--- title: "A Large Piece Is Missing From the Titanic, Sub Finds" description: "Just Dropped A large piece of the Titanic has, per new footage from a recent robotic expedition, fallen off as the more than 110-year-old ship decays in the deep. In a statement about the new expedition, the shipping company RMS Titanic Inc. has announced that during its latest voyage to the ship's ruins in the […]" date: "2024-09-04" modified: "2024-09-04" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/large-piece-titanic-fallen" categories: - "Science & Energy" tags: - "submersibles" - "the digest" - "titanic" - "wreckage" --- # A Large Piece Is Missing From the Titanic, Sub Finds ![A large piece of the Titanic has, per new footage from a recent robotic expedition, fallen off as the more than 110-year-old ship decays.]() *\Image: Titanic Expedition 2024\* ## Just Dropped A large piece of the Titanic has, per new footage from a recent robotic expedition, fallen off as the wreckage of the more than 110-year-old ship decays in the deep. In a [statement about the new expedition](), the shipping company RMS Titanic Inc has announced that during its latest voyage to the ship's ruins in the North Atlantic Ocean, its [two submersibles]() — which thankfully had [no humans aboard]() — discovered that a large portion of the ship's iconic bow railing was missing. Memorialized by the "[King of the World]()" scene in James Cameron's 1997 epic "Titanic" starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, the missing piece of the ship's railing was subsequently found directly below the wreckage site on the ocean floor. "We are saddened by this loss and the inevitable decay of the Ship and the debris," the company, which controls the rights to the famous ship's wreckage and salvage, said in its statement. https://www.twitter.com/RMSTitanic\_Inc/status/1830649555798679780 ## Dirty Diana Though the loss of the famous railing is indeed tragic, RMS Titanic noted on its website that among the new revelations from its summer 2024 expedition was the rediscovery of the "Diana of Versailles," a once-missing statuette. Standing just two feet tall, the demure recreation of the [original Louvre statue]() previously adorned the ship's first-class lounge, which was veritably "torn open," as the company puts it, when the ship sank after [hitting that notorious iceberg](). https://www.twitter.com/RMSTitanic\_Inc/status/1831060228487737786 Though "Diana" was photographed once in 1986 during a secretive dive that wasn't [revealed to the public]() until last year, the "[TITANIC: HONOR AND GLORY]()" project that aims to release a complete 3D recreation walkthrough of the ship spotted part of it while sifting through old footage. When RMST's camera-equipped robot divers went down to check out the status of the wreckage, they discovered that it was indeed the missing statuette. In sum, RMST said that its uncrewed submersibles captured more than two million photos of the wreckage and its otherworldly decay. "Although Titanic’s collapse is inevitable," the company notes, "this evidence strengthens our mission to preserve and document what we can before it is too late." More on sea-bound disasters: [*The Name of the Superyacht That Killed That Billionaire Will Make You Facepalm So Hard*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. I'm the proud parent of an ineffable orange cat named Mee-Mow. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()