Given the modern technology at our disposal, why dont we raise the Titanic for the whole world to see?

Question

Are the remains still there at the bottom of the ocean? Do they shift from one spot to another? What are the difficulties in actually raising the Titanic's remains out of of the ocean?

Answer 1

even if we have the technology, the major factor in the use of technology is the gain that comes when you imply the tech. By gain the simple meaning is Economic Gain (for a company and indivisual) or Pride and Prestige(mainly indivisual).
There won't be any Economic gains out of this project so no one goes for it.
note: why don't you give it a try!!

Answer 2

Well, there are three reasons why the Titanic can never leave the ocean floor:

1) It is no longer ocean ready, and as such must be carried to a ready dock. The ship broke into more than two pieces as it sunk, making it incapable of floating on its own. To raise the ship, not only does a crane and lifting equipment have to be brought in to lift the largest ship of her time, there also must be carriers large enough and buoyant enough to carry all of the pieces once lifted. While such an operation is possible (it was done similarly for the U.S.S. Cole), its cost would dwarf any worth the Titanic has above ground.
2) It would disturb the ocean floor. At this point, the Titanic is a reef, supporting a large number of animals. Lifting the Titanic will destroy the reef system in place, harming the ecosystem.
3) Who would do it? The shipping line that owned the Titanic has long since went out of business, and the ship is in international waters, so no nation is compelled to chip in on the rescue effort. In order to raise the ship, the money would have to be raised somehow, and unfortunately, due to the reasons expressed above, few agencies would consider such a gamble worthy of funding.

It's a noble line of thinking, but just because we can do something doesn't mean we should.

Hope that helps.

Answer 3

First of all, it would be very expensive to raise the Titanic. Even though we do have the proper technology, everyone has decided that we will honor those who died that year and we will not disturb the grave of those lost family members and friends. Yes, the remains are still at the bottom but I'm sure the minerals in the water have eaten away at it through time. Some remains will shift but it depends on the weight of the piece and the current of the water. The difficulties are many. It would be expensive, it would pretty difficult, and it would be without honor. I've explained that already.

Answer 4

Are you into looking at the skeletons or have you a habit of going slowly past accident sites to check the amount of blood flow? Or are you volunteering all of your familys money to bring the project to fruition or maybe you might work your wonderment in another direction and recycle things that are possible to do,have you checked the depth of the titanic lately. Maybe a foray to a local lake with a magnet will satisfy your need for raising something dead since I expect your folks wont cough up the funds for the titanic lift.

Answer 5

The Titanic broke up into at least two large widely separated pieces. Often raising a ship involved in the loss of much life goes against the public perception that it is a monument to their loss. Funding would be huge and raising it very dangerous. From a technical point of view, if a ship is stuck in silt and mud, you must break the suction to free it. That is similar to pulling a suction cup off a window pane where the pressure of the atmosphere holds it in place (a 14.7 pound pull is needed to pull off a one square inch area suction cup!). To lift a ship (or a mushroom anchor?) from the muck you must lift the entire weight of all the sea water directly above it plus the weight of the air. The total weight would be about 14.7 psi for the air and an additional 14.7 pounds pull per square inch for every depth of about 34 feet, times the square inches of surface of the wreck caught in the muck. The hull metal used in its day was rather brittle in very cold North sea water and the salt water at maximum depth is coldest of all having sunk under arctic conditions. Propping up the hull and hosing away the muck at that depth would be an enormous and dangerous project. Instead, representative artifacts could be brought up without disrespect.

Answer 6

of course we already have the technology to do that. but, after what happened to titanic, and all the lives lost. titanic's an icon, it's not just another shipwreck down the sea. the community agreed to let titanic rest on the bottom of the sea where it went down years ago, with all its remains, the wine bottles, the suitcases, and everything. even the researchers using ROV's wouldnt dare touch the titanic, except those scavengers. to raise the titanic to the surface would only destroy it, physicaly and spiritualy.

Answer 7

Can you spend a thousand rupees to trace a one rupee coin sunk at the bed of a pond ?

Titanic, presume is raised using the best of the skills known to the most advance country, how much you have to spend ? And what you are going to get ? How many people will spend money to just see it, and where the project will pay off ?

Answer 8

Raise the Titanic by Clive Cussler (1976)
Read the book (fiction of course)
Anyway it would be too expensive and I really don't see the point in spending millions of $ just to see a heap of scrap.

Answer 9

No one in there right mind would want to fund such an extradinary.and outrageously expensive endevor. There would be no sense at all disturbing the remains of something that has been at that depth for so long. Also I think in tribute to those who lost there lives on that dreadfull night,it be best to leave their graves alone. It would be like digging in a grave yard.

Answer 10

Hi Wallu,
May they lay in peace! It's possible that there are bones. That's like any ship that's gone down at sea where people lives have parished & it's their finally resting place. That's been discuss in the past already. Try: http://www.Titanic.com
LQQk after 9/11 they're still finding bones of those that parished & thats been five years.