Does the iceberg that the RMS Titanic ran into still exist today?

The berg that sank the Titanic, being as far south as it was, would have melted many, many years ago. Some of the big tabular bergs in the South Atlantic and Pacific can stay around for years but the one that the Titanic met would have been on a southerly drift and probably was gone the same year that the Titanic met its fate.

A few days after the Titanic's loss a ship, the name escapes me, sighted a berg south of the position that the Titanic sank and noted a red smear, as might be made by below the waterline paint, along its base. While there was no way of knowing for sure that this one was the culprit it seems like a good possibility. If it was the one that the Titanic struck then the fact that the paint smear was now visible above the waterline is also an indication of how quickly it was melting. A picture was taken of the berg and I recall seeing it in the illustrated version of Walter Lord's book "A Night to Remember".

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Does the iceberg that the RMS Titanic ran into still exist today?

The question came to mind when I was watching the movie Titanic. Is there any evedince of it existing today?

Indirectly, yes it may. The RMS Titanic's "Iceberg", was thought to have been seen a few days after the accident, because it had a large streak of red paint on it. Hoever this was more than 94 years ago! So obviously, it is very likely that the ice melted, its remannents evaporated, they landed as snow, rain or hail somewhere in the world, and it is possible, but VERY unlikely, that the Iceberg that "killed" the RMS Titanic, still exists to day.

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Iceberg That Titanic Hit

No. Icebergs are formed when ice chunks fall off of existing glaciers. They float in the ocean until they get to warmer water and then they melt. Icebergs are new every year. The iceberg that sank the Titanic was so large because of its position in the North Atlantic Ocean(just south of NewFoundland) and because of the early time of year (April 14, 1912), but it had melted within a few weeks of the tradjedy.

depends on how you look at it. Technically it's still around int eh form of water in the Atlantic,

but I have a feeling you wann know if the auctal ice form is still there, that answer is no. Every year the Artic ocean freezes and thaws depending on season to make most of the "ice burgs" that drif intot he north atlantic. as they move further south they encounterh the warm water being brought up from the the equater and melt . Then the tempature drops, the Artic freezes again, it's snows and the process repeats itself

Actually, they considered the iceberg that sank the unsinkable ship to be such a historically noteworthy object that they towed it to New York and built a large freezer to preserve it. This was decided when it was determined that the water where the Titanic sank was too deep to recover the ship. You can find it in a tall and relatively narrow warehouse on the North end of Staten Island along with loads of memorabilia from the ship. Bring your jacket when you visit it.

No, as this happened about 80 years ago that berg which was already broken away from the glaciers of the Artic and North Atlantic is now melted. The ocean currents would have pushed it toward Europe or Canada but southward from where it met the Titanic.

While some bergs may last more than one winter it would be unusual to last more than 4 years.

When last seen it was headed south. Unless it's hiding in the Gulf of Mexico, I think it's pretty much a goner.

They don't carry over from year to year. Life expectantcey about 1 month, depending on how quickly they are moving.south.

No it doesn't. After the Titanic sank, the authorities dragged it to port and shot it as a lesson to other Icebergs. :-O

Actually I really doubt they gave any thought whatsoever in keeping the berg that cost so many lives. It would have been the last thing on anyone's mind to mark it for retrieval.