Lakefront home of deep-sea explorer dubbed 'Mr Titanic' PH Nargolet who died in the doomed Titan sub catastrophe goes up for sale for $1.7million laden with White Star memorabilia and books eight months after he perished in disaster

The luxury home of legendary deep sea explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet has hit the market with a $1.7 million price tag. 

Nargeolet, who was dubbed Mr. Titanic, perished along with five others in the Titan implosion in June 2023 during a expedition to view the wreckage of the doomed liner. He was 77 years old. 

At the time of his death, Nargeolet lived in rural upstate New York in a private community named Whaley Lake, 60 miles north of Manhattan. 

The house features four bedrooms, four bathroom, a lakefront view, in addition to private beach, dock and a deck over looking the water, according to Realtor.com. 

'He spent his life on the water, so I imagine he'd wanted to look out on it. He loved this house because it was on the water,' listing agent Regan Andrews told Realtor. The website reports that his estate made the decision to sell up. 

The home is located on the shores of Lake Whaley around 60 miles north of New York City 

The house features four bedrooms, four bathroom, a lakefront view, in addition to private beach, dock and a deck over looking the water

The shelves of the study show dozens of books about Titanic 

In another room, a photo of the wreckage of the Titanic can be seen 

The living area includes a family room and formal dining area 

An illustration of the Titanic is hung in one of the main bathrooms of the home 

He had been living Pawling, New York, since 2022

There are maritime trinkets dotted through the massive home 

It's not clear when Nargeolet, a native of a mountainous region of France not far from the Swiss border, first moved to the US. 

He was married to Emmy Award-winning reporter and Connecticut native Michele Marsh until her untimely death in 2017. The couple had three children together.

In later life, Nargeoet remarried to a childhood friend named Anne Sarraz-Bournet. He had been living Pawling, New York, since 2022. 

'He and his wife liked to do a lot of swimming, which the lake allowed him to do,' the Andrews said. 

The living area includes a family room and formal dining area. 

'The enormous and light-bright kitchen is equipped with high-end stainless-steel appliances, granite countertops, a huge center island with seating, and ample cabinet space,' the listing reads. 

The primary downstairs bedroom overlooks the lake while on the other side of the house, there is a guest room with a private bath.

Nargeolet was a former French navy officer who was considered a Titanic expert after making multiple trips to the wreckage over several decades.

Director of underwater research for RMS Titanic, which owns the rights to the ship's remains, Nargeolet started researching and exploring the Titanic wreck when he joined the French ocean research institute Ifremer in 1986

It's not clear when Nargeolet moved to North America, his late wife, Michele Marsh, was a native of Connecticut 

The 1997 film Titanic directed by James Cameron, a friend of Nargeolet, was inspired by images taken by the French explorer, who was amazed by the quality of the reconstructions in the film

He was director of underwater research for E/M Group and RMS Titanic Inc., had completed 37 dives to the wreck and supervised the recovery of 5,000 artifacts, according to his company profile.

RMS Titanic, Inc., the company that owns the salvage rights to the Titanic shipwreck, mourned the longtime employee known as 'PH.'

'The maritime world has lost an iconic and inspirational leader in deep-sea exploration, and we have lost a dear and treasured friend,' the company said in a statement Thursday.

Friend and former colleague Matthew Tulloch said Nargeolet loved his work from the time they first collaborated in the 1990s up until Nargeolet's death.

'I never got the impression that he was looking forward to retirement,' Tulloch said with a small laugh. 'You sort of think of people as they retire, then they can go on and do things that they love to do. This was exactly that for him — I can't think of anything that I'm aware of that he would enjoy doing more than traveling around and sharing information and his experiences with people.'

Longtime friend and colleague Christian Pétron hailed Nargeolet as 'surely one of the world's greatest explorers of the deeps.'

Speaking Friday to broadcaster France-Info, the retired diver and underwater filmographer said he and Nargeolet had known each other for more than 40 years after meeting in the French navy, and made repeated dives to the Titanic together.

He opined that Nargeolet was aware of the risks, but would have been powered by a thirst for further exploration of the Titanic wreck and its fauna and flora.

'There are always extraordinary things. When you descend deeper than 1,000 meters, you always find unknown things, unknown animals,' he said. 'There's always something to find on a wreck like that, which is a genuine oasis on a sandy bottom where there is absolutely nothing.'

Nargeolet was expedition leader on the most technologically advanced dive to the Titanic in 2010, which used high-resolution sonar and 3D optical imaging on the Titanic's bow and stern sections as well as the debris field.

While with the French Institute for Research and Exploitation of Sea, he led the first recovery expedition to the Titanic in 1987.