A unique 3D view of the Titanic has just been depicted in unprecedented detail, showing the shipwreck were the water completely drained away.
The new scan could also reveal new clues about the vessel came to sink in her 1912 maiden voyage. The scans also allow the preservation of a digital twin of the ship as the real one feels the toll of corrosion, sea currents and other impacts eating away at it.
BBC Radio 4’s Today programme was informed by Titanic analyst Parks Stephenson that the images could provide new forensic evidence that could rewrite how the sinking unfolded.
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“I’ve seen enough in my years of studying the Titanic that I am suspicious of the narrative that we’ve become accustomed to over the past century,” Stephenson said.
The scan was carried out in the summer of 2022 by Magellan Ltd, a deep-sea mapping company, alongside Atlantic Productions, who are working on a documentary about the project.
The ship is currently split into two parts after the wreck was discovered in 1985, with the two parts separated by around 600 metres. This digital scanning gives a new perspective which conventional cameras could only provide snapshots or clips of.
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