French septuagenarian Paul-Henry Nargeolet, who is among the five missing of the stourist exploration submarine “Titan”has become known for a peculiar mission: to find out everything about the sinking of the legendary ocean liner “Titanic” in 1912.
A French Navy submariner in Cherbourg (northwest) for 22 years, he left his job specializing in demining for the adventure of piloting a small submarine called “Nautile”, with which he discovered in 1987 the bow of the most famous ship in the world at almost 4,000 meters deep.
This first project, financed by France and the United States, was the beginning of an incessant search by Nargeolet, obsessed with learning more about the ins and outs of that early morning of April 14, 1912, when 1,500 of the 2,200 occupants of the ship died. “Titanic” during her maiden voyage from the English port of Southampton to New York.
Nargeolet submerged thirty times among the remains of the ocean liner, of which he recovered at least 5,000 objects, such as leather sacks or pieces of gold, risking his life on each expedition.
These findings helped to reconstruct that tragic accident attributed to a collision with an iceberg. The exhibition “43 objects from the Titanic that tell us the mythical story of the ocean liner”in Cherbourg, draws on a large part of the heritage found by “PH Nargeolet” (your name as explorer).
Convinced by his first-hand experience, the Frenchman, author of the book “The depths of the Titanic” (Harper Collins), also came to provide a version different from the official one about the accident of the “Titanic”.
The ship would have sunk in two parts, and not in one block, due to an explosion, which would explain why the objects were so scattered on the ocean floor.
Director of explorations for the RMS Titanic company, Nargeolet has lived in the United States for two decades and, despite his 77 years, has continued to visit the wreckage of the legendary ocean liner as on the current voyage of the “Titan”in which for now he is listed as missing along with his fellow descendants.
His daughter, Chloé Nargeolet, was the one who confirmed to the French press that her father was among the five missing from the submersible whose goal was precisely to get closer once more to the remains of the “Titanic”.
Source: EFE
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