fotografie/photo - 10x15 cm, Robert Duane Ballard (born June 30, 1942 in Wichita, Kansas) is a former commander in the United States Navy and a professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island who is most noted for his work in underwater archaeology. He is most famous for the discoveries of the wrecks of the RMS Titanic in 1985, the battleship Bismarck in 1989, and the wreck of the