Titanic II to set sail in 2022, retrace the route of the original ship

WNEP ^ | October 22, 2018 | Tribune Media Wire

[EdnaMode]

A replica of the Titanic will set sail in 2022, retracing the original ship’s planned route, Cruise Arabia & Africa reports.

The project was first announced in 2012, but was halted due to financial problems. Now, with the issues resolved, Blue Star Line has announced that construction has continued on the vessel.

The ship will have “the same interiors and cabin layout as the original vessel, while integrating modern safety procedures, navigation methods and 21st century technology,” said Clive Palmer, chairman of Blue Star Line.

The ship will sail from Dubai to Southampton, England, and then to New York.

The original Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 1912, after sideswiping an iceberg while traveling from Southampton to New York.

[Forward the Light Brigade]

Where is it being built? Italy? France? England? Russia? or?

[Jimmy Valentine]

It’s very bad luck! Gives my Irish American self the heebie jeebies

[fruser1]

Now that’s a good idea. I wonder if they’ll travel at the same speed with the same departure time.

[shanover]

It is a shame that the USS United States is rusting away in Philadelphia. I would take a cruise over being probed by TSA perverts and stinky claustrophobic flying any day.

[Don Corleone]

Titanic II to set sail in 2022, retrace the route of the original ship

Will they 'park' it next to the other one?

[PLMerite]

"Hopefully the first voyage will be in warm weather with no icebergs. "

They made a movie about that, too:

[Jimmy Valentine]

But. Her sister ship Olympic survived two collisions and WWI and remained in service until 1935. She was known as “old reliable” as she never had a machinery breakdown.

[pepsi_junkie]

Titanic II to set sail in 2022, retrace the route of the original ship

All the way to the bottom?

[golux]

Extremely unlucky and unacceptable name for a boat.

Utterly irresponsible and unseamanlike to name a boat Titanic.

No decent captain or crew would serve her.

Disgusting.

[bgill]

No thanks. I’ll stay on dry land.

[jerod]

Tickets, get your tickets for the Hindenburg 2 and experience the warmth of floating on air.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

On the bright side, that nasty 1912 iceberg has long melted and won’t be posing any danger to the ship.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Will there be an old car in the hold that Rose and Jack can "borrow" again? Maybe they could put a new Tesla in the hold to bring things up to date.

[Riley]

Been following this for a long time, I don’t believe it for a minute.

[SMGFan]

Will they guarantee they will not hit an iceberg.

[Steve Van Doorn]

Did J.P. Morgan Build the Titanic to Kill Off the Competition and Form the Federal Reserve? The richest man in the world at the time was John Jacob Astor IV whom opposed central banking died that day.

[painter]

It was discovered in the Nineties that the steel used on Titanic had a high sulfur content. It wouldn't have even made for good rebar.

Actually a piece of the hull was brought up and a chunk of it was sent to the Rolla School of Mines (in Missouri) for testing. They found that the rivets became very brittle when exposed to cold water which caused to pop and break when the ship hit the iceberg.