2023-06-24 02:39:01
If there was an expert on the history of the Titanic, it was Paul-Henri Nargeolet. The 77-year-old French oceanographer is among the five people who died following leaving in the Titan submersible to explore the ocean liner, which sank in April 1912 off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.
This was not the first exploration for Nargeolet, nicknamed “Mr. Titanic ”: since the 1980s he had made some 37 dives towards the skeleton of the cruise ship and was aware of the risks that these expeditions entail.
“When you’re in very deep water, you’re dead before you realize something is going on, so it’s just not a problem,” he told the Irish Examiner in 2018.
However, his passion for the Titanic did not allow him to follow his instincts or listen to his experience. And it is that the French newspaper Le Figaro revealed that, before embarking on his latest adventure, Nargeolet had declared to his friends and family that “I did not trust this new submarine made of composite material with a 60-centimeter porthole, but I am going anyway.” forms for the beauty of the expedition”.
Like a movie ending, the man who knew the most in the world regarding the Titanic died while exploring the ill-fated ocean liner. The United States Coast Guard announced on June 22 that the Frenchman and four other people aboard the Titan died on June 18, 2023 from a “catastrophic implosion” of the submersible, which was found near the bow. of the Titanic.
Remains of the Titan were found near the bow of the Titanic (Photo: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution file / AFP)
WHO WAS PAUL-HENRY NARGEOLET, THE GREATEST KNOWLEDGE OF THE TITANIC?
Paul-Henri Nargeolet was passionate regarding the history of the Titanic, a diving specialist and maritime archaeologist. From a very young age he was interested in exploring the oceans and there was an event that aroused his curiosity: at the age of 9 he came across a shipwreck for the first time while observing the divers in Morocco.
This prompted him to join the French Navy. He spent the early part of his career as a naval officer and for 22 years led the group of mine clearance divers in Cherbourg (north-western France), before becoming a submarine pilot.
Paul-Henri Nargeolet dedicated his life to exploring the Titanic (Photo: AFP)
A year earlier, a team led by American scientist Robert Ballard, in collaboration with Ifremer, had found the wreckage of the Titanic. As early as 1987 Nargeolet achieved a significant milestone by being the first person to recover an object, a silver plate, from the Titanic. Dozens of dives followed in which several hundred objects were found.
Precisely, he was in charge of supervising the recovery of thousands of artifacts, including the colossal 20-ton section of the Titanic’s hull, which consolidated his reputation as a leading figure in underwater exploration. This earned him the nickname “Mr. Titanic”. Not even the pandemic stopped his expeditions: he descended in the summer (boreal) of 2021. Until June 22, 2023, when his death at the age of 77 was confirmed, he was considered the living person who knew the most in the world regarding the ocean liner
WHO WAS THE FAMILY OF PAUL-HENRY NARGEOLET?
Paul-Henri Nargeolet was a widower. His wife, the American journalist Michelle Marsh, died in 2017 of breast cancer. The couple shared their passion for the Titanic and together they wrote several books regarding their adventures related to the sunken ocean liner. They had two daughters, Chloé and Sidonie, and Marsh had another son from a previous marriage, Josh.
Chloé Nargeolet was the one who confirmed to the French press that her father was on the Titan.
Chloé, daughter Paul-Henri Nargeolet, reported that her father traveled on Titan (Photo: AFP)
PAUL-HENRY NARGEOLET SHEET
Name: Paul-Henri NargeoletBirth: March 2, 1946Place of birth: Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, FranceDeath: June 18, 2023 on the wreck of the Titanic, North Atlantic, 600 km from NewfoundlandCause of death: accidental deathResidence: United States . . . .
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE TITAN TOURIST SUBMARINE
HOW MUCH DID YOU CHARGE FOR THE TITANIC EXPEDITION?
OceanGate charges $250,000 per person for its eight-day expedition that leaves Canada to view the famous wreck of the ocean liner.
WHAT IS A CATASTROPHIC IMPLOSION?
Unlike an explosion, an imposition consists of the action of “breaking inwards with a roar the walls of a cavity whose pressure is less than the external one”, according to the definition of the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE).
The same happens in the case of a catastrophic underwater implosion, when the external pressure on the vessel is greater than the internal one, causing it to completely collapse. This is what is believed to have destroyed the Titan submersible. MORE INFORMATION HERE.
WHY ARE THE OCCUPANTS OF THE TITAN SAID DIED INSTANTLY?
The authorities indicated that the death of the five occupants of the Titan submersible was instantaneous. On June 18, the British millionaire Hamish Harding departed for the expedition to the Titanic; Pakistani tycoon Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman, 19; the expert French diver Paul-Henri Nargeolet; and Stockton Rush, CEO of OceanGate Expeditions. But why do they say they died so fast?
On June 22, when the wreckage was found, US Coast Guard Rear Admiral John Mauger indicated that everything points to the Titan suffering a “catastrophic implosion.” What does it mean? MORE INFORMATION HERE.
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