Would you raise the Titanic if you could?

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Yes (why?)

3 (9.7%)

Yes, I sure want to have a look to her with my own eyes

5 (16.1%)

No (why?)

8 (25.8%)

No, because of those who died during this disaster

15 (48.4%)

Total Members Voted: 29

[VirtualSkipper]

I'm asking the people if they want to raise the Titanic. (yes or no)

Myself: I'd vote for the last one.

[--tractorman--]

No because it would just end up falling apart

[Minime]

who'd want a bunch of rust on the ground? better let her fade away down there.

[oceandream]

I would raise here..
and give here a complete make over

[Wave Music]

   If you where in the time that 'Raise the Titanic' (movie) was made would you raise her FOR REAL?

I have two strong arms, so why not? 

*Goes to the bathroom & raises the sunken Titanic scale model out of the water*

[Nathan|C]

It's the resting place of hundreds of people, i'd leave it where it is..

[Shipaddict]

I agree with Nathan.

I don't think finding the Titanic helped the "story" as the whole thing has since been blown out of proportions (in my mind). I think it would have been better to leave it undiscovered and only remembered. Just like with thousands of other ships and the souls aboard them.

And on a practical note, what would anyone want with a rusting hulk of steel and iron that would probably disintegrate when any kind of force is applied to it?

That's my opinion anyway.

Mike

[mvsmith]

I would raise here..
and give here a complete make over

Have you seen what she looks like now?

[oceandream]

Have you seen what she looks like now?

and why do i see that you cannot see im just pulling youre leg again

[darkcapilla]

The Titanic and can not be Recovered from the ocean.
But if her sister Britannic preserved in very good condition.
I did not vote.

Titanic states over time:

[marcstrat]

Hoy,
I voted no,so let it be were she is now.
There is no point to raise her,first she's behind repair.When she's hitting the surface she will crumble,its mostly rust now.
The accommodation on deck,has colapsed now to,all the wood has been gone.
Oceandream said he would,but has not any idea how far she is broken now ???Darkcapilla has a nice stateoverview putted in his reply.
Maybe Dr Robert Ballard will return again to his vessel(he found it in '86),just to record the damage over the years.
Yep, you would need a bit more than a brush and some paint to restore it.
If you would ask,if it's possible,i say yes.Because the knowledge and expertise is available now these days,and only when money was not a problem for that project.
Marc

[Minime]

Hoy,
I voted no,so let it be were she is now.
There is no point to raise her,first she's behind repair.When she's hitting the surface she will crumble,its mostly rust now.
The accommodation on deck,has colapsed now to,all the wood has been gone.
Oceandream said he would,but has not any idea how far she is broken now ???Darkcapilla has a nice stateoverview putted in his reply.
Maybe Dr Robert Ballard will return again to his vessel(he found it in '86),just to record the damage over the years.
Yep, you would need a bit more than a brush and some paint to restore it.
If you would ask,if it's possible,i say yes.Because the knowledge and expertise is available now these days,and only when money was not a problem for that project.
Marc

A big vacuum cleaner should do the job.

[mvsmith]

Titanic rests on the bottom in four major pieces plus many small pieces scattered in a long debris field.
The major pieces are: The bow, the stern, and two large pieces of the double bottom that broke off on either side of the point where she cracked apart on the surface.

The bow, which is shown in most pictures that people see, appears to be mostly intact. The massive flooding before she went down kept the pressure sufficiently balanced to prevent crushing.
The stern, however, did not flood until she started down. As a result, air was trapped in many spaces, the pressure was not balanced, and the stern suffered massive crushing.
 
In addition to the normal decay over the decades, repeated landings by the MIRs full of tourists have done much physical damage.

[RMS Canada]

The ship is a graveyard and raising it is unthinkable.