Titanic's iconic deck railing collapses as ship continues to decay on seafloor

One of the most iconic parts of the Titanic - the bow deck - has fallen apart revealed the stunning new photos of the ship's wreckage which showed how it was decaying on the seafloor in the North Atlantic.

The bow deck was immortalised by James Cameron in his 1997 movie 'Titanic' in which Leonardo DiCaprio's character Jack made Rose, played by Kate Winslet, stand at the front end of the ocean liner with her arms spread.

The underwater robots had rediscovered the ship’s iconic bow during several dives, as per the CBS News.

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“Titanic’s Bow is iconic,” said RMS Titanic, owner of the 112-year-old wreckage, on its website.

“It is a haunting image rising from the sea floor as a testament to her strength and defiance. The once miraculously intact railing surrounding the Bow’s forecastle deck was missing a 15-foot-long section on the port side," the statement added.

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According to CBS, the company just ended a trip down to the wreckage after which new images of the ship were released.

These images had more than 2 million high-resolution and were taken during the 20-day expedition that came to an end in Providence, Rhode Island on August 9.

The fractured railing's discovery is a “reminder of the deterioration that’s happening every day” at the underwater ship, said director of collections at RMS Titanic, Inc.

“People ask all the time: ‘How long is Titanic going to be there? We just don’t know. But we’re watching it in real-time," he said.

Here's what was found in the 112-year-old wreckage of Titanic

As reported by CBS, the team mapped the wreck in its entirety and made plans to provide the data to the rest of the scientific community.

Among the wreckage, the team discovered a two-foot-tall bronze statue which was in a debris field that was once kept on display for the first-class passengers.

The statue, which was named “Diana of Versailles”, was last photographed by Robert Ballard in 1986, reported CBS.

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“It was like finding a needle in a haystack, and to rediscover it this year was momentous,” said James Penca, who is a Titanic researcher, while speaking to the BBC.

Penca said that the statue stood as the centrepiece of the first-class lounge.

“In the chaos and the destruction, Diana got ripped off her mantle and she landed in the darkness of the debris field,” Penca added.

(With inputs from agencies)