The legendary Titanic weighed 46,000 tons and was about 267m long. Hailed as the largest and most luxurious passenger ship of its time, the ship could carry more than 2,400 passengers and about 900 crew members. Photo: Popperfoto via Getty Images.

On board the Titanic there was a swimming pool, gym, sauna, darkroom, cigar room... Photo: Universal Images Group/Getty Images.

Despite being dubbed "unsinkable," the Titanic hit an iceberg and sank on April 14, 1912, just four days after its departure. Photo: Corbis/VCG via Getty Images.

Accordingly, the Titanic suffered a terrible tragedy on its first and final voyage. Photo: Popperfoto via Getty Images.

$About 1,500 people died in the sinking. Only a small fraction of the victims’ bodies have been recovered, while the rest rest on the bottom of the ocean with the ill-fated Titanic. Photo: Xavier DESMIER/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images.$

About 1,500 people died in the sinking. Only a small fraction of the victims’ bodies have been recovered, while the rest rest on the bottom of the ocean with the ill-fated Titanic. Photo: Xavier DESMIER/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images.

On September 1, 1985, the Titanic wreckage was discovered at a depth of about 3,299m below the surface of the water in the North Atlantic, about 464km east of Newfoundland. Photo: Ralph White/Getty Images.

During subsequent expeditions, experts recovered many artifacts related to the Titanic wreck as well as belongings of passengers and crew members. Photo: Ralph White/Getty Images.

After many years of sleeping at the bottom of the sea, the Titanic's wreckage was severely corroded by seawater. Photo: Krista Few/Getty Images.

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