Timeline of United States discoveries exhaustive searching, it was in 1984 that world headlines were made when American archeological explorer Barry Clifford found the only solidly-identified pirate shipwreck ever discovered, the "Whydah". Two-hundred thousand artifacts and sunken treasures were discovered in the shipwreck as well. 1985 Puck 1985 RMS "Titanic" wreckage The RMS "Titanic" was an "Olympic" class passenger liner owned by the White Star Line and was built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, in what is now Northern Ireland. At the time of her construction, she was the largest passenger steamship in the world. Shortly before midnight on April 14, 1912,
Cultural legacy of RMS Titanic seconds, the time it had originally taken for the liner to roll down the slipway in 1911. On 12 March 2012 BBC's "Songs of Praise", from Belfast, took the form of a Titanic memorial. The programme included a selection of maritime hymns and ended with "Nearer, My God, to Thee", allegedly the last tune played by the ship's band. On 27 March 2012, "Titanic 3D" premiered at the Royal Albert Hall in London, with James Cameron and Kate Winslet in attendance, and entered general release on 4 April 2012, six days shy of the centenary of RMS "Titanic" embarking on