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Titanic: Ship of Dreams

13. Raise the Titanic

Titanic: Ship of Dreams

NOISER

Society & Culture, History, Documentary

4.8774 Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Seven decades on, an American oceanographer finally locates the Titanic wreck site. As artefacts are brought up from the depths, a fierce battle begins over who they belong to. Our experts and Titanic descendants weigh the legacy, and ponder the future, of the most infamous ship in history. And in the summer of 1996, filming begins on the biggest motion picture ever made… A Noiser podcast production. Narrated by Paul McGann. Featuring Stephanie Barczewski, James Delgado, Julian Fellowes, Tim Maltin, Pablo O’Hana, James Penca, Claes-Göran Wetterholm. Special thanks to Southampton Archives, Culture and Tourism for the use of the Eva Hart archive. Visit SeaCity Museum for an interactive experience of the Titanic story (seacitymuseum.co.uk) Written by Duncan Barrett | Produced by Miriam Baines and Duncan Barrett | Exec produced by Joel Duddell | Sound supervisor: Tom Pink | Sound design & audio editing by Miri Latham | Assembly editing by Dorry Macaulay, Anisha Deva | Compositions by Oliver Baines and Dorry Macaulay | Mix & mastering: Cody Reynolds-Shaw | Recording engineer: Joseph McGann | Nautical consultant: Aaron Todd. Thanks for listening to Titanic: Ship of Dreams. Head to noiser.com, home of the Noiser podcast network, to discover your next immersive history podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:32.7

It's September 1st, 1985.

0:36.6

The early hours of Sunday morning. With 400 miles off the coast of Newfoundland.

0:44.3

In his cabin on the research vessel, Knorr, Oceanographer Robert Ballard is trying to get some rest.

0:52.3

He's been searching for the wreck of RMS Titanic for more than a week now,

0:57.0

carefully combing the seabed 4,000 meters below, using sonar and state-of-the-art cameras. His dream

1:05.0

of finding Titanic has been a decade in the making. And on this trip, he's brought some friends along.

1:15.6

Ballard has teamed up with France's oceanographic agency, Ephraimer.

1:20.6

Their sonar equipment is second to none,

1:23.6

as well as the US Navy who've agreed he can piggyback his search under some military reconnaissance he's doing for them.

1:31.3

He's been mapping the wrecks of two nuclear submarines,

1:35.3

using his new Argo submersible to capture and transmit images and video up to the research vessel.

1:42.3

This Navy mission has given him a new idea when it comes to

1:46.6

locating Titanic. Both the submarines that he's been looking at imploded as they sank to

1:52.8

the bottom of the ocean. Ballard expected to find them surrounded by a halo of debris. In fact,

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