Will they ever raise the Titanic ?

Question

Will they ever raise the Titanic ?

Answer 1

No.....

Answer 2

No, but if they are, they should raise the Bismarck first, then the Yamato, and then finally w/e the want.

Answer 3

No. The Titanic broke in two as it sank and the rear part is nothing but a pile of junk. The forward part is still recognizable as having once been part of a ship but the whole thing is rusting away and will be gone before long. Besides, the cost of such an operation would be astronomical and many people believe the wreck should be left alone as the final resting place of all those who rode her to the bottom.  

Answer 4

Greetings!  It would take a tremendous team of men and women to descend over 10,000 feet just to get to the ship.  Then, they would have to put their hoists some sixty feet deeper in the mud to get around the ship.  Then the hoists would have to lift hundreds of thousands of tons of silt, water and steel to bring both halves of the ship to the surface.  Meanwhile, the ship continues to erode from the salt water, further weakening the twisted and mangled steel that was once a proud ship.

It is a graveyard and should be left alone, but the surface of the shipwreck has been picked apart and artifacts have been put in museums.   It really is a shame we did that, especially seeing as we know exactly what went down with the ship.

To be more precise, it could theoretically be raised, but not with our current technology.  But why should we?  What do we have to learn by doing so?

I have no problem whatsoever with people who take subs to see the ship, but it is a grave site and should be left intact.

Hope that helps.  Take care.

Answer 5

It's impossible with our current technologies.

Consider the raising of the Hunley. The Hunley was a Confederate submarine that was discovered in the 20th century and subsequently raised in 2000. The process was incredibly delicate. One false move and the entire body of the ship would have collapsed. They had to carefully remove the sediment around the Hunley, taking it out tiny bit by tiny bit, then attach straps which would precisely distribute the weight, due to the metal's fragility. Then once they raised it, they had to submerge it in salt water, gradually removing the salinity from the water, or else the entire ship would have decayed in hours. Only then was it able to be removed and studied and put on display. It is considered by many to be one of the great archaeological/underwater engineering feats of our age.

And the Hunley was only 40' long and submerged in 27' of water.

The Titanic, is 882' long and it is 12,450' under water. Just getting to the titanic is a colossal feat, let alone trying to raise it.

Answer 6

Unfortunately, and quite sadly, I have to say yes. Though I'd much prefer they left her as she is a mass grave. But already they've raised a 17 ton section of the hull and are coming up with all kinds of excuses as to why we should raise her. The real reason they want to raise her is to make money.

I've heard things like "Oh we've got to raise her so we can learn about the era." Not quite. We've already got a great deal of artifacts from 1912 that will help us understand the era. And we've got all kinds of photos and documentation as to what was on the Titanic when she went down. Not to mention haveing that same information from other liners of the era.

Then there's  "Oh we can learn about why she sank so fast after striking the iceberg." No, that is something that can be learned with her on the bottom and as has already been proven.

And of course theres the "She's rusting away and will soon be lost so we need to raise her for others to see." Why! She's a mass grave and there's really nothing that can be learned. I agree that sometimes it's important to raise a ship that's also a mass grave.The HL Hunley has taught us a lot about how she operated. Raising the remains of ancient trade ships from Greece, Egypt, Rome, ect can give us an understanding into what was being traded. But when there is nothing we can learn then leave a ship lie.

Answer 7

NO, its far too deep and too large,over 12000 ft down and the sections are almost 2000ft apart, for our current technology to even think of raising her or even one section...and at the rate its deteriorating,it will be completely collapsed and gone long before technology catches up to try..

Answer 8

Funny that you should ask that

I was just watching one of the worst movies ever made based on a popular book

Raise the Titanic (Clive Cussler)

At the time we werent sure if the ship was in one piece or two.

Robert Ballard confirmed in his dives that its in two pieces.

At the time they inflated ballon like devices to raise it

but thats impossible at that depth

besides, its falling apart.

there was a comment a couple years back that most of the ship is so brittle that they barely touched it and a large section broke off.

its becoming the ocean very fast.

Answer 9

No...The Titanic is almost 100 years old, and has been under the water for some time....It'd never make it up and out of the ocean without being destroyed.  

Answer 10

No it is a graveyard to the 100+ who died.

You would not dig up a grave yard would you?

Answer 11

i dont think so, since it was so huge. but it would be so awesome if they did!

Answer 12

No, for two reasons. First, it's been declared a historic grave site and cannot be disturbed. Also, the ship is disintegrating quite rapidly and would likely break up further if they tried to raise it.