500-foot waters but the ship was 700+ long. The size of cargo ships boggles the ...

shagie · 2025-11-10T16:27:57 1762792077

The relevant xkcd - https://xkcd.com/1040/ (there's a large version of it too)

There's a mentioned fun fact that is what reminded me of this:

    The Edmund Fitzgerald, the Kursk, and the Lusitania all sank in water shallower than they were long.

Elsecomment there was a mention of diving, there are lines for diving records too.

emptybits · 2025-11-10T16:40:29 1762792829

And thank you for this tidbit, down there at the bottom of the Marianas Trench:

"MYSTERIOUS DOOR WHICH JAMES CAMERON BUILT HIS SUB TO REACH AND OPEN. HE WILL NOT SAY WHAT HE FOUND WITHIN."

o_O