Wreck becomes eligible for UNESCO protection
On the centenary of the sinking the site passed the hundred-year threshold in the 2001 UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage, bringing it within that instrument for states party to it. Protection remains partial in practice: the wreck lies in international waters, salvage has been conducted under US court supervision since 1987, and the hull is degrading steadily.
Historical — it happened, and the record is settled.
Subjects
- Titanic wreck site · wreck site · International waters
Evidence
Verified — Every field is supported by a cited authoritative source.
Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage
Extends protection to underwater sites submerged for at least 100 years; the Titanic wreck reached that threshold on 15 April 2012.
UNESCO · 2001 · Verified
UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage, adopted at Paris, 2 November 2001
Recorded on Titanic wreck site
- First distress call transmitted — CQD, later SOS
- Lights fail and the hull breaks in two
- Wreck located by the Argo camera sled
- First human visits to the wreck
- Wreck becomes eligible for UNESCO protection
Related
Related because they share a subject in the Atlas — never because the text looks similar.
- First human visits to the wreck · 1986-07
- Wreck located by the Argo camera sled · 1985-09-01
- First distress call transmitted — CQD, later SOS · 1912-04-15 00:15
- Lights fail and the hull breaks in two · 1912-04-15 02:18