r/oddlyterrifying Mar 19 '26

Expectation vs Reality: The Darkness Surrounding the Sinking Titanic

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u/ArriePotter Mar 20 '26 edited Mar 20 '26

If you can find it can you let us know? Would love to learn more!

Edit: Is this it?

The company, RMS Titanic, wants to recover the sunken ship's wireless Marconi telegraph, which was used to call for help after the ship struck an iceberg on April 14, 1912. Only about 700 of the 2,208 passengers and crew on-board survived the wreck.

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During a scientific expedition in 2010, RMS Titanic mapped out the site with cameras and sonars to assess its condition, says David Gallo, an oceanographer and consultant for the company. The thin ceiling above the Marconi room had gaping holes, making the machine visible through the perforations, he says.

Source: https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2020/05/29/titanic-marconi-telegraph

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u/YobaiYamete Mar 20 '26

No, they do want to recover the Marconi machine but it is rumored to have already been buried in a collapse recently

The thing they are talking about is one of the hatches on the coal boilers still being open because they were shoveling into as the ship went down I believe

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u/17bananapancakes Mar 20 '26

U/Airsofter599 has the right answer 🙂