Inside Titanic sub victim’s mansion with pics of infamous ship on walls as home goes up for sale 8 months after tragedy

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THE mansion of a Titan sub victim with pictures of the infamous 1912 ship plastered on walls is now up for sale eight months after the tragedy.

French marine boss, Paul-Henri Nargeolet, died when the submersible imploded during a dive to the Titanic wreck in June 2023.

The mansion of a Titan sub victim has gone up for sale 8 months after the tragedy[/caption]

The deep-sea explorer’s office had shelves stacked with Titanic books[/caption]

Commander Paul-Henri Nargeolet was one of the five victims killed in implosion[/caption]

The pictures of the infamous liner are plastered all over the house[/caption]

Now eight months after his untimely passing, Nargeolet’s New York house has appeared on the market.

The four-bedroom, four-bathroom lakefront mansion is on sale for £1.35 million but eerie pictures of the Titanic ship that sunk killing 1517 can be seen inside.

The deep-sea explorer was known as “Mr Titanic” because of his multiple dives to the wrecked liner.

The 2.74-acre estate comes with a dock and private beach, while the master bedroom features a balcony overlooking the lake, a walk-in closet, and a fireplace.

Nargeolet bought the impressive mansion in Holmes, New York two years ago to be closer to friends.

At the time of his death, he was living there with his wife, Anne Sarraz-Bournet.

Regan Andrews, who shared the listing, was familiar with Nargeolet as she happened to be a neighbour.

She said: “I can tell you that they had friends that lived on the lake, which is probably the first thing that brought them here.

“And I have to imagine that a man who spent his life on the water liked having a water view.

“He and his wife who was living there enjoyed swimming.

“And I’m not talking about just paddling around in the water, I mean they actually liked to go swimming in the lake, which was another reason why they bought it.”

The shelves of his office are still packed to the brim with books about the Titanic meanwhile photographs of the sunken ship decorate the house walls.

In one room, a shelf displays a photo of the doomed liner’s sunken prow, while a White Star Line poster of the ship has pride of place in one bathroom.

In the dining room, the fireplace is still crowned with a model ship – a reminder of the owner’s life on the ocean.

Regan spoke with Nargeolet just before he set off for his final dive.

She said: “I met him a handful of times.

“He was very charming, I have to say. He had that glint in his eye.

“I actually talked to him right before he left for this last expedition.

“He was calling me to tell me he had a client that he wanted to introduce me to, someone who might be interested in buying a house in the area.

“And he said ‘When I get back, we’ll meet up’ and I’m like ‘Okay, fine, no problem’. He said that he’d be back in June, and we all know what happened.”

The 73-year-old was on board of the doomed sub along with Oceangate CEO Stockton Rush, Brit billionaire Hamish Harding, businessman Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son Suleman when it disappeared last year.

Nargeolet issued a chilling warning of extreme danger weeks before he vanished.

He said: “If you are 11m or 11km down if something bad happens, the result is the same.

“When you’re in very deep water, you’re dead before you realise that something is happening, so it’s just not a problem.”

A US Navy doctor confirmed Nargeolet’s statement as he revealed what would have happened during the Titan crew’s final moments.

A violent implosion would have torn away the rear cover, landing frame, and ripped apart the sub’s hull – crushing the passengers inside.

Dr Dale Molé, the former director of undersea medicine and radiation health for the US Navy, told the Daily Mail: “It would have been so sudden, that they wouldn’t even have known that there was a problem, or what happened to them.

“It’s like being here one minute, and then the switch is turned off. You’re alive one millisecond, and the next millisecond you’re dead.”

Nearly a year on, the cause of the disaster is still not clear.

But a diving expert has revealed that there were warning signs and the sub was a “ticking time bomb”.

Dik Barton completed 22 dives down the historic shipwreck and said he would’ve never got on the Titan sub.