This video shows selected footage from the digital reconstruction of the RMS Titanic’s sinking, a major research study by Professor of Marine Technology Jeom-Kee Paik, working with PhD researcher Hyeong Jin Kim and naval architect and salvage engineer Dr Brian Thomas. Using powerful supercomputers, the researchers recreated the Titanic’s final hours in detail, drawing on the ship’s original blueprints, historical records and evidence from the wreck itself. The simulation follows events from the moment the ship struck the iceberg, through the gradual flooding, to the break-up of the hull.
The findings suggest that the iceberg did not tear a huge hole in the ship, but instead caused a glancing impact that left a line of small punctures along a narrow section of the hull - damage that proved fatal over time. Led by Professor Jeom-Kee Paik OSTM FREng, a world-leading naval engineer, this study provides the most detailed and scientifically accurate reconstruction of the Titanic’s sinking to date. Featured in Titanic: The Digital Resurrection (BBC and National Geographic, April 2025), the work marks the 113th anniversary of the disaster with a uniquely detailed visual reconstruction.
