TITANIC HAS SURVIVED A CENTURY OF PITCH BLACK ICY WATER WITH PRESSURE OF 3.5 TONNES PER SQUARE INCH

Right off the subject of music and movies, one thing which has always fascinated me is underwater shipwrecks. The Titanic, which has sat on the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean for almost 100 years since hitting a huge iceberg on the 15th April, 1912 on its maiden voyage from Southhampton in England to New York City is obviously the most famous shipwreck in the world. The fact that the Titanic wreck has withstood a century of being constantly bombarded with the intensity of water pressure at a huge depth of 3784 metres, which is a monumental 3 and a half tonnes per square inch, to be still looking as good as it does, is testament to just how well built and strong the old girl was. But such extreme water pressure has obviously taken its toll, and as each year goes by what is left of the Titanic down there in that pitch black icy grave will deterioate even further. The expeditions that began in 1985 to salvage artifacts on the seabed around the Titanic have been respectful for the most part in recognising that it will always be a gravesite for 1517 people who lost their life on that terrible night all those years ago.