A detailed full-sized digital scan of the Titanic has revealed significant new insights into the ship’s final moments before it sank in 1912. The 3D replica, constructed from more than 700,000 images, provides a complete and unprecedented view of the wreck, offering fresh evidence on how the liner broke apart and sank after striking an iceberg.
The exact scan shows the severity with which the ship ripped in two, leading to the deaths of around 1,500 people. One key revelation is a clearer view of a boiler room, supporting long-standing eyewitness accounts that engineers continued working to keep the ship’s lights operational as it sank.
A computer simulation, using new structural modelling, also suggests that punctures in the ship’s hull – each roughly the size of an A4 sheet of paper – were sufficient to cause the vessel’s demise.
Parks Stephenson, a Titanic analyst involved in studying the scan, commented: “Titanic is the last surviving eyewitness to the disaster, and she still has stories to tell.”
The scan and related findings have been used to produce a new documentary titled Titanic: The Digital Resurrection, created by National Geographic and Atlantic Productions.
The Titanic wreck, lying 3,800 metres deep in the Atlantic Ocean, has traditionally been explored using submersibles, but these only provide limited views. The new mapping effort, however, created a “digital twin” of the ship, offering the first full, detailed look at the entire site. This model was initially revealed exclusively by BBC News in 2023.
The scan shows the immense bow section lying upright on the seabed, appearing almost as if the ship could resume its voyage. In contrast, the stern, located around Read More…..