DSK wrote:
"Thomas Wentworth" wrote

Roger ,,, what happens to the steel, iron, after so many years under
water? Doesn't it just turn back into rust or sand?



Roger Long wrote:

It's being eaten by iron loving bacteria that create the long fuzzy
things you see all over the wreck. About four tons a day is
disappearing. How did all these iron eating bugs end up in a desert
12,500 feet down where there is no other iron? One of life's mysteries.


Lots of fascinating things... organisms from fish on down... live in the
deep ocean & nowhere else. There are many species of little critters
that live in oceanic volcanic plumes at temperatures that seem
impossible to sustain life.

Not only is the iron being eaten but the bodies have been totally
dissolved, including the bones. Chemistry works different at such high
pressures.

About the Titanic and ocean liners in general, there is another USENET
discussion group much like this one: alt.history.ocean-liners.titanic
which was very active some years ago, discussing everything from
what-ifs (the head-on scenario, the California rescue, etc etc) to
engineering details.

There are also a LOT of interesting resources out there. Two of the most
interesting to me:

http://users.senet.com.au/~gittins/wheel.html
Right on the money, lots of other subjects, and the author is also a
cruising sailor with a lot of good stuff about that too.

http://home.flash.net/~rfm/index/contents.html
The most unusual model of the Titanic you'll find, along with a lot of
info about the wreck as it happened and as she is now.

Regards
Doug King


I can't find the Titanic show on our local 'History Television' channel.
This station must be different from the 'History Channel' broadcast
stateside.