Expert reveals why more than 1,000 bodies were never recovered from the wreckage of the Titanic

An expert has revealed what they believe happened to more than a thousand bodies that were never brought back to shore after the Titanic sank.

We’ve all seen the hit 1997 film in which Leo and Kate focused on the lives – and one particular love story – of those aboard the great RMS ocean liner just before it sank.

However, only a glimpse of the film shows the wreckage of the Titanicwhere probably 1,160 missing passengers ended up.

About 300 bodies were recovered from the wreckage after the RMS Titanic sank in April 1912.

However, according to Titanic Facts, this was only about 20 percent of the number of people actually on board the ship.

What happened to the estimated 1,160 bodies that sank with the ship? Why weren’t they found and what happened to them more than 100 years later?

Maritime archaeologist, historian and senior vice president of archaeological company SEARCH Inc., James Delgado, has since weighed in on the issue.

The bodies of more than 1,000 people were never recovered from the wreck of the Titanic (Pictures from History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

In an interview with Mail Online last year, Delgado said scientists believe there is “a possibility” that “some semblance of human remains” may remain in the ship.

“But this is a science we don’t know much about, especially in the deep ocean,” he added.

Photos taken of the wreckage have provided “very convincing” evidence suggesting where the bodies came to rest, by showing where “pairs of shoes” were “spread out”, but ultimately no bodies were ever spotted.

Delgado previously spoke out about the wreck in 2012 after the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – where he was director of maritime heritage – released an image of the wreckage of a boot lying on the seabed.

He told the New York Times: “There are people inside. The articulation of the coat and boots is very reminiscent of someone coming to rest here.”

His theories echo with Titanic director James Cameron reports on what he saw among the wreckage.

Clothing was found among the wreckage, but no bodies (Brittany Murray/MediaNews Group/Long Beach Press-Telegram via Getty Images)

Cameron has previously said he saw “clothing” and “shoes” that “would strongly suggest a body was once there.”

However, the director similarly reiterates that he “didn’t see any human remains,” so it’s a fact that can’t be confirmed.

If the bodies came to rest in the boat, it is no surprise that no one was able to discover them when examining the wreck; many had probably already decomposed before the wreckage was even found in 1985.

However, Titanic expert Robert D. Ballard previously told the New York Times that he “wouldn’t be surprised if well-preserved bodies” were left behind among the wreckage in a specific location: the engine room “deep within the ship.”

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