TITAN Pin

Titan was the second submersible designed and built by OceanGate, the first privately-owned submersible with an intended maximum depth of 4,000 m. It also was the first completed crewed submersible that used a hull constructed of titanium and carbon fiber composite materials, as most other human-carrying submersibles are designed with an all-metal pressure vessel. On June 18, 2023, OceanGate lost contact with Titan during its dive in 2023 to the Titanic. A massive international search and rescue operation ensued and ended on June 22, 2023 when debris from Titan, which had been destroyed in a catastrophic implosion, was discovered about 500 metres (1,600 ft) in front of the bow of Titanic.