These shipwrecks lie at the world's greatest depths.

The famous Titanic sank to a depth of approximately 3,810 meters, but this is still far less than the deepest shipwreck ever discovered.

These shipwrecks lie at the world's greatest depths.

The wreck of the Titanic lies at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. Video : WHOI

The Titanic, which sank in 1912, is once again attracting attention after the Titan submersible, carrying five tourists visiting the Titanic, lost contact in the Atlantic Ocean on June 18th. In the early hours of June 23rd ( Hanoi time), the US Coast Guard announced the discovery of debris from the Titan, suggesting the vessel was detonated.

The Titanic sank in the waters about 600 km off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. According to the website of the company OceanGate Expeditions, tours of the shipwreck have been offered since 2021, costing $250,000 per person. The ship lies at a depth of approximately 3,810 meters, more than twice the depth of the famous Grand Canyon in the United States and five times the height of the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai.

However, this depth is still far less than that of the world's deepest shipwreck – the USS Samuel B. Roberts, also known as "Sammy B". The ship was discovered nearly a year ago, in June 2022, at a depth of 6,895 meters in the Philippine Sea. American explorer Victor Vescovo discovered the vessel decades after the tragedy occurred.

The USS Samuel B. Roberts participated in the final stages of the Battle of Leyte Gulf in 1944, when the Japanese Navy and American forces clashed in Leyte Gulf, Philippines. During this phase, the ship was attacked and sunk by a battleship, resulting in 89 deaths. It currently lies at a depth nearly four times greater than that of the Grand Canyon.

The USS Samuel B. Roberts before it sank in the Philippine Sea. Photo: DM Published Images

The discovery of the USS Samuel B. Roberts last year caused the USS Johnston to lose its title as the world's deepest shipwreck. The USS Johnston, a U.S. Navy destroyer that sank on October 25, 1944, after a battle with the Japanese during World War II, had only held this title for about a year. The wreck was first discovered in 2019 off the coast of Samar Island in the Philippine Sea and officially confirmed in 2021. The ship lies at a depth of 6,456 meters, equivalent to about 15 Empire State Buildings stacked on top of each other.

In 2019, experts aboard the research vessel Petrel released video showing the distorted hull sections of the USS Johnston lying on the ocean floor. "We found no intact hull structures. The wreck was completely destroyed, only fragments remained," the team of experts stated upon discovering the wreck.

Before the USS Johnston, the SS Rio Grande held the record for the world's deepest shipwreck for nearly 30 years. The ship was discovered in 1996, almost 1,000 km off the coast of Brazil. To this day, fragments and artifacts from the ship continue to wash ashore. The SS Rio Grande was a German ship from World War II, attacked by American fighter planes in 1944 and sank to a depth of approximately 5,762 meters.

The SS City of Cairo sank 770 km south of St Helena Island. Photo: DM Published Images

Following the SS Rio Grande on the list of the world's deepest shipwrecks is the SS City of Cairo, which sank to a depth of 5,150 meters in the Atlantic Ocean. The ship was torpedoed by a Nazi German submarine in 1942 and sank to the seabed. At the time, it was carrying 136 passengers and approximately 100 tons of silver coins. These coins were recovered in 2015.

The Deep Ocean Search (DOS) company was tasked by the British government with searching for artifacts from the ship. Currently, the hoard of silver coins belongs to the British government and is estimated to be worth around £34 million.

"The team quickly realized that operating at great depths presented serious technical challenges. These challenges were new to us and had to be addressed quickly. The combination of pressure, temperature, repeated dives at this depth, and other factors led to numerous system failures that we had never encountered before when working at depths of 3,000-4,000 meters," a DOS spokesperson shared about the mission.

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