Titanic Shipwreck Site Slowly Disappearing

After the R.M.S. Titanic struck an iceberg on Sunday, 14 April 1912, its further fate remained a mystery for over seventy years. At the time survivor testimonies claiming that the ship broke in half were dismissed as inaccurate. When the wreck was discovered in September 1985 almost 370 miles south-southeast off the coast of Newfoundland, it was indeed confirmed that the ship broke into two large pieces and into many smaller pieces creating a debris field approximately 15 square miles in size. The ship's bow is still mostly intact, even if most structures on deck collapsed when the sinking Titanic hit the seafloor. The ship's stern was crushed by the impact and water pressure. A large debris field, with hundreds of thousands of items, from machinery to personal items of the passengers, is scattered between the two parts of the ship.