It ’s been nigh 104 year since the RMSTitanicstruck an iceberg in the Atlantic , meet a tragic end on its maiden ocean trip and claimingmore than 1500 lives . The story has since entrance the world , helped along by alittle film adaptationin 1997 starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet .
Among those who persist fascinated by the tale is Australian billionaire Clive Palmer , who is building a reproduction of the ill - fated ship calledTitanic II . It was recently announced that the ship will plant canvas in 2018 , two years afterwards than planned .
Blue Star Line ’s recreation will look just like the original liner , but will be four meters wider to meet 21st hundred marine prophylactic regulations , and will feature a Isaac Hull that is weld instead of pore . It will also meet innovative safety regularisation , including equipment likelife jackets , a certain quota of lifeboats , and of course , updated technology .
" The newTitanicwill of course have modern elimination procedures , artificial satellite controls , digital navigation and radiolocation organization and all those thing you ’d expect on a twenty-first century ship , " James McDonald , the orbicular marketing director of Palmer ’s Blue Star Line , told theBelfast Telegraph .
The ship will be 270 meters long , 53 meters gamy , and matter 40,000 slews . It will contain nine floor , with 840 cabins to accommodate 2400 passengers and 900 crew phallus . traveler can visit Turkish bath , a swimming pocket billiards , gyms , and spaces pose after the original eatery and dining rooms . The reproduction will also abide loyal to account with its just the ticket classifications : first- , second- , and third - socio-economic class tag will be offered .
Titanic IIwill , however , differ from account in its route , traveling from Jiangsu , China , to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates , where Blue Star Line has reportedly been foster patronage partnerships .
If the mind of the replication itch you the wrong way , you ’re not alone . congeneric of some of theTitanic ’s lost passengers have spoken out against the undertaking . On the insolent side , Blue Star Line has reportedly received a bevy of inquiries from concerned parties , and offer as high as £ 640,000 ( about $ 925,600 ) for a ticket . We ’ll assume that gets you a first stratum drive .
Explore more pattern for the future vesselhereand pick up more about the projecthere .
