1. Paul-Henri Nargeolet was born on 2 March 1946 in Chamonix in the French department of Haute-Savoie.
14 Facts About Paul-Henri Nargeolet
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Paul-Henri Nargeolet lived in Casablanca, Morocco, for 13 years before relocating to Paris to complete his studies at the age of 16.
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Paul-Henri Nargeolet began his career in the French Navy, where he served as an officer specialising in mine clearance, diving, and deep underwater intervention from 1964 to 1986.
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Paul-Henri Nargeolet located a DHC-5 Buffalo airplane that crashed in 1979 with 12 people aboard, including several members of the Mauritanian government.
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Paul-Henri Nargeolet retired at the rank of capitaine de fregate.
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On 15 May 1993, Paul-Henri Nargeolet made a dive with the Nautile and discovered, by chance, La Lune, which sank in 1664 near Toulon.
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From 1996 to 2003, Paul-Henri Nargeolet worked with Aqua+, a subsidiary of Canal+, whose objective is to produce underwater films.
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Paul-Henri Nargeolet worked with RMS Titanic to recover artefacts related to the Titanic as the director of the Underwater Research Program.
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Paul-Henri Nargeolet's work has included utilizing remotely operated vehicles, as well as piloting dives to the wreck site.
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Paul-Henri Nargeolet's work has resulted in recovering nearly 6,000 artefacts over the course of 35 dives.
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On 18 June 2023, Paul-Henri Nargeolet was onboard the Titan, a submersible owned by OceanGate on an expedition to view the Titanic wreckage.
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Paul-Henri Nargeolet had two daughters, Chloe and Sidonie; a son, Julien; a stepson, John Nathaniel Paschall; and four grandsons.
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Later, as a result of his Titanic work, Paul-Henri Nargeolet re-established contact with a childhood friend, Anne Sarraz-Bournet, who became his second wife.
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At the time of his death, Paul-Henri Nargeolet lived in Pawling in New York, having moved there in 2022.