Irish Titanic dive veteran Rory Golden to join 2021 Titanic Expedition Posted By: Ann Robinson 20th January 2021 OceanGate Expeditions has announced Rory Golden as an expeditionary expert who will join the Titanic Survey Expedition 2021. Golden has over 44 years of dive experience and played key roles in Titanic expeditions and dives in 2000 and 2005. Rory Golden Flagship Scuba founder, RMS Titanic Diver and Member of the Explorers Club Citizen explorers, known as Mission Specialists, will work hand-in-hand with Golden and other scientific, archaeological, and oceanographic experts throughout the Titanic Survey Expedition. “I will never forget the first time I saw the Titanic. We were travelling along the flat ocean floor towards the ship and we came upon a wall of mud,” recalls Rory Golden. “We were at the forward section, near the bow, and we slowly rose up a steel wall that was covered in rivets and rusticles. Eventually we ascended over the top and there she was. It was a rush of emotion. She is massive and awe-inspiring. You are excited, amazed, and, at the same time, you feel a deep sadness for all those lost. It is unlike anything else I have experienced in over 40 years of diving. In the five short years between my dives to the Titanic the changes were dramatic. I’m anxious to bear witness to the deep ocean’s impact on this historic sight,” says Golden.