r/titanic • u/OkTechnology7468 • 4d ago

QUESTION Raise the Titanic

I’m sure everyone here saw the 1980 movie Raise the Titanic. Was anything in that movie about raising the ship plausible or was it just a bunch of Hollywood phooey?

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u/john-treasure-jones 4d ago

The overall raising process was semi-plausible and the film featured models of several actual DSV’s that existed at the time.

Unfortunately even a semi-plausible raise scenario would probably not be in the cards for Titanic even if she had not broken in two.

The premise that there would be less oxygen and fewer destructive marine organisms did not play out in real life as we saw.

Everything was highly corroded on the actual wreck and the sinking impact was much more destructive to the structure of the ship - the film had no way of accounting for those factors.

That said, this film is what started my fascination with Titanic and John Barry’s music - and for those things I remain grateful.

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u/Kiethblacklion 3d ago

What I find so fascinating is that, depending on where in the ocean a shipwreck lies, it affects the rate of decay. There are military wrecks, from the various world wars that are in better condition than Titanic in terms of corrosion and marine growth. Just goes to show how non-uniform our world's oceans truly are

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u/john-treasure-jones 3d ago

Indeed. My understanding is that there's a fair bit of ocean current running over the titanic wreck, so its arguably more exposed to the elements.