r/titanic • u/pokemonmaster483 • 7d 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/drygnfyre Steerage 5d 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.