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US- Debate brews over Titanic as a grave site. April 15, 2012

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Mary Wilson

Well-known member
APRIL 15, 2012 / 10:38 AM​
U.S. NEWS​

WASHINGTON, April 15 (UPI) -- Some U.S. officials say they strongly suspect the wreck of the Titanic holds intact human remains and should be protected as an underwater grave site.

The analysis of a growing number of images has yet to spy any definite bones or other remains; however, there is concern that unexplored compartments could yield skeletons that have been protected from decomposition by cold water and a lack of oxygen.

"I would not be surprised if highly preserved bodies were found in the engine room," said Robert Ballard, the underwater explorer who discovered the long-lost wreck in 1985. "That was deep inside the ship."

The possibility led to the introduction of a bill in Congress that would give the U.S. Commerce Department the authority to restrict the removal of artifacts from the wreck. ...

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2012/04/15/Debate-brews-over-Titanic-as-a-grave-site/73771334500689/
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Nova Scotia Museum​

Maritime Museum of the Atlantic

Frequently Asked Questions


... Titanic Victims

How many bodies did they find?
The three ships dispatched from Halifax found 328 bodies:
  • Mackay-Bennett found 306
  • Minia found 17
  • Montmagny found 4
  • Algerine found 1
Carpathia, the rescue ship, found 4 bodies and buried them at sea.
Other passing steamers found another five bodies which were all buried at sea:
  • Oceanic found 3
  • Ilford found 1
  • Ottawa found 1
Why so few?
In all only 337 bodies of the over 1500 Titanic victims were found, only one in five. Some bodies sank with Titanic. Winds and currents quickly scattered the remainder. While Mackay-Bennett, the first Halifax ship to arrive on site, recovered a large number of bodies, the ships that followed found bodies and wreckage thinly scattered over many hundreds of miles. The minister aboard Montmagny, the last search ship, also observed in June that the life jackets supporting the bodies seemed to be giving way and releasing bodies to sink. ...

https://maritimemuseum.novascotia.c...lifax-connection/frequently-asked-questions#4
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