On what date was the Titanic's wreck discovered?

The Titanic's wreck was discovered on September 1, 1985. A joint American-French expedition located it in the North Atlantic, roughly 12,500 feet below the surface and about 325 nautical miles southeast of Newfoundland.

The research ship Knorr towed the remotely operated camera system Argo across the seafloor. After about a week of searching, the team noticed scattered debris on its screens shortly after midnight on September 1. One object was identified as a Titanic boiler, confirming that the expedition had found the wreck's debris field.

A common source of confusion is that the recognizable main sections of the ship were photographed on September 2. The bow and stern lie about 600 metres apart, surrounded by a vast debris field created as Titanic broke apart during its descent. Robert Ballard led the American team, working with French oceanographer Jean-Louis Michel.