I've been wondering...hearing things like the Titanic eventually disintegrating is sad.
Do you think they would be able to raise the Titanic out of the water?
Is it possible?
2007-07-29 04:00:09 · 10 answers · asked by Larissa <3 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Boats & Boating
It would be a nice idea but I believe that it is just too deep and too broken up to bring up anything but small chunks.
Any major salvage operation would be just too massive and expensive. (if at all possible which I doubt!)
There is also the ethical aspect. It is, after all, considered a maritime grave and salvagers are already taking great liberties in recovering personal belongings of dead people.
Apart from the practical difficulties, I think there would be a lot of controversy and objections to the idea of raising the Titanic.
2007-07-29 04:08:53 · answer #1 · answered by Nick 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
only way it can be done is to go to e-bay and buy a copy of the movie, "Raise the Titanic", made a few years b4 they discovered it was in two pieces and now rusting away at a fast pace...good movie tho. I read an article not too long ago where they figured in less than 10yrs it will have desintegrated another 50% than it is now.
Titanic and its sister ships, Brittanic and Gigantic...all gone.
2007-08-01 17:10:27 · answer #2 · answered by junkyarddogfan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's impossible.The thing would just break up more trying to lift it.They could build another like it for a lot less money than it would cost to lift and restore that one.The ship had a sister called the "Olympic."How come they didn't save that one?It got scrapped in 1935.It was identical to the Titanic.They should try raising the Andrea Doria instead.That may be possible cause it's not so rusted and it's in a lot shallower water.
2007-07-29 04:50:57 · answer #3 · answered by Kylie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
not this year or decade, people still think about the new technology that can lift the Titanic out from bottom of the ocean. Today, they think the ocean is too deep and huge. The currently technology isn't exist as only the new and future technology can lift the ship. Its would be in around 2060's to 2100's.
2007-07-29 04:13:39 · answer #4 · answered by DXTRCHN11 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Just the main hull itself is in two, maybe more pieces. I doubt the stress of pulling it to the surface with the tremendous weight of the water would allow the ship to ever surface again. My wife and I went and saw the Titanic exhibit in Las Vegas a couple of months ago, and they had risen many of the artifacts! Great exhibit!!
2007-07-29 04:04:01 · answer #5 · answered by Lee M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Iron hulls rust quickly. After 10 years discovery team went back to titanic and saw lots of disentrigration of decks bulkheads. Rust In Pease! Now a do not distrurb site. Technology has not been developed for deep sea ship rasings yet.
2007-07-29 04:07:01 · answer #6 · answered by John Paul 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
NO - they cant even lift the Edmond Fitzgerald - and that is a boat in comparason
2007-07-29 04:25:51 · answer #7 · answered by cgriffin1972 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No it broke. :-(
I feel this is where it belongs. I know this may sound sad, but, it the Tomb/Monument of those who died and I think it belongs with them.
2007-07-29 04:19:13 · answer #8 · answered by Snaglefritz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Too deep, too big and the technology doesn't yet exist to do this.
2007-07-29 04:04:33 · answer #9 · answered by Mick 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Negative. It's too deep and too big.
2007-07-29 04:04:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋