RMS "Titanic" ~ 40th anniversary of the discovery - September 1, 1985

On Sunday April 14th 1912, the ocean luxury liner TITANIC struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic, at 11:40pm. At or around 2:20am, April 15th (Monday), the last portion of the stern slipped under the ocean surface forever....

 

Here I am just taking a moment to respectfully observe one of the most iconic, revered, and well-known incidents in history. I have been a life-long student of the ship, and of the disaster -- in no small part enthused by the "discovery" of the ship by Dr. Robert Ballard on September 1, 1985. 

 

National Geographic has covered the ship quite a bit. It featured several times on the NGM cover. 

 

Also, there is the now-classic NGS Explorer episode from 1987, "Secrets of the Titanic". It was released as the standard yellow bordered VHS in 1987, then re-issued as a gold "Classics Edition" vhs in 1993 and 1997 (note: there's 2 different cover images used for the Classics editions). It has also also available on DVD w/ bonus features. 

Plus a myriad of other products over the years, which I have just uploaded images of in a new photo album here ---> 

RMS 'Titanic' ~ NGS products album

And, here is the link to the 2012 Centennial "press kit" photo album I originally posted back on April 14, 2017 --->    

RMS "Titanic" 100 Years ~ press kit

           ~ Scott S. 

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    George Thomas Wilson

    Scott,

    Nice little writeup.  FYI the second link (to the press kit) doesn't seem to work.

    Tom

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