Haunting images of shoes and champagne on Titanic wreck trends now
Perhaps they were worn by a wealthy first-class passenger who was looking forward to tuck in to yet another glass of high-class bubbly - before disaster struck.
Haunting images show a pair of shoes and unopened bottles of champagne that lie at the bottom of the North Atlantic amid the wreck of the Titanic, which sank on its maiden voyage in April 1912 with the loss of 1,500 lives.
Another photograph shows the barely recognisable remains of the luxury liner's grand staircase, where fictional soulmates Jack and Rose met in James Cameron's 1997 epic about the disaster.
The pictures, released yesterday after scientists created a 3D 'digital twin' of the ill-fated luxury liner, add a tragically human element to the hulk of twisted metal that has captivated experts and amateurs ever since the wreck was found in 1985.
Had the Titanic not met its horrendous fate, those bottles of booze would have been popped open, their contents flowing into the many of the 2,500 champagne glasses that were on board the iconic vessel.
Perhaps they were worn by a wealthy first-class passenger who was looking forward to tuck in to yet another glass of high-class bubbly - before disaster struck. Haunting images show a pair of shoes that lie at the bottom of the North Atlantic amid the wreck of the Titanic, which sank on its maiden voyage in April 1912 with the loss of 1,500 lives
Another image captured from the wreck shows unopened bottles of champagne that would have been poured into many of the 2,500 champagne glasses that were on board the vessel
The pictures, released yesterday after scientists created a 3D 'digital twin' of the ill-fated luxury liner, add a tragically human element to the hulk of twisted metal that has captivated experts and amateurs ever since the wreck was found in 1985
When it departed from Southampton, the Titanic's stock included 45,000 napkins, 50,000 towels, 18,000 sheets, 7,500 blankets, 5,000 table cloths, 800 elderdown quilts, 12,000 knives and 12,000 forks, 19,000 spoons, 400 sugar basins, 500 cream jugs, 1,000 finger bowls, 12,000 cups and saucers, 1,200 teapots and 2,500 champagne glasses
As well as the champagne, the drinks on board included 1,000 bottles of wine, 850 bottles of spirits and 150,000 bottles of beer.
Food included 75,000lbs of red meat, 25,000lbs of poultry, 11,000lbs of fresh fish, 40,000 eggs, 250 barrels of flour, 40 tons of potatoes, 800 bundles of asparagus and 36,000 apples.
Until now, pictures of the wreck could capture only very small areas at a time due to the darkness and harsh conditions almost 2.5miles beneath the ocean surface.
But using deep-sea mapping, images now show the ship as if the water from the murky depths around it had been removed – and offer extraordinarily detailed views of her final resting place.
Experts hope the unique, full-sized digital scan will help to shed more light on some precise aspects of what happened on the night she sank in 1912, when 1,500 passengers and crew lost their lives.
There is still debate on exactly where along the ship's side the iceberg struck, with some historians even suggesting the iceberg could have scraped along the bottom of the Titanic rather than the starboard side – as is commonly accepted.
Among the sites recreated in the scan is a hole in the boat deck where the grand staircase once stood as well as views of the captain's bridge and the wheelhouse.
The radio room can also be seen as well as thousands of scattered artefacts across the debris field between the two halves of the ship such as champagne bottles and items of clothing.
The White Star Line ship was the largest and most luxurious in the world when she set sail on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York on April 10, 1912.
It measured 883ft long and had 2,220 people on board. It hit the iceberg just before midnight on April 14 and sank in about two hours and 40 minutes, breaking into two just before its final descent. The bow and the stern now lie 2,600ft apart on the seabed.
The wreck was discovered around 370 miles south of Newfoundland, Canada, with numerous expeditions diving down to investigate the wreck since then.
Another photograph shows the barely recognisable remains of the luxury liner's grand staircase, where fictional soulmates Jack and Rose met in James Cameron's 1997 epic about the disaster
Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio are seen as Jack and Rose in the 1997 film Titanic, when the pair meet for the first time on the vessel's grand staircase
The First Class staircase leading to the a la carte restaurant on board the Titanic, which sank after striking an ice berg
But, until now, explorers have only been able to take
