Inside the controversial plan to salvage the Titanic’s treasures

MP speaks out against US company hoping to remove the sunken ship’s radio

RMS Titanic

An American company is planning to remove the roof of the Titanic and salvage the radio that issued the ship’s final distress signals as it sank in 1912.

Private equity backed RMS Titanic Inc. claims that it wants to preserve the relics from the wreck before they are lost for ever.

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