Wreck of the RMS Titanic but have been consumed by other organisms. "Titanic" sank in 1912, when she collided with an iceberg during her maiden voyage. Numerous expeditions tried using sonar to map the sea bed in the hope of finding it, but were unsuccessful. In 1985, the wreck was finally located by a joint French–American expedition led by Jean-Louis Michel of IFREMER and Robert Ballard of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The wreck has been the focus of intense interest and has been visited by numerous expeditions. Controversial salvage operations have recovered thousands of items, which have been conserved and put on public display.
The Chambermaid on the Titanic The Chambermaid on the Titanic The Chambermaid on the Titanic (, , ) is a 1997 French-Italian-Spanish drama film directed by Bigas Luna, starring Oliver Martinez, Romane Bohringer and Aitana Sanchez-Gijon. It is based on the novel "La Femme de chambre du Titanic" by Didier Decoin. The film is known variously by its French title, "La Femme de chambre du Titanic", and also by the shortened English title "The Chambermaid", which was adopted in late August 1998 to avoid the impression that it was trying to cash in on the success of James Cameron's popular film, "Titanic", which was released