Under admiralty law, the owner of a ship retains rights to its wreck, unless the owner abandons it or an unusually long period of time has passed since the vessel sank. In those situations (as was the case with the Titanic) an admiralty court can name another party "salvor in possession" of the wreck if that party lays claim to it by recovering objects from the site. To maintain its exclusive rights to the wreck, the salvor-in-possession must continue to actively work the wreck site.

RMS" means "Royal Mail Ship". (Some say "steamer.") This title shows that the Titanic had a charter from the British government to carry British (i.e., the royal) Mail. Occasionally the prefix HMS (His Majesty's Ship) is seen in print, but that usage is incorrect since H.M.S. is reserved for British war ships. The names "Olympic", "Titanic", and "Gigantic" come from Greek mythology. The ancient Greeks believed that the universe created the gods, not the other way around. See similar questions...

RMS Titanic, Inc. has conducted seven research and recovery expeditions to the Titanic's wreck site in 1987, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000 and 2004. See similar questions...

To date, RMS Titanic, Inc. has recovered over 5,500 objects from the wreck site, ranging from delicate porcelain dishes to a 17-ton section of the hull. See similar questions...

Survivors including Louise Kirk Pope, Bertram Dean, Milvina Dean, Edith Haisman and Beatrice Sandstrom have all publicly supported the recovery, conservation and exhibition of Titanic artifacts. Along with Mrs. Haisman, survivors Eleanor Schuman and Michel Navratil joined RMST during the 1996 Titanic Expedition. Edith Haisman and Eleanor Schuman have since passed away. See similar questions...

None of the objects that RMST recovers from the Titanic will ever be offered for private sale. All artifacts—defined as objects that were a part of the Titanic or possessed by a person on board—will be maintained together as a collection and remain available to the public. Coal does not fall under this definition, and is therefore the only object recovered from the wreck available for sale to the public. See similar questions...

The first and most important reason is that diving to the Titanic’s wreck is an inherently dangerous activity. Without the proper supervision, a second tragedy could too easily occur. Secondly, because of the remote and dangerous location of the Titanic, approximately two and a half miles below the surface of the ocean in the middle of the North Atlantic, it is virtually impossible to control the activities of unauthorized expeditions. See similar questions...

You have to realize the time period in which Titanic was built. The gilded age was an era when new and wondrous things were happening every day. The Titanic's shear size gave an impression of invulnerability. Most people don't realize it, but the White Star line never actually claimed Titanic was unsinkable. This line was made popular by the press of the time, and maybe a few over-zealous shipyard workmen. See similar questions...

The keel for Titanic was laid in March 1909, and her hull was launched May, 1911. She was then towed to a fitting out basin where her interiors were installed. She was completed in Feb 1912. So it basically took 3 years to build the Titanic. See similar questions...

Depends what you’re commissioning. If you commission a company to design a brochure, it must be implied that you can reproduce that brochure and issue copies to potential clients as that was the very purpose for which it was commissioned. See similar questions...

Pretty darn well! After receiving 14 nominations, "Titanic" won 11 tying "Ben Hur" (1959) for the most Oscars for a single film. The winners are: It's kind of hard for us to remember that this euphoria and this success is for a film that's based on a real event that happened, where real people died, that shocked the world in 1912. I'd just like everybody to go with me for just a second. See similar questions...

This is one of the subpoenaed document that FTE provided to the legal team, and the legal team provided it to me. See similar questions...

RMS (Resource Management Systems, Inc.) is a specialist in Information Technology (IT) investment decision-making. Since 1985, RMS has been helping organizations make more informed investment selection decisions and improve the management of performance to ensure improved performance and results. RMS delivers real-world training (e.g., IT cost-benefit analysis), products (e.g., FAST ROI), and consulting services to Fortune 1000 corporations and some of the largest government organizations. See similar questions...

I was looking at your earlier food logs and you were only eating around 1200 calories per day, sometimes even less! That was not enough food for your weight at the time, was it? [ Updated November 06, 2005 ] What do you think of the Atkins diet and other diets that use ketosis as a means to lose weight? [ Updated November 02, 2005 ] See similar questions...

Those were among the materials that FTE supplied under subpoena to the legal team, and the legal team provided them to me. See similar questions...

A - No. It appears that no one from the White Star Line actually stated this officially. The press of 1912 reported the following after the disaster "...and they said she was unsinkable. Who was "they?" The nautical magazine Shipbuilder, while publishing articles about the engineering feats accomplished in building Titanic, wrote "With Titanic's transverse bulkheads and watertight doors, it renders this vessel practically unsinkable. See similar questions...

The Mersy Inquiry determined that there were 1,316 passsengers on board: 325 in first-class, 285 in second, and 706 in third-class. At the time of the sinking, the Ship's crew consisted of 885 men and women divided between three departments: Deck Department, 66; Engine Department, 325; Victualling (Passenger Care) Department, 494. Not included in this list are the eight members of the Ship's band who were technically from another company and traveled under second-class tickets. See similar questions...