Titanic II - no, a ship, not a film

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More than a century after the original, supposedly unsinkable, ocean liner hit an iceberg and went down in the North Atlantic, Palmer thinks the time has come to complete the unfinished journey to New York.

"The Titanic was the ship of dreams. Titanic II is the ship where dreams will come true," Palmer said in New York at the project's official launch, AFP reported.

Featuring the same rigid divisions as in 1912 between first, second and third class, passengers will eat either in an ornate dining room or at a long common table. "There'll be no mingling" between classes, Palmer said.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/...-to-build-Titanic-2-with-extra-lifeboats.html

I would really, really love this to sink. In fact, someone somewhere's probably already planning it.
 
The sink loves you too.

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While the loss of life when it sinks will be regrettable, I agree with the OP that it'll be memorable and can see people laughing about the disaster.
 
Surely the one thing to do is not build it like the last one? Or add in some feature that stops it sinking the same way the last did?

I mean, I'm not so sure about how the first one sank beyond 'it hit an iceberg', but my understanding is new ones have some kind of double skin that stop them sinking.

kd
 
Its hardly going to be an exact replica... sufficient lifeboats and plenty of bulk heads etc.. ought to stop massive loss of life

It sounds more like he's getting the Chinese to knock up a cruise ship on the cheap, calling it Titanic II, decorating it a bit like the original and then no doubt flogging a bunch of tickets to people who will overlook the fact the cruise ship is not quite up to scratch because they're wearing fancy dress and its supposedly a 'replica'..

doubt it will be a great financial success but it seems like he's got deep pockets and is happy to go for it regardless, which in itself is quite cool
 
King Damager said:
Surely the one thing to do is not build it like the last one? Or add in some feature that stops it sinking the same way the last did?

I mean, I'm not so sure about how the first one sank beyond 'it hit an iceberg', but my understanding is new ones have some kind of double skin that stop them sinking.

kd
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Maybe this will partly answer your question:

Comparison with the original Titanic

The ship is being designed to be as similar in internal and external appearance to the Titanic as possible. However, modern safety regulations and economic considerations will dictate several major changes to the design, including;
Greater beam for enhanced stability[22][24]
Welded, not riveted, hull[22]
Reduced draught[22]
Bulbous bow for higher fuel efficiency, although moderately sized compared to modern ships[22]

View of a corridor on the RMS Queen Mary showing the sheer. This feature will be lost on the Titanic II.
Stabilisers to reduce roll[22]
Diesel engines driving azimuth thrusters to replace the original coal-fired steam engines[22]
An additional 'safety deck' between C and D decks for modern lifeboats and marine evacuation systems, with the boat deck housing replicas of the original lifeboats. Space for the deck has been made by lowering decks D and below by 2.8 meters, and for the taller centre section of the safety deck, which houses the lifeboats, by raising the superstructure by 1.3 meters. In spite of the reduced draft, space has been made for the lowered decks by removing the orlop deck, which mainly housed the boilers.[22]
New 'escape staircases' in addition to the original staircases, housed in the redundant boiler exhaust uptakes.[22]
Viewing decks in the redundant first two funnels.[22]
No sheer or camber,[22] unlike the original. Pronounced sheer was a cosmetic feature of ocean liners, intended to add a graceful appearance to the ship, but made construction more difficult and therefore costly.[25] Renderings released in February 2013 show an upwards rake added to C Deck at the bow and stern to give a superficial appearance of sheer, although an inauthentic wedge-shaped gap has had to be added between C and D decks in these areas to produce this effect.[26]
A higher bridge, as the superstructure has been raised by 1.3 meters by the centre section of the safety deck, and also by the removal of the sheer.[22] This negates the requirement on the original Titanic for lookouts.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic_II

Not this....

Titanic II is a 2010 direct-to-DVD disaster film written, directed by, and starring Shane Van Dyke and distributed by The Asylum.[1] The film is not a sequel to the 1997 film by James Cameron, although movie website Dread Central has suggested the film may be a mockbuster of it.[2] It was released direct-to-TV in Australia on August 7, 2010. It premiered on SyFy on Sky Digital in the UK and Ireland on August 9 to a strongly negative critical reaction. It was released on August 24 in the United States.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic_II_(film) :(
 
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He should do it properly and have no lifeboats.

Side note - Why does nearly every English person I meet always bring up the Titanic and how NI must be useless as a result. We weren't the ones who rammed it into a huge iceberg :/ And it was the ships owner who claimed it was unsinkable, an American. ITS NOT OUR FAULT!1
 
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I read about this the other day, seems a good idea. Think i read some people have already placed reservations around $1m a seat/bed.......insane :D

Hope it goes well.
 
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