theeighthlion t1_j99civg wrote
Reply to comment by czartaylor in Previously unreleased footage from first submersible dives in July 1986 to the RMS Titanic shipwreck — British passenger liner that sank 14-15 April 1912 remains about 4,000 metres undersea in the Atlantic Ocean by marketrent
if there were an unflooded room on the titanic what would it look like now? How deteriorated would it be?
Sdog1981 t1_j99hief wrote
It’s impossible due to the pressure at that depth.
amehatrekkie t1_j99mq2j wrote
The pressure is equivalent to the weight a 747 per square inch, that's the size of a postage stamp.
Nothing on the Titanic would have handled that.
czartaylor t1_j99iabu wrote
the practical answer is 'it would look like it's underwater'. Between the sheer force of the impact of hitting the sea floor, the weight of everything above it, and a century of pressure, water, and sea life, nothing of the time could survive that.
If you hypothetically had a room that was airtight when the ship sank and could survive that long, what it would look like would depend on what organisms were alive in there before the ship sunk, so mild decomp most likely.
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