The haunting return to the Titanic: Expedition to the wreck sets sail just one year after the OceanGate tragedy which saw five killed while trying to visit the lost ship - as experts reassure 'we aren't using manned submersibles this time around'

The haunting return to the Titanic: Expedition to the wreck sets sail just one year after the OceanGate tragedy which saw five killed while trying to visit the lost ship - as experts reassure 'we aren't using manned submersibles this time around' READ MORE: Incredible 3D scans show Titanic like NEVER before By Jonathan Chadwick For Mailonline Published: 08:43, 12 July 2024 | Updated: 08:43, 12 July 2024 e-mail View comments Adventurers set sail for the wreck of the Titanic on Friday – marking the first expedition since the doomed OceanGate mission over a year ago that tragically killed five men. The Georgia-based firm that owns the salvage rights to Titanic, called RMS Titanic Inc, is probing the sunken ocean liner using two remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). According to the BBC , the robotic vehicles will reach 12,000ft (3,700 metres) down – the bottom of the North Atlantic, where the remains of the Titanic lie.

They will capture millions of high-resolution photos to make a new 3D model of the debris, which is quickly deteriorating and could be lost in a few decades. A plaque will also be laid on the seabed in honour of Frenchman Paul-Henri Nargeolet, director of research at RMS Titanic Inc, one of the five Titan victims . The grandest ship: RMS Titanic departing Southampton on April 10, 1912.

She would never return from this maiden voyage Already, experts at deep-sea mapping company Magellan Ltd took took thousands of digital images of the wreck in summer 2022 to creat.