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Washington-based OceanGate expeditions, using new technology in its Titan submersible, made debut journeys this summer to the Titanic shipwreck and noticed increased deterioration at the site (OceanGate Expeditions Screen Grab) |
The rusty ruins of the Titanic are
continuing to deteriorate and are “going through its natural consumption by the
ocean”, according to teams surveying the shipwreck using
submersible crafts.
Earlier
expeditions to the sunken British passenger liner’s ruins in the North Atlantic Ocean
had suggested the ship is “rapidly deteriorating” because of metal-eating
bacteria, more than 100 years after it sank during its maiden voyage and
killing 1,500 people.
OceanGate
Expeditions, a company exploring the shipwreck site with its Titan submersible, confirmed last
year that the famous ship’s mast had collapsed with increasing debris scattered
around the 12,500ft-deep site.
Following his second yearly series of dives to the sunken ship,
the company’s founder and chief Stockton Rush has said it is in worse condition
than it was last year.
“It’s going
through its natural consumption by the ocean,” Mr Rush has told GeekWire.
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