US Ends Legal Fight Against Titanic Expedition; Battles Over Future Dives Are Still Possible

Published on July 4, 2024

NORFOLK, Va.—The U.S. government has officially ended its legal fight against an upcoming expedition to the Titanic shipwreck after the company that owns the ship’s salvage rights scaled back its dive plans. But the United States said in court filings last week that it may wage court battles over future expeditions if they break federal law and an agreement with Great Britain to treat the wreck as a gravesite. The litigation began last year after RMS Titanic Inc. announced the expedition, which is now scheduled for mid-July. The Georgia-based company originally planned to take images inside the ocean liner’s severed hull and to retrieve artifacts from the debris field....

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