How Far Away Are the Two Pieces of Titanic
Twenty minutes later the stern followed suit sending hundreds of crewmembers and passengers into the sea. The wreck of the Titanicwhich was discovered on September 1 1985is located at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean some 13000 feet 4000 metres underwater. 1911 Olympic Photograph Titanic Ship Titanic Olympics The ship suddenly snapped in two pieces sending the sinking stern crashing down into the water creating a huge wave killing people on the decks and crushing people in the water. . How far from land did Titanic sink. The ship is in two main pieces the bow and the stern. The second one is 20 miles south of it and the closest one is 17 miles north of the site. Of the 2200 or so people aboard the Titanic only around 700 people made it into lifeboats. The ship was at an angle of 45 degrees when her lights went out at 218 AM. While looking at the thick frisbee-shaped piece of metal they found three rivet holes that were eac...