Titanic, 3D images

The Titanic immediately after her launch. Image via Instagram @titanic_legacy_museumgram. Two of the 3D images via Twitter @ianbremmer

Wait What?! Expert believes the Titanic did not hit an iceberg

Newly released 3D images of the Titanic wreck have an expert believing it might have never collided with an iceberg.

Titanic, 3D images

The Titanic immediately after her launch. Image via Instagram @titanic_legacy_museumgram. Two of the 3D images via Twitter @ianbremmer

Since it sank in 1912, many have tried to determine exactly how the Titanic sank. Now thanks to new digital scans revealing the entire shipwreck, an expert says it is possible that it did not hit an iceberg before it sank, The Sun reports.

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NEW 3D IMAGES COULD SHED LIGHT ON TITANIC’S TRAGIC DEMISE

Brand new 3D images of the Titanic and its underwater surroundings have recently been released. The extraordinarily detailed images captured by remote-controlled submersibles are, according to The Sun, the result of over 200 hours of surveying the wreck and digitally stitching together more than 700,000 shots to create a precise 3D reconstruction.

Now there are new claims regarding what happened to the luxury liner more than a century ago.

An image reportedly shows a serial number on one of the giant propellers.

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The Titanic was believed to be unsinkable, but this proved to not be the case. It broke into two pieces and sank to the sea bed. Image: Magellan/ Atlantic Production

Statues, ornaments, dozens of lost shoes, and unopened bottles of champagne all lay scattered around the wreck.

Although an estimated 706 people survived the horrific tragedy, about 1 517 died at sea. Now many hope the 3D images will reveal the reason behind the ship’s disappearance beneath the waves.

Titanic researcher Parks Stephenson told The Mirror:

“I’ve got a growing amount of evidence that Titanic didn’t hit the iceberg along its side, as is shown in all the movies.,” he said.

“She may actually have grounded on the submerged shelf of the ice. That was the first scenario put out by a London magazine in 1912. Maybe we haven’t heard the real story of Titanic yet,” he added.

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THE LARGEST UNDERWATER SCANNING PROJECT TO DATE?

With microbes still eating away at the wreckage, parts of the liner are disintegrating.

Gerhard Seiffert, who led the project’s planning phase, told BBC News it was the most extensive underwater scanning project he’d ever undertaken. 

“The depth of it, almost 4,000m, represents a challenge, and you have currents at the site, too – and we’re not allowed to touch anything so as not to damage the wreck,” he explained.

“And the other challenge is that you have to map every square centimetre – even uninteresting parts, like on the debris field you have to map mud, but you need this to fill in between all these interesting objects,” he added.

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The first full-sized 3D scan of the Titanic shipwreck may reveal more details about the ocean liner’s fateful journey across the Atlantic. Photo: Twitter

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