article_snippet.sent: The ship sunk to more than 16,800 feet under the surface (5,150 meters) where The ship went undiscovered until 2011 when Deep Ocean Search decided to go looking for The ship.
article_snippet.sent: Deep Ocean Search said in a news release that during the 2011 search Deep Ocean Search located an unnatural object on radar.
article_snippet.sent: a depth of (5,150 meters) is a world record, Deep Ocean Search claimed.
article_snippet.sent: Other deep-water operations reported in the media that are close to a depth of (5,150 meters) include the 1987 search for the wreck of a South African Airways plane at 16,000 feet (4,700 meters) and the discovery of the SS Gairsoppa at about 15,400 feet (4,800 meters) in the North Atlantic in 2011.
article_snippet.sent: Deep Ocean Search got a percentage of the sale, and the UK Treasury the rest, according to The BBC.
article_snippet.sent: CNN's Jessica King contributed to this report.
highlights_snippet.sent: A British company says the salvage operation occurred at a world record depth .
  