located the wreck of the Japanese battleship ""Musashi"" in the Sibuyan Sea. On 15 March 2015, Mearns jointly announced with the Ministry of Heritage & Culture of the Government of Oman the discovery of a shipwreck from Vasco da Gama's 1502-1503 Armada to India. The wreck is believed to be the Portuguese ""nau Esmeralda"" that was commanded by Vicente Sodré the maternal uncle of Vasco da Gama. Having sunk in May 1503, the ""Esmeralda"" is believed to be the earliest ship from Europe's Age of Discovery ever"
"the stern, disappearing completely by 12:16. ""Buchanan"" lowered two motor whaleboats and, although interrupted by a fruitless hunt for a submarine, came back and assisted the men in the water. ""Alchiba"", which arrived on the scene just before ""Astoria"" sank, rescued 32 men. Not one man from the salvage crew lost his life. Officially, 219 men were reported missing or killed. The wreck of USS ""Astoria"" was discovered in early 2015 during a sonar mapping project of Iron Bottom Sound led by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. The wreck lies upright in roughly of water with its bow missing and ""A"""
"United States Senate inquiry into the sinking of the RMS Titanic The sinking of the RMS ""Titanic"" on April 15, 1912 resulted in an inquiry by the United States Senate. Chaired by Senator William Alden Smith, the inquiry was a subcommittee of the Senate's Commerce Committee. The hearings began in New York on April 19, 1912, later moving to Washington, D.C., concluding on May 25, 1912 with a return visit to New York. There were a total of 18 days of official investigation. Smith and seven other senators questioned surviving passengers and crew, and those who had aided the rescue"
"Martin Bayerle Captain Martin Gerard Bayerle (born April 23, 1951) is an American treasure hunter and author, best known for finding the 1909 shipwreck of the White Star Liner RMS Republic. He is also star of the History Channel show ""Billion Dollar Wreck."" The ""Republic"" was the largest ship to sink in history to her day, only to be eclipsed by the loss of RMS Titanic in 1912. Capt. Bayerle and his company, Martha's Vineyard Scuba Headquarters, Inc. (""MAVIS"") were referred to as ""modern day pirates"" but in a complimentary sense by Judge Nancy Gertner of the United States District"
"Edward Kamuda Edward Stephen Kamuda (November 10, 1939 – April 13, 2014) was an American historian who specialized in the study of the RMS Titanic. The Titanic sank on April 14, 1912, after striking an iceberg in the north Atlantic Ocean. Kamuda devoted much of his life to the preservation of the Titanic's legacy as the founder and president of the Titanic Historical Society. Much of his research focused on the biographies of the crew and passengers of the RMS Titanic. Kamuda co-founded the Titanic Historical Society on July 7, 1963, in Indian Orchard, Springfield, Massachusetts, with five other people."
"and United States Senate inquiry into the sinking of the RMS Titanic. On 25 May 1912, just a few weeks after the sinking, Barrett was working on ""Titanic""s sister ship where he was questioned by Senator William Alden Smith as part of an investigation. Barrett passed away in Liverpool on 3 March 1931 due to tuberculosis. Barrett is not to be confused with fellow crewmember, stoker Frederick William Barrett, born in 1876 or 1879, who perished in the sinking. Frederick Barrett Frederick William ""Fred"" Barrett (10 January 1883 – 3 March 1931) is best known as a survivor of the"
"water. Her name was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 13 January 1943. The wreck of USS ""Atlanta"" was discovered in 1992 by an expedition led by Dr. Robert Ballard using a remotely operated underwater vehicle, (ROV). Dr. Ballard was famous for leading the expeditions that discovered and the . Unfortunately, strong ocean currents and poor visibility prevented the expedition from thoroughly exploring ""Atlanta"". In 1994, two Australian technical divers Rob Cason and Kevin Denlay travelled to Solomon Islands with the intention of being the first scuba divers to dive ""Atlanta"" but this was unsuccessful because of the lack"
"the worlds leading technical divers, explorers, professors and scientists. During several expeditions to the RMS ""Lusitania"" he accumulated almost ten hours physically on the wreck, building the most extensive collection of images of the wreck to date. He also photographed the liner SS ""Transylvania"", sunk in 135 m/445 ft in the north Atlantic. During 2001 along with fellow members of the deep wreck diving team 'Starfish Enterprise' he took the first images of the lost gold treasure shipwreck the SS ""Egypt"", sunk in deep water off the edge of Biscay (Western Atlantic). Also in 2001 he made the discovery of"
"to be found and excavated by archaeologists. Mearns published a paper, with co-authors D. Parham and B. Frohlich, on the discovery in the International Journal of Nautical Archaeology. David Mearns David Louis Mearns, O.A.M., M.Sc., (born 10 August 1958), is an American-born United Kingdom based marine scientist and Oceanographer, who specializes in deep water search and recovery operations, and the discovery of the location of historic ship wrecks. Mearns was raised in Weehawken, New Jersey, where he attended Weehawken High School, graduating in 1976. He subsequently graduated B.Sc. in Marine Biology from Fairleigh Dickinson University in 1980, and obtained a"
"film ""Titanica"". Emory Kristof Emory Kristof (born November 19, 1942) is an American photographer. His work has been published in ""National Geographic Magazine"" and elsewhere. Kristof has participated in multiple undersea expeditions with Canadian explorers Joseph MacInnis and Phil Nuytten, including the exploration of the ""Breadalbane"", the world's northernmost known shipwreck, and the 1995 expedition to recover the bell from the wreck of the SS ""Edmund Fitzgerald"". Nuytten also accompanied MacInnis and Russian explorer Anatoly Sagalevich on a descent 16,400 feet into King's Trough in the eastern North Atlantic aboard the submersible ""Mir 1"", and on the expedition which made"
"US and the UK. Only a few days after Ballard's discovery of the wreck, Jack Grimm – the author of the unsuccessful early 1980s attempts to find ""Titanic"" – claimed ownership of it on the grounds that he had allegedly been the first to find it. He announced that he intended to begin salvaging the wreck. He said that he ""[couldn't] see them just lie there and be absorbed by the ocean floor. What possible harm can [salvage] do to this mass of twisted steel?"" Titanic Ventures Inc., a Connecticut-based consortium, co-sponsored a survey and salvage operation in 1987 with"
"professional archaeologist and former college professor, Arbuthnot has been featured on ABC, Discovery Channel and the Learning Channel. Most recently Arbuthnot conducted the first archaeological survey of the famous shipwreck R.M.S. Titanic with film maker and explorer James Cameron on Discovery Channel’s televised event, Last Mysteries of the Titanic. He continues to excite audiences and historians alike by blending ancient history and archaeology with filmmaking.” As stated previously, artifacts were first found in the early 1900s. Children would return to the shore from playing in the shallow water with small stone bowls. Scuba diving became increasingly popular in the 1950s,"
"Crew of the RMS Titanic The crew of the RMS ""Titanic"" were among the estimated 2,344 people who sailed on the maiden voyage of the second of the White Star Line's ""Olympic"" class ocean sea liners, from Southampton, England to New York City in the US. Halfway through the voyage, the ship struck an iceberg and sank in the early morning of 15 April 1912, resulting in the deaths of over 1,500 people, including approximately 688 crew members. The following is a full list of known crew members who sailed on the maiden voyage of the RMS ""Titanic"". Included in"
"Benjamin Briggs Benjamin Spooner Briggs (April 24, 1835 – likely November 1872) was an experienced United States seaman and master mariner. He was the Captain of the merchant ship ""Mary Celeste"" when she was discovered unmanned and drifting in the Atlantic Ocean near the Straits of Gibraltar on December 4, 1872. The lifeboat was missing, yet the ""Mary Celeste"" herself was still under sail and there were signs of a sudden and unexplained abandonment. Benjamin Briggs, his wife Sarah and their two-year-old daughter Sophia Matilda, were never found and are presumed lost, along with the crew of ""Mary Celeste"". The"
"RV Knorr RV ""Knorr"" was a research vessel formerly owned by the U.S. Navy and operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution for the U.S. research community in coordination with and as a part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) fleet. On March 14, 2016, ""Knorr"" was officially transferred to the Mexican Navy and renamed ""Rio Tecolutla"". She was replaced at Woods Hole by the ""RV Neil Armstrong"". ""Knorr"" is best known as the ship that supported researchers in 1985 as they discovered the wreck of the RMS ""Titanic"". R/V ""Knorr"" (AGOR-15) has traveled more than a million miles—the"
"who discovered the wreck of the RMS ""Titanic"". The JASON Foundation for Education was founded in 1990 as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization to administer the project. The Foundation became a subsidiary of the National Geographic Society in 2005. The project won a scientific public engagement award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and ""Computerworld's"" Smithsonian Award for its use of technology. The JASON curricula are available in print and free online, aligned to national and state standards. The JASON Mission Center contains all student and teacher content, communications systems, digital experiences, and tools to manage, assess and"
"the wreckage of in 1986. Launched from her support ship , she carried Dr. Robert Ballard and two companions to the wreckage of the great liner. ""Titanic"" sank in 1912 after striking an iceberg while crossing the North Atlantic Ocean on her maiden voyage. ""Alvin"", accompanied by a small remotely operated vehicle (ROV) named ""Jason Jr."", was able to conduct detailed photographic surveys and inspections of ""Titanic""s wreckage. Many of the photographs of the expedition have been published in the magazine of the National Geographic Society which was a major sponsor of the expedition. The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution team"
"a US Navy Mariner from Patrol Squadron VP-74. 46 men died; there were seven survivors, including her captain, Friedrich Guggenberger. ""U-513"" took part in two wolfpacks, namely. The wreck was found on 14 July 2011, at a depth of , by Brazilian underwater archeologists from the Instituto Kat Schurmann, the Universidade do Vale do Itajaí (Univali) and geophysicists of the Coastal Planning and Engineering Company. The search for ""U-513"" was conducted with a sail boat and took two years. Another 10 German submarines remained to be discovered in Brazilian coastal waters. A Brazilian project has searched Brazilian waters for the"
"""Ghosts of the Abyss "" (2001), James Cameron sent a robot into the Harper's cabin and found Henry's bowler hat sitting on top of the remains of the wardrobe. Henry S. Harper Henry Sleeper Harper (11 March 1864 – 1 March 1944) was an American businessman. He was an ""incorporator of Harper & Brothers when the firm became a corporation in 1896."" Harper is remembered as a passenger on the RMS ""Titanic"" when it sank on April 15, 1912, and also for his work to save the Adirondack forests from logging, and for the fact that his Pekingese was one"
"discovered by diver Ralph Wilbanks, while overseeing a NUMA dive team led by marine archeologist Clive Cussler. Five years later, the submarine was recovered from the Charleston Harbor and transferred to the Warren Lasch Conservation Center at the former Charleston Navy Yard. The wreck was placed in a 55,000-gallon tank filled with fresh water and treated with an electric current to minimize corrosion, beginning the process of desalination. Owsley and Richard Jantz of the University of Tennessee were called to lead the forensic investigation. At this time, the tank and submarine were raised to drydock and periodically drained in preparation"
"James P. Delgado James Preston Delgado, Ph.D. (born January 11, 1958) is a maritime archaeologist, historian, maritime preservation expert, author, television host, and explorer. Delgado is a maritime archaeologist who has spent nearly four decades in underwater exploration. A veteran of over 100 shipwreck investigations around the world, his work has included , USS Independence (CVL-22), USS Conestoga (1861), , , ""Sub Marine Explorer"", the buried Gold Rush ships of San Francisco, the atomic bomb test fleet at Bikini Atoll, and Khubilai Khan's legendary lost fleet. Dr. Delgado's long career has included heading a major maritime museum, leading both the"
"a small group of men escaped on the Chilean barque ""Tinto""; the voyage back to Germany lasted 120 days. The rest of the crew did not return to Germany until 1920. The wreck lies at a depth of . In 2002, the first survey of the wreck was done by a team led by James P. Delgado for the ""Sea Hunters"" documentary produced by the National Underwater and Marine Agency. The team included the archaeologist Dr. Willi Kramer, the first German to visit the wreck since she sank 88 years before. ""Dresden"" lies on her starboard side pointed north, toward"
"side of an underwater mountain. A year after the discovery of the records, the wreck was located by Paul Allen’s ""USS ""Indianapolis"" Project"" aboard Research Vessel ""Petrel"" on 19 August 2017, at a depth of . The wreck is well preserved due to the great depth at which ""Indianapolis"" rests, which is the rocky mountain ranges of the North Philippine Sea. In September 2017, a map detailing the wreckage was released. The main part of the wreck lies in an impact crater. Its bow, which broke off before the ship sank, lies east. The two forward 8-inch guns, which also"