U.S. Ends Legal Battle Against Titanic Salvage Firm Over Retrieval Of Artefacts From Wreck

The U.S. government has officially ended its legal fight against RMS Titanic Inc. (RMST), the company that holds the rights to salvage items from the Titanic wreck.

The company announced it has no immediate plans for expeditions that could break federal law.

This decision marks the end of a legal battle that has been ongoing for five years. The most recent legal challenge started in 2023 when RMST planned to take images inside the Titanic’s hull and retrieve items from the wreckage.

The U.S. government opposed this, arguing that disturbing the wreck would break a 2017 law and an agreement with Great Britain, both of which protect the Titanic site as a memorial to the 1,500 people who died when the ship sank in 1912.

The U.S. government said that RMST’s plans to enter the wreck or disturb the surrounding debris field would violate laws protect…

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