Titanic II
The Titanic II is a planned cruise ship that in 1912 the defunct RMS Titanic supposed to be similar. The ship is to be built from 2014 to 2016 for the Blue Star Line shipping company and its maiden voyage in 2016 on the route Southampton - have New York. The project is financed by Clive Palmer. Markku Kanerva 's chief designer, the project contract has received the Finnish company Delta Marin. The cost of Titanic II is estimated at 200 million U.S. dollars. The vessel is to be built by CSC Jinling, Nanjing. The design and security issues of the new building are monitored by the classification society Lloyd 's Register. The ship management should be carried out by V.Ships. First towing tests were conducted in September 2013 at the Hamburg Ship Model Basin.
Comparisons to RMS Titanic
" It will be the safest cruise ship in the world. "
Titanic II is the RMS Titanic same, Palmer, however, has already announced differences as a model ship: He announced to want to install a casino in the ship, as well as air conditioners and stabilizers. In addition, the Internet is to stand on the ship.
In contrast, the appearance should be identical to the RMS Titanic. For passengers even want clothes made after the fashion of the 1910s available and a separation between the passengers are made after classes.
The Titanic II is to achieve a better stability, 4 feet wider than the original will. She gets an additional deck, the so-called safety deck. There, 18 modern lifeboats with a capacity of up to 250 passengers per install. In addition, there are a theater, shops and a casino. The front two chimneys are dummies and include views Galleries. The drive is about 3 propeller gondolas that take the function of the rudder. The existing rudder is just a dummy. The top speed will be about 23 knots. At the bow of the ship, a camera is installed, so that the passengers that I am the king of the world film scene can replay from the movie Titanic from 1997.
Reactions
On the ship project participated, among others, a descendant of the Director of the White Star Line, Bruce Ismay, and the great-granddaughter of Titanic survivor Molly Brown. After Ismay Titanic II already announced on 30 April 2012, which ticket requests were for maiden voyage ten months later already at 40,000, where 16 people were offering to pay approximately one million U.S. dollars. Pat Lacey, great-grandniece of Captain Edward John Smith, but the plans holds towards the victims disrespectful.
Previously planned but failed reconstruction projects of the RMS Titanic
Conrad Huard, vice president of White Star Lines Inc.
Brebbia, Titanic Development Corp. (Las Vegas, USA)