Stunning 3D images of Titanic give unprecedented glimpse of doomed ship

Astonishing 3D images show what the RMS Titanic would look like resting on the ocean floor if the water around it were removed.

New images of the world’s most famous shipwreck are showing the Titanic like it’s never been seen before.

Remarkable 3D visualization, achieved by deep-sea mapping technology, shows what the RMS Titanic would look like resting on the ocean floor if the water around it were removed.

The hope with these images, according to researchers, is that the unprecedented views will shed new light on how the ill-fated ocean liner sank more than a century ago.

The scan was conducted last year by deep-sea mapping company Magellan Ltd., in partnership with Atlantic Productions, a company that is currently making a film about the project.

“I felt there was something much bigger here that we could get from the Titanic,” Anthony Geffen, the CEO of Atlantic Production, told CBS News. “If we could scan it, if we could capture in all its detail … we could find out how it sank and how the different parts of the boat fell apart and we can find a lot of personal stories down there as well.”

The daunting task was a huge success, despite the ship lying 3,800 metres below sea level off the coast of Newfoundland.

The photos show intricate details that are nothing short of astonishing.

It’s the first full-sized scan of the wreck, which lies in two parts. The bow and stern are approximately 800 meters apart and surrounded by a huge field of debris.