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The Knorr search vessel first found a piece of the wreckage from the Titanic on Sept. 1, 1985

The expedition used what was then-state of the art equipment to locate and search through the wreckage

Robert Ballard, the expedition scientist involved in the search, said the discovery opened a new chapter in deep sea exploration

On this day 40 years ago, a crew aboard a Navy-owned research vessel came across an object in the North Atlantic that would forever change deep sea exploration and further stoke interest in the most famous maritime disaster in history.

On Sept. 1, 1985, the members of the Knorr , which was on a mission to search for the wreckage of the Titanic , saw through video feeds what they suspected was one of the ship’s boilers.

News of the find prompte

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