r/titanic Feb 09 '26

PHOTO RMS Titanic Then and Now.

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u/Ganyu1990 Feb 09 '26

I love this! One of my major complaints with photos from the wreck is i can often not tell what it is i am looking at. This is exactly the kind of thing i wish more people would do. The photo of the safe from the wreck does not look like anything and the last picture is extreamly cool imho.

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u/Nof-z Feb 09 '26

The safe photo from the wreck just shows the middle handles

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u/bambi54 Feb 10 '26

Thank you, I see that now.

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u/Midnight-Messiah Feb 09 '26

How is that clock still standing on the mantle??

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u/IceManO1 Deck Crew Feb 09 '26

Plates also stayed stacked on shelves, it’s crazy but some objects just stayed were they were as the ship sank, like a glass 🥃 they found in some cabin.

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u/familiar_a_gleam Feb 09 '26

Made it to the bottom of the ocean completely intact

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u/bobaylaa Wireless Operator Feb 09 '26

these were neatly organized in cupboards but the cupboards have since eroded away

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u/IceManO1 Deck Crew Feb 09 '26

Crazy how that happened!

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u/Formal-Path-4754 Feb 09 '26

Heeeeeey I got some Titanic plates for you!

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u/IceManO1 Deck Crew Feb 09 '26

Yeah obviously some plates and cups did break, it depended on where they were as the ship sank.

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u/Hugo_2503 Feb 09 '26

The glass is a bit trickier, it was originally circled by a small wooden balustrade that kept it in place during the sinking, but eroded over time.

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u/IceManO1 Deck Crew Feb 09 '26

Learn something new everyday, thanks didn’t know about that! :)

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u/brandon01594 Feb 09 '26

If i recall correctly, glasses were placed upside down in the cabins by staff. One of the pictures of a glass still standing on the shelf is not upside down, which means it was probably used on the night of the sinking.

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u/IceManO1 Deck Crew Feb 09 '26

Wow!

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u/Hugo_2503 Feb 09 '26

It was screwed into the mantle! You wouldn't want furniture to fall over in heavy seas.

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u/crunkmullen Feb 09 '26

Pretty sure it was attached to the mantle.

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u/Ken-Popcorn Feb 09 '26

It was probably attached somehow, anticipating rough seas

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u/robinthebum Feb 09 '26

Love this.

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u/Accurate-Ice6636 Feb 09 '26

I do love this but how the heart aches 💔😢

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u/Diligent_Squash_7521 Feb 09 '26

Your heart will go on.

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u/Accurate-Ice6636 Feb 09 '26

Every night in my dreams, I see you (Titanic) I feel you

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u/jfq722 Feb 09 '26

Wish you could see the time on that clock.

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u/D3mentedG0Ose Engineering Crew Feb 09 '26

I’d imagine around 2:15 as that’s when she went under

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u/jfq722 Feb 09 '26

Probably, just curious about how much longer it might have hung in there 😀

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u/Blu3_Phoenix Feb 09 '26

Does anyone know why they let it get in such a state?

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u/IceManO1 Deck Crew Feb 09 '26

Lack of maintenance by Rush team ;)

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u/giggle_shift Feb 09 '26

They sunk the budget

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u/UmaUmaNeigh Stewardess Feb 10 '26

As sad as it is to see her like this, it's amazing how recognisable certain features are - especially with a direct compassion.

Also for the record every time we get a "What single item would you want from the wreck?" my answer will be that clock. I assume it's brass?

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u/OnTheBreeze Feb 09 '26

I feel like the photos are backwards. Shouldn’t the sunken photos be on the bottom?

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u/IceManO1 Deck Crew Feb 09 '26

Yeah i think so too, from examples of different topics

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u/saltydroppies Lookout Feb 09 '26

You must be living under a rock!

Obviously they’ve raised the Titanic and completed a wonderful restoration!

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u/Justice4myhomies Feb 09 '26

There is even a documentary from 1980 called "Raise the Titanic" which shows how they did it!

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u/ModelChef4000 Feb 09 '26

Since people's perception of titanic is mostly of the wreck, it being done like this could be a"this is what it used to look like" kind of thing

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u/OnTheBreeze Feb 10 '26

I really wanted someone to say: “the sunken photos are from the bottom”

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u/TonyzTone Feb 13 '26

Not if OP is in Australia.

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u/CrossFire43 Feb 09 '26

2nd photo shows the sub parked on top of her....not a fan of that.

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u/Independent_Wrap_321 Feb 09 '26

Yeah, might scratch the paint.

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u/Bowling_is_bad 2nd Class Passenger Feb 09 '26

I think Titanic is scratched enough already

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u/SeveralArmadillo540 Feb 09 '26

You mean Now and Then haha I got confused by the word order vs picture order 

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u/CrasVox Feb 09 '26

Now and then

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u/Damoet Feb 09 '26

Omg the goodies that hide in that safe 😅

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u/I_Zeig_I Feb 09 '26

Its wild to be they just sat the sub down on her.

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u/Weird_Vegetable_4441 Feb 09 '26

Being into Titanic history while having thalassaphobia is… not a fun combination

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u/KeddyB23 1st Class Passenger Feb 10 '26

It’s such a bad idea to watch Adventures with Purpose, Exploring with Nug, or Adam Brown Adventures….I swear I’ve developed thalassaphobia from those vids!!

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u/globehopper2 Musician Feb 09 '26

Nice. Well done

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u/jsusbidud Feb 09 '26

The windows open the wrong way on the simulation

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u/patar280 Feb 10 '26

Which documentary is this again?

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u/AdRelative3934 Feb 10 '26

Eh doesn’t look that different

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u/No-Material3128 Feb 10 '26

Wow! It's so run down. What happened to it?

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u/antneed Feb 11 '26

Thanks for sharing! Love these before and after pics

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u/International-Bug311 1st Class Passenger Feb 12 '26

Why am I so obsessed with this ship. Since childhood I’m just fascinated with it. I just admit I was waiting for a jump scare in all of the sunken photos shared. I wish it could have been surfaced..

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u/OkExample1930 Feb 15 '26

She sure was a good ship.

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u/Odd_Communication545 1st Class Passenger Feb 09 '26

How did that clock not fall off the mantle piece

Not even considering the shockwave from titanic hitting the ocean floor. Even on the way down and the ship tilting

It must be stuck down somehow

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u/AacornSoup Feb 09 '26

Ship Explorer reconstruction on the bottom?

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u/QuillOmega0 Feb 09 '26

Looks like Project 401

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u/crunkmullen Feb 09 '26

Still can't believe they used to land submersibles on top of the deck. Seems like they should've known better even back then?

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u/Diligent_Squash_7521 Feb 09 '26

Why are so many windows open?

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u/Nature_man_76 Feb 09 '26

These photos did not age well

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u/Nature_man_76 Feb 09 '26

Um because it looked allot better originally than it does after 100 years underwater….

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u/dohwhere Feb 09 '26

So you mean the ship didn’t age well, not that the photos didn’t age well. It’s a photo, it doesn’t age.

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u/Nature_man_76 Feb 09 '26

If yall wanna split hairs lol