“Unearthed Secrets: How a Stunning 3D Replica of the Titanic Unveils Heartbreaking Moments from Its Last Night”
“As soon as I saw the Titanic digital twin images, I could tell,” Stephenson said. “Number one, I’d never seen the Titanic like this before. And number two, it felt right.”
New Details From A ‘Digital Twin’ Of The ‘Titanic’
Atlantic Productions/MagellanThe broken glass of a porthole.
In a press release, National Geographic highlighted just a few of the remarkable details seen in the scans. These included a visible open steam valve, which corroborates eyewitness accounts that the ship’s engineers remained at their posts in the boiler room for more than two hours after impact to keep the electricity on.
Hull fragments scattered across the wreck site, meanwhile, further support that the Titanic did not split cleanly in two but was ripped apart at the stern, which would have cut through first-class cabins where prominent passengers may have attempted to take refuge.
Atlantic Productions/MagellanA boiler room at the back of the bow.
Perhaps the most remarkable revelation, however, is evidence that directly exonerates First Officer William Murdoch, who had long been accused of abandoning the ship. Second Officer Charles Lightoller had testified that Murdoch was swept away by the sea, and now a high-resolution detail of a lifeboat davit suggests that Murdoch’s crew was preparing a launch just moments before the starboard side of the Titanic was engulfed by water, meaning he had indeed remained at his post.
The team also investigated hundreds of relics that have been scattered across the seafloor, including things like pocket watches, purses, gold coins, hair combs, shoes, and a shark’s tooth charm. Many of these items were even connected back to their original owners, thanks to historian Yasmin Khan.
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