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Titanic II is a planned passenger ocean liner intended to be a functional modern-day replica of the Olympic-class RMS Titanic.The new ship is planned to have a gross tonnage (GT) of 56,000, while the original ship measured about 46,000 gross register tons (GRT).
Australian billionaire Clive Palmer has noodled for years with the idea of building Titanic II: a full replica of the doomed luxury liner that sank on its maiden voyage in 1912. Now he’s set a ...
A replica of the infamous passenger ship — dubbed the Titanic II — is set to make its first voyage in 2022. Titanic II Will Set Sail in 2022 Following the Same Route as the Original [Video ...
Titanic II, a replica of the infamous doomed ocean liner, will set sail in 2022, 110 years after the original. Well, this is nerve-wracking. Titanic II, a replica of the infamous doomed ocean ...
Titanic had about 885 crew members on board for the maiden voyage. [108] Like other vessels of the time, Titanic did not have a permanent crew, and the vast majority of crew members were casual workers who only came aboard the ship a few hours before sailing from Southampton. [109]
A 3D rendering of Titanic II, published by Blue Star Line. On 30 April 2012, Australian billionaire Clive Palmer announced a project to build a near replica of the Titanic. [10] [11] Palmer established the company Blue Star Line to build and operate the ship. The maiden voyage was initially scheduled for 2016, later postponed to 2018.
Olympic would sail for Southampton on 7 March, concluding the last time the two ships would be photographed together. The Olympic and Titanic were nearly identical, and were based on the same core design. A few alterations were made to Titanic and later on Britannic which were based on experience gained from Olympic ' s first year in
RMS Titanic sank on 15 April 1912 in the North Atlantic Ocean.The largest ocean liner in service at the time, Titanic was four days into her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City, with an estimated 2,224 people on board when she struck an iceberg at 23:40 (ship's time) [a] on 14 April.