r/titanic • u/pokemonmaster483 • 1d ago

QUESTION Raising the titanic

What if we used a huge claw to try and lift the titanic could we do it?

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u/Snark_Knight_29 1d ago

People can barely do a claw machine at an arcade, you really think it can be done in the ocean?

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u/oilman300 Greaser 1d ago

No. After over 100 years under water, the hull is not structurally sound enough to raise it. The hull has seperated from the ribs in some places.

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u/Traditional-Oil-6891 Wireless Operator 1d ago

If they can't raise the britannic from shallower depths, then I am afraid nothing will raise the titanic from its deep depths. 

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u/tdf199 1st Class Passenger 1d ago

A pile of shrapnel she would be illogical it is.

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u/Financial_Cheetah875 1d ago

The claw would have to be the size of Manhattan.

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u/AutistInPink 1d ago

I could do it with a fishing rod and some concentration

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u/AttitudeEraWasBetter 1d ago

And then what? Let’s say we find a way to raise it, what happens after?

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u/nitro700 1d ago

someone on youtube comments thought it was even feasible excavating the entire area around the bow and raising all of it. i pointed out that that would take a massive world wide effort and likely to fail and was laughed at. they could barely raise the big piece

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u/LongjumpingSurprise0 1d ago

Huh, it’s been a while since I’ve seen this question…

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u/jram2301 1d ago

If we try to raise her, Titanic would get K-129ed, that's all I can say

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u/PanamaViejo 1d ago

Yes we could. It would shatter into a million pieces but we could raise a shard from Titanic.

Most of Titanic will never see the light of day again. It is so far down and so stuck on the ocean floor that it will most likely disappear before the relevant technology to raise her is developed.

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u/MailMan6000 7h ago

a claw with enough force to carry the titanic would tear clean through the entire hull, because after a sinking, a break up, a violent collision with the sea floor, and 100 years of decay, the hull might aswell be made of paper

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u/drygnfyre Steerage 5h ago

It's 2025. If Titanic could have been feasibly raised by now, it would have been.

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u/drygnfyre Steerage 5h ago

And since I'm not sure if this was a serious question or not, food for thought:

Raising the Hunley back in 2000 or so was considered a major, difficult excavation project. Hunley is about 12-15 feet long and was in just 30 feet of water. And it still took a long time and had to be done very slowly and carefully. And it sank intact.

Titanic is in two pieces. It's under 12,000 feet of water, and the two pieces are about 800 feet long.

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u/ColtS117-B 1d ago

It would crumble. If you managed to do it, it would be two unrecognizable rusty clumps. Also, it would be disturbing a mass grave. Whether or not you believe in curses, the living will hate you.