<P> The location of the wreck is a considerable distance from the location transmitted by the ship's wireless operators before she went down . The initial location was given as 41 ° 44 ′ N 50 ° 24 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 41.733 ° N 50.400 ° W ﻿ / 41.733; - 50.400 ﻿ (RMS Titanic's initial reported position), 20.8 miles (33.5 km) from the wreck . A corrected location was later transmitted as 41 ° 46 ′ N 50 ° 14 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 41.767 ° N 50.233 ° W ﻿ / 41.767; - 50.233 ﻿ (RMS Titanic's corrected reported position), but this too was inaccurate, by 13.2 miles (21.2 km). Titanic is in two main pieces 370 miles (600 km) south - east of Mistaken Point, Newfoundland . The bow is located at 41 ° 43 ′ 57" N 49 ° 56 ′ 49" W ﻿ / ﻿ 41.73250 ° N 49.94694 ° W ﻿ / 41.73250; - 49.94694 ﻿ (Position of RMS Titanic's bow section) Coordinates: 41 ° 43 ′ 57" N 49 ° 56 ′ 49" W ﻿ / ﻿ 41.73250 ° N 49.94694 ° W ﻿ / 41.73250; - 49.94694 ﻿ (Position of RMS Titanic's bow section) and the stern is about 1,970 feet (600 m) to the south at 41 ° 43 ′ 35" N 49 ° 56 ′ 54" W ﻿ / ﻿ 41.72639 ° N 49.94833 ° W ﻿ / 41.72639; - 49.94833 ﻿ (Position of RMS Titanic's stern section). The boilers found by Argo, which mark the point at which the ship went down, are about 600 feet (180 m) east of the stern at 41 ° 43 ′ 32" N 49 ° 56 ′ 49" W ﻿ / ﻿ 41.72556 ° N 49.94694 ° W ﻿ / 41.72556; - 49.94694 ﻿ (Position of RMS Titanic boilers located by Argo). </P> <P> The two main parts of the wreck of Titanic present a striking contrast . Although fourteen survivors testified that the ship had broken apart as she sank, this testimony was discounted by the official inquiries, and it was supposed that the ship had sunk intact . It is now clear that the stresses on Titanic caused the ship to split apart between the second and third funnels at or just below the surface . </P> <P> The bow section, which measures about 470 feet (140 m) long, is thought to have descended at an angle of about 45 ° . Its distance from the stern was caused by its planing forward horizontally by about 1 foot (0.30 m) for every 6 feet (1.8 m) of its descent . During the descent to the sea bed, the funnels were swept away, taking with them the rigging and large lengths of cables . These dragged along the boat deck, tearing away many of the davits and much of the other deck equipment . The foremast was also torn down, falling onto the port bridge area . The ship's wheelhouse was swept away, possibly after being hit by the falling foremast . </P> <P> The bow hit the bottom at a speed of about 20 knots (23 mph; 37 km / h), digging about 60 feet (18 m) deep into the mud, up to the base of the anchors . The impact bent the hull in two places and caused it to buckle downwards by about 10 ° under the forward well deck cranes and by about 4 ° under the forward expansion joint . When the bow section hit the sea bed, the weakened decks at the rear, where the ship had broken apart, collapsed on top of each other . The forward hatch cover was also blown off and landed a couple of hundred feet in front of the bow, possibly due to the force of water being pushed out as the bow impacted the bottom . </P>

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