Grand Staircase of the RMS Titanic the "Olympic", whose B-Deck aft foyer was much smaller because of additional cabins and storage rooms. There was no reception area on the "Olympic" until the 1913 refit, which expanded the restaurant and added a reception area in emulation of "Titanic". On "Titanic" two additional en-suite staterooms were installed off of the A-Deck aft staircase, decreasing the size of the surrounding foyer in comparison to "Olympic". When Robert Ballard discovered the wreck of the "Titanic" in 1985, he found only a gaping well in the place that the Staircase had once occupied. The deck house that once formed the Boat
Wreck of the RMS Titanic but the plans were abandoned for financial reasons. The following year, the British billionaire financier and tycoon Sir James Goldsmith set up Seawise & Titanic Salvage Ltd. with the involvement of underwater diving and photographic experts. His aim was to use the publicity of finding "Titanic" to promote his newly established magazine, "NOW!". An expedition to the North Atlantic was scheduled for 1980 but was cancelled due to financial difficulties. A year later, "NOW!" folded after 84 issues with Goldsmith incurring huge financial losses. Fred Koehler, an electronics repairman from Coral Gables, Florida, sold his electronics shop to finance the