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The Blue Star Line, owned by Australian billionaire Clive Palmer, has begun recreating the legendary Titanic shipwreck. The new ship was named Titanic 2 and, with the exception of modern filling and a high security system, is an absolute copy of its older brother lying on the ocean floor.

Like Titanic 1, Titanic 2 is 882 feet long and 100 feet high. The ship's capacity is also designed for 2,400 people, including 900 crew members. The nine-deck Titanic 2 will have 840 rooms of different classes. The cost of the unique project is almost 434 million dollars. The new Titanic is being built at Chinese shipyards in Jiangsu province and will be launched in 2018. From the ship will go to.

The interiors of Titanic 2 look the same as those on the legendary shipwreck. In its advertising releases, Blue Star Line offers comparisons of black and white photos of the old ship's interiors with photos of the new ship. Considering the tragic fate of the original Titanic, the similarity is not only surprising, but also shocking, making us wonder about the fate of this ship.

Surely, there are many who want to go on a trip in an exact replica the legendary Titanic. But prudent people are unlikely to want to tempt fate.

In 2018, one of the most high-profile world events awaits us. Titanic II will be launched! Did you think that we are talking about a new film by the legendary James Cameron? Take it higher - it will be an absolute copy of the legendary liner, recreated down to the smallest elements! Unless the electronics and amenities will be slightly changed in order to meet the latest science and technology. Let's find out who decided to implement such an ambitious project, and find out the news from the shipyard where construction is underway!

Titanic 2: conceptual model of the new liner

The history of the creation of Titanic 2

The idea of recreating the Titanic came to the minds of many, but not everyone could decide and find funds for such a large-scale project. Clive Palmer, a billionaire from Australia, whom his compatriots often call a real madman, decided to make his dream come true. Palmer's spontaneous ideas have long become a byword in his homeland.

So, one day he wanted to try himself as a deputy. No sooner said than done! Without any doubt, Palmer became a sponsor of the Conservative Party, and soon he was sitting in the hall of parliamentarians. After some time, the billionaire became interested in Jurassic Park, which led to the creation in Australia of an entire park with mechanical dinosaurs on a 1:1 scale.

Clive Palmer's previous creation - a park with mechanical dinosaurs

The history of the cruise ship Titanic, which sank in 1912, taking with it the lives of almost one and a half thousand passengers, has long occupied the thoughts of the extravagant rich man. This is not surprising - not only Palmer is a fan of this engineering miracle. There are millions of fans of the Titanic all over the world, because it has long become not just a sunken ship, but a legend and an entire cultural phenomenon of the twentieth century.

At the same time, many say that Palmer is not so simple, and the construction of a new liner is not just a dream come true for a bored rich man. In addition to nickel and coal mines, fashionable resorts and an amusement park, the Australian owns a tourism business. Titanic-2 fits well into the concept of his business and will be an excellent advertising flagship for a whole fleet of liners in Palmer's tourism empire.

Scandals surrounding the new Titanic

The project involves not just recreating the external appearance and interior decoration with luxurious cabins, crystal chandeliers, swimming pools, Turkish baths and chic restaurants. Even the name of the engineering company involved in the construction is almost exactly the same as the original name of the engineering firm from the early 20th century!

Let us remind you that the British transatlantic steamship of the 1912 model was created by craftsmen from the White Star Line. The construction of a modern version of this ship is being carried out by the Blue Star Line company, specially created for this by an Australian. The main role in realizing the idea of a new Titanic is played by the large Chinese shipbuilder CSC Jingling Shipyard, which has never previously been involved in the design of passenger ships, supplying only huge cargo ships to the maritime cargo market for many years.

However, this cooperation is not accidental - the fact is that CSC Jingling Shipyard is an old business partner of the Australian billionaire, one of the most powerful coal magnates of our time. There were some oddities too. Palmer's original plans called for construction to be completed in 2016.

However, the implementation of the large-scale project took longer than planned. In addition, the number of people wishing to take the first cruise on the new Titanic increased every day, eventually reaching the size of the passenger list that the first Titanic could boast of. According to Palmer, some people are willing to part with as much as a million dollars just to become the first passengers on the ship!

Titanic 2 will be the loudest entertainment attraction of 2018

In total, more than 40 thousand people showed their interest in purchasing tickets. And this is only in the first days of the announcement! All this required modification of the project and delayed the progress of construction. And while the Australian delays the launch of his brainchild, he is gradually being overtaken by competitors from the Middle Kingdom in the person of the Seven Star Energy company. They are recreating their own version of the Titanic at shipbuilder Wuchang Shipbuilding.

It is already known that a significant amount of $161.3 million will be invested in this project. True, the Chinese version of the Titanic will not sail anywhere, but will become the central element of the new theme park entertainment. However, jokers still say that while Palmer is rocking, the Chinese will finish their Titanic II in 2017, and the Australian will be content with only third number on this list.

It is worth saying that Palmer’s project caused not only admiration, but also a negative reaction. Descendants of passengers who died during terrible crash 1912, the Australian and Chinese investors were already accused of insensitivity and a thirst for profit that goes beyond the bounds of morality.

Development of the Blue Star Line compared to other passenger ships

Titanic 2: will there be differences?

According to current safety requirements, the new liner will be four meters wider than its predecessor, which will ultimately add 10% to the ship's tonnage. The result should be a real transatlantic monster with nine decks, 270 meters long, 53 meters wide and 840 cabins. The ship's hull will now be welded, rather than secured with rivets, as shipbuilders did a century ago. The ship will be equipped with an entire mini-hospital and a helicopter pad located on the deck.

As for the internal “stuffing” of the ship, then, of course, the engineering solutions used will include all the developments of modern science and engineering. A steam engine and laborers with coal will replace the “heart” with diesel traction. The ship will be equipped with the most modern navigation systems and satellite communications, and will also be equipped with escalators. As for modern entertainment and communications for passengers, according to some sources, Wi-Fi coverage will be provided on the liner.

However, there is other information in the press: Palmer allegedly wished that passengers would be deprived of the Internet and television in order to be completely immersed in the atmosphere of the early 20th century. Passengers of the new Titanic will be able to try on the outfits of the last century, which will be provided to them on board. The class of cabins will also remain unchanged - as in the legendary ancestor, the modernized version will have three classes located on different decks.

Recreating a First Class Cabin from Titanic Photos

Deck cafe in Parisian style

Foyer design with natural wood trim

Ship's dining room

Wheelhouse: the main control station of the ship

Retro style gym

Perhaps one of the most important differences was the presence of a larger number of lifeboats, which passengers were sadly lacking famous flight. The new cruise ship, which can accommodate 2,345 passengers and 900 crew members, is equipped with enough lifeboats to evacuate 2,700 people and rafts that can accommodate an additional 800 passengers.

If the original Titanic was positioned as an unsinkable liner, then Titanic II can be called indestructible. The idea to recreate the legendary ship belongs to Australian businessman Clive Palmer, the founder of the Blue Star Line cruise company, named after the White Star Line shipping company that built the fatal ship.

Palmer announced the construction of a replica of the Titanic in 2012 in memory of the victims and survivors of the 1912 sinking. It was assumed that the ship would be launched in 2016, but the deadlines moved to 2018, and then 2019. As a result, Blue Star Line announced that in 2022 the liner will sail to New York and then travel around the world.

So far, the Australian Titanic II looks like the most vibrant and promising project - despite the protracted construction timeline.

Titanic before departure from Southampton, 1912

Sarel Gus Project

The concept of a Titanic replica has been developed several times. Interest in it especially increased after the release of James Cameron's film of the same name in 1997. The most famous initiative belongs to the South African businessman Sarel Goos, who began building the ship in 1998. It allowed for functional changes in the liner's design necessary to ensure the safety and economic viability of the future vessel. For example, instead of steam engines, diesel-electric ones were planned, and instead of rivets on the casing, more reliable welding was planned. The project required up to $600 million.

In 2000, Goos presented his concept to Belfast City Council and commissioned Olsen Designs to design the ship and callcott Anderson to design the interior. At the same time, Gus began to actively attract capital to the project, including through government grants. Construction was planned to take place over nine months at the Harland and Wolff shipyards in Northern Ireland, where the first ship was born. The project was repeatedly amended in order to save and optimize the budget, trying to maintain the status of the Titanic as the “largest liner in the world” with a capacity of 2,600 passengers. In 2006, construction was closed, citing a lack of investment.

Seven Star Energy Investment is building a replica of the liner in Sichuan province. So far this is the only most successful project, however, it is not without a significant drawback compared to the initiatives of South African and Australian businessmen - it will never float anywhere.

Seven Star Energy Investment Project

The Chinese Titanic, which will be an indistinguishable copy of the original, will become the main attraction of the resort area in Sichuan province. The ship will be stationed on the Qijiang River. The keel laying ceremony took place in November 2016, and the first guests will visit the fixed liner in 2019. Even if he never makes a trip around the world or sails from Southampton to New York, the authors of the project are confident in his success. This replica of the Titanic will become something of a shopping and entertainment center for tourists in the interiors of the original liner. The main staircase, ballroom, theater, cabins of three classes, swimming pool - everything that the Titanic was famous for was included in its replica.

Clive Palmer Project

Six years after the failure of Sarel Gus, the “titanic” project was decided to be carried out by the Australian Palmer. He admitted that recreating the liner was his long-time dream, and therefore Titanic II would not be just an expensive tourist attraction. An accurate reconstruction of the era will affect not only the interiors and the route across the Atlantic, but also the passengers themselves. They will not be closely acquainted with the iceberg - modern technological equipment will not allow them - but they will be given costumes from the early 20th century. Entertainment on the ship, of course, will also repeat all the amusements that the passengers of the original Titanic indulged in.

“The ship will follow the original route and carry passengers from Southampton to New York, and also make a circumnavigation, inspiring and captivating people around the world,” says Palmer. “Millions dreamed of sailing on this ship, seeing it in port and feeling its unique grandeur. "Titanic II will make those dreams come true."

In 2015, the construction of the liner was practically frozen, and the promised launch was not visible on the horizon in 2016. The stoppage occurred due to payment disputes between Palmer's companies and China's Citic. In 2017 alone, the West of England High Court ordered Citic to pay Palmer's companies hundreds of millions of dollars. The ruling clarified the fate of Titanic II.

Now, despite announcements about the first voyage of the liner in 2022, Blue Star Line representatives are in no hurry to disclose exact dates until contracts have been concluded with shipbuilding companies and the ship exists only in animated videos and design images.

The announcement of a voyage in 2022 amused social media users, who, as expected, remembered Cameron's film and began asking questions about the number of lifeboats on Titanic II (Blue Star Line replied that more than 2,000 were enough for all passengers) and

We already briefly laughed at the fact that the Chinese Jinling shipyard has carried out all the necessary preparatory work and is ready to begin building a modern version of the famous ocean liner"Titanic". But in fact, everything turns out to be more than serious!

Soon the world will see Titanic II - but not a film, but a real ship. It will be built by the witty Australian billionaire Clive Palmer. He announced his desire to create a copy of the legendary liner in April last year, and now everyone was convinced that the Australian was not joking: drawings of the future ship were presented to the public.

According to the project, the length of the liner will be 270 meters, weight – 40 thousand tons, the ship will have 9 decks with 850 cabins. Titanic II has a capacity of 2,600 passengers, including 900 crew members. Unlike the owners of the first Titanic, Palmer plans to abundantly equip his ship with means of rescue: on board there will be 18 motor boats with a capacity of 150 people each, plus two rafts that can accommodate 400 people. The ship will be made in China, and a representative of the Finnish shipbuilding bureau Deltamarin participating in the project has already promised that Titanic II will be “the safest cruise ship in the world". Again?

Main staircase. (AP Photo/Blue Star Line)

It is assumed that the new Titanic will repeat the route of its predecessor, only this time with a seemingly successful outcome. The external and internal appearance of the ship duplicates the features of the prototype: classic interiors, a lot of wood, heavy curtains and four chimneys above the upper deck. Clive Palmer is even considering leaving his passengers without television and the Internet in order to correspond to the era, but he will still allow air conditioning.

3rd class dining room. (AP Photo/Blue Star Line)

To create an entourage, the billionaire is going to divide the cabins into classes - from first to third - and prohibit poor third-class passengers from meddling with luxury restaurants and casinos for the rich. “It allows you to imagine yourself in a movie,” Palmer says. At the same time, guests will be given costumes of the appropriate era, their cost will be included in the price of the cruise. To give passengers the chance to try out different roles, Palmer plans to sell special combination tickets that will allow passengers to stay in different cabin classes.

Ticket prices have not yet been announced, but the Australian said that he has already received a number of offers to pay up to a million dollars for a trip on the Titanic.

Titanic II will set off on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York in 2016, a journey that will last six days.

Gym. (AP Photo/Blue Star Line)

Clive Palmer made his fortune by buying up mines and mines in Australia, and now he is ready to spend some of the money on the idea of his whole life: he wants to build a new Titanic, an exact copy of the old liner.

“I'm investing in this because I want to spend the money before I die. There will be enough left for the children. I have enough money to build this ship."

Clive Palmer holds a press conference on the construction of a replica of the Titanic, New York, USA, February 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Turkish bath. (AP Photo/Blue Star Line)

General view of the press conference. (Blue Star Line)

Titanic 2 will be completely reminiscent of the original ship. Even the pipes will be left, although the Australian millionaire intends to install the latest engines, navigation systems and life-saving equipment inside the new airliner. Otherwise, the liner will look like it came off the slipways of the early 20th century: the interior of the cabins and the finishing are going to be restored according to the original drawings. Tickets will be sold by class, as before. Moreover, third and second class will be prohibited from entering the first class deck.

Pool. (AP Photo/Blue Star Line)

Helen Benziger, great-great-granddaughter of Margaret Brown: “My great-great-grandmother would have been the first in line for a ticket. She would definitely like this idea.”

Others believe that Palmer has poor taste and is simply capitalizing on an old tragedy. Moreover, according to maritime traditions, new ships are named castaways they try not to name it.

But the millionaire considers all this to be prejudice and assures that even global warming is working for Titanic 2. Now, in his opinion, it is much more difficult to find an iceberg in the same latitudes where the first one collided. However, he still did not risk declaring at a press conference that his liner would be unsinkable. Titanic 2 will be built in China, and in 2016 it should set off on its first voyage from South Hampton, England to New York.

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It is difficult to find a person who has not heard of the Titanic. Legendary ship Wrecked on his first voyage. Films and documentaries have been made about the tragedy, and numerous studies have been carried out both on the crash itself and on the design features of the liner. The Titanic was supposed to be the embodiment of dreams of travel, luxury and reliability. In 2016 they plan to create new Titanic, and what it will be, we will try to figure it out. Perhaps it's waiting for us modern ship, which they decided to advertise in advance at the expense of a well-known brand, or maybe a copy of the original with modern modifications.

Major changes in the new Titanic

The 2016 Titanic cruise ship will be an exact replica of the original, although there will still be some external differences. The ship will have additional staircases and emergency entrances. These are the requirements of modern safety regulations. The capacity of lifeboats has been increased. Now it will be possible to evacuate 2,700 people on lifeboats and 800 on additional life rafts. On the original Titanic of the early 20th century, the lifeboats only held about 1,200 people.

In addition to safety, the 2016 Titanic 2 will be equipped with modern technologies to improve comfort. The rooms will have air conditioning, and the ship will have Helipad and a hospital. According to representatives of the shipyard where the ship is being made, there will be no televisions or wireless Internet in the rooms and on the decks. But in each cabin you can find outfits from the time of the Titanic’s first voyage. All this will allow you to better immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the past and feel like a real aristocrat. On the new liner it is planned to recreate the gym and swimming pool that were in the original, only slightly adding modern technologies and elements.

On the technical side, the Titanic replica, which will be built by 2016, will be wider and taller, although this is not visible from the photo. The increase in the size of the aircraft is also partly due to safety requirements. Wider vessels have better stability. In addition, this will allow you to add additional rooms on the ship.

Instead of steam boilers, diesel engines will be installed on board the Titanic. power plants and an auxiliary steam turbine. This will make the ship faster, more maneuverable and at the same time economical and modern.

Construction

The initiator of the project was Australian multimillionaire Clive Palmer. It supplies coal and metal ore to China. That is why China was chosen as the place to build the ship. At the Jinling shipyard, from where the Titanic 2016 is scheduled to set off on its maiden voyage, construction of the ship is already in full swing. The contract was signed back in 2012, immediately after Palmer announced his desire to build a new Titanic.

Before the replica of the famous liner, the Chinese shipyard launched exclusively commercial cargo ships. In this regard, several records are expected at once, if the launch is successful. All ships built at the shipyard are launched using side knurling. The Titanic would be the largest ship launched this way.

Creating a Project

A Finnish company undertook to develop the new Titanic 2016, which, based on photos and surviving drawings of the original, made a project, supplementing it with the wishes of the customer and modern safety requirements. Palmer seriously took up the implementation of his idea and does not deviate one step from his plans. Its activity suggests that it is very likely that the ship will be launched on time.

Not everyone new project I liked it, which is not surprising. The biggest concern is choosing a shipbuilding company. Lack of production experience passenger airliners could cause huge problems, according to many experts. Modern requirements for the construction of passenger ships do not allow an exact repetition of the original, but guided by the relevant requirements, the designers made the necessary modifications to the liner’s drawings.

Interest in the new Titanic

All over the world, the news about the construction of Titanic 2 in 2016 caused a huge resonance and interest in the project. According to the initiator of the ship's construction, the cost of tickets for the first voyage to New York has already reached $1 million. However, the cost of the project itself is not disclosed. The most expensive will be the first voyage, and if it goes well, then many people who want to travel around the world on a cruise ship will be able to become passengers of the Titanic.

Historians also showed interest in the new Titanic, and at the stage of creating the drawings they helped the engineers to bring it as close as possible to the original. Among those overseeing the project is the granddaughter of the famous Molly Brown, who survived the 1912 tragedy.