Titanic submarine SD card found

Question

Two years ago, the OceanGate Submarine imploded and left people shocked. This week, investigators found an SD card that was still intact and still functions. The card is SanDisk Extreme Pro 512GB (Landymore, 2025). According to Futurism, "The camera device model was listed as a SubC Rayfine Mk2 Benthic Camera, which is rated up to a depth of 6,000 meters, or nearly 20,000 feet". The team of authorities and investigators recovered 12 images and nine videos from the card, none of which seem to have been taken during the accident.  

Answer 1

     From my research, I have found this statement to be true. There was a camera found in the wreckage of the OceanGate Titan submersible, with its lens shattered but in place (TechSpot). Within the camera was a 512-gigabyte SD drive, which had 12 images and 9 videos saved on it. None of the videos or pictures saved on the SD were from the expedition in which the incident occurred (PetaPixel). In terms of primary sources, I found a few of the photos from the SD card, but those were all through secondary sources. I also found information from the Titan Submersible Board of Investigation, which includes information on the submersible incident but does not state any information on the SD card, as the website currently lacks government funding. I have found a multitude of secondary sources that support this claim. Both PetaPixel and TechSpot, as previously mentioned, talk about the SD found on the submersible and the data on it, as well as the fact that the data was not from the date of the incident. Another source, Tom’s Hardware, has identical information. A post on X from popular science YouTuber Scott Manley shows a photo of the camera that was retrieved, as well as an investigation report on the camera. Overall, there is prominent and consistent information with evidence that would support this claim to be true. 

     Scott Manley’s post on X: https://x.com/DJSnM/status/1978569771789467981 

     TechSpot: www.techspot.com/news/109921-oceangate-titan-sub-camera-found-mostly-intact-sandisk.html 

     PetaPixel: petapixel.com/2025/10/16/sd-card-recovered-from-camera-that-was-onboard-oceangate-titan-sub 

     Tom’s Hardware: www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/microsd-cards/tragic-oceangate-titan-submersibles-usd62-sandisk-memory-card-found-undamaged-at-wreckage-site-12-stills-and-nine-videos-have-been-recovered-but-none-from-the-fateful-implosion 

     Titan Submersible Board of Investigation:  www.news.uscg.mil/News-by-Region/Headquarters/Titan-Submersible 

Answer 2

The claim that the camera retrieved from the wreck of Titan contained an intact SD card is supported, but the implication that it captured footage of the disaster is not accurate. According to Tom’s Hardware, investigators found a camera—identified as a SanDisk Extreme Pro 512 GB card inside a SubC Rayfin Mk2 Benthic Camera rated for 6,000 m depths and successfully recovered 12 still images and 9 video files from it. However, none of the recovered files were from the final dive or implosion event. 

 

Additional coverage in the article on MSN notes that the memory card “still worked,” and that while “eerie photos” and videos were retrieved, all were from earlier missions or surface operations, not the accident itself. “No data with a timestamp after May 16th was found on the camera, so it is likely that none of the data recorded on the SD Card were of the accident voyage or dive.” (MSN) Again, this corroborates that the media exists and was recoverable, but clarifies that the content doesn’t offer any photos or videos from the June 2023 implosion.

The core assertion is correct: the SD card survived, data was retrieved, and the camera model and card type align with the reports. But any suggestion that the card captured any final moments of the Titan is false.

Answer 3

After looking through multiple sources I find this posting to be true.  A camera was found within the wreckage of the OceanGate Submarine although the lens was shattered but still in place according to TechSpot.  Inside this camera there was a Sandisk Extreme Pro 512GB SD card (PetaPixel). The claim that there were 12 images and 9 videos on the SD card and that none of them were of the accident is also correct as reported by LadBible.  The type of camera being a SubC Rayfine Mk2 Benthic Camera is also true as reported by Tom's Hardware.  I tried finding a more primary source and the official Titan Submersible Marine Board of Investigation showed up but is not currently being updated due to "a lack of funding".  

Conclusion: All statements in the above post prove to be true according to multiple verifiable sources.