Titanic 2 will set sail. More images of Titanic II by Blue Star Line

The new Titanic will completely recreate the interiors of the original ship.

The tragic story of the Titanic resonates in the hearts of people even today, although the disaster occurred more than 100 years ago. The film s, which was released in 1997, played an important role in the popularization of the legendary ship. And now, after 20 years of silence, several companies have taken up the construction of an exact replica of the transatlantic steamship.

Thus, the company Qixing Energy Investment Group announced the construction of a replica of the Titanic back in 2014, and construction began in 2016, writes Telegraph. The ship's construction is now two-thirds complete: six of its nine main beams have already been installed. On January 2, 2018, the company published several photographs of a new liner called “Romandisea Titanic”.

Despite the fact that the new ship will be a complete copy of the original Titanic, there are no plans to launch it. The new Romandisea Titanic will be located on the Qi River in Daying County, Sichuan County, southwest China. Visitors, however, will be able to stroll among the replica interiors. The ballroom, theater, pools and cabins will be completely recreated here, where you can enjoy a feast and take part in themed parties and games.

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The cost of building the vessel is almost $150 million. It will be the main decoration of the new amusement park complex that is located here. The Romandisea Titanic Hotel can accommodate up to 5 thousand holidaymakers.

The construction of the Chinese replica of the Titanic is planned to be completed in 2018, and it will be possible to visit it already in 2019.

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For those who want to not only watch the Titanic, but also go on a cruise on it Blue Star Line is building the Titanic II cruise ship. It was planned to be launched for the 20th anniversary of the release of the film with DiCaprio, but the workers did not have time to complete the work, and it will only be launched in 2019. The company has already presented renderings of the decks. The first voyage of the liner will presumably begin from .

By order of Australian billionaire Clive Palmer, a twin ship of the legendary liner is being built in China

There is probably no person who does not know the tragic story of the Titanic. The interiors of the ship amazed and surprised even millionaires: a heated swimming pool, tennis courts, mineral water from the tap. The ship was advertised as unsinkable, but now it simply dissolves in sea water. Experts are sure that in 50 years there will be nothing left of it.

Details of the creation and death of the legendary liner in Igor Prokopenko’s author’s program “Military Secret” on the REN TV channel (broadcast on June 7 at 13.00).

The dimensions of the Titanic were amazing: the length of the ship was almost 270 m, the width was 28 m. To immerse this giant in the water, 23 tons of goose fat, locomotive oil and liquid soap were required to lubricate the guide rails. It took three years to build the ship using primitive tools: planes, saws, hammers. 3 thousand people worked even on weekends to meet the deadline. And they were only allowed to leave for a smoke break or to go to the toilet for 7 minutes a day! Among the installers, mechanics and carpenters there were both adult men and teenagers. There were also accidents - eight people died during construction.

The ship was launched in May 1911. By the way, during the ceremony, its owners from the White Star Line company refused centuries-old tradition. They did not break a bottle of champagne on the side, because the Titanic was considered the safest ship in the world. It could withstand a direct collision and remain afloat even with four flooded compartments. A year before the first voyage, an incredible advertising campaign began, on which huge amounts of money were spent. A first class ticket cost from 200 thousand to 2.5 million (in terms of rubles). 45 multi-room luxury cabins with fireplaces, with private access to the terrace, with baths: True, the cheap cabins were much more comfortable than on other ships.

The owners of the Titanic wanted to set a new record in overcoming Atlantic Ocean. It was planned that the ship would arrive in New York in five days, although it usually took seven. The liner was traveling at top speed, despite the difficult ice conditions. On the day of the sinking, the Titanic's radio station began receiving messages about icebergs in the morning. In total, nine of them were received, among them was the one that arrived at 22:30. The radio operator ignored him - he was busy sending another radiogram. The fact is that the radio operators on the Titanic did not obey the captain, they main task was to send paid messages to passengers and receive last news from the mainland for a newspaper that was published on the ship.

Another fact seems strange: the Titanic's lookouts didn't even have binoculars. The binoculars were in the safe, the keys to which were in the possession of Second Mate Blair. But shortly before departure he was fired, and he took the keys from the liner with him. The night of the tragedy from April 14 to 15, 1912 turned out to be moonless, but starry. However, the sailors were unable to see the iceberg. Experts believe that it was a so-called black iceberg. One whose underwater part is undermined by currents, causing it to capsize over time. The surface has a transparent side that reflects the stars. He was noticed too late. The order was to reverse, but it took a long time to restart the huge propellers. Water quickly filled the internal compartments of the ship. As a result, 2.5 hours after the collision, the ship broke apart and sank at an incredible speed of 40 km/h. The impact on the ground was so strong that fragments of the hull were scattered over a radius of 600 m.

Hundreds of people swam in the icy water. Some passengers died immediately, others slowly died from hypothermia. As a result, out of 2224 passengers and crew members, 729 survived.

More than 100 years have passed since the sinking of the Titanic, and people are talking about it again. The Titanic 2 project has now been developed. By order of Australian billionaire Clive Palmer, a twin ship is already being built in China. The designers made only a few changes to the shape of the hull in accordance with modern safety standards. Otherwise, it will be an exact copy of the previous liner. It is expected to set off on its maiden voyage in 2016 along the same route as the Titanic. The author of the project is not superstitious and says that this time there will be enough lifeboats for everyone. By the way, 100 thousand people have already registered on the Internet to buy a ticket for Titanic No. 2.

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 it seems to have a 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 poking their noses into chic 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 there should be enough to spare. 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, they try not to name new ships after shipwrecked ships.

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 we are waiting for a 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 who wish to make the trip will be able to become passengers of the Titanic. trip around the world on a cruise ship.

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.

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 cruise company Blue Star Line, 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 engines 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. Changes were repeatedly made to the project in order to save and optimize the budget, trying to maintain the status of the Titanic as " largest airliner in the world" with a capacity of 2600 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 replica of the original, will become the main attraction 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 the recreation of the liner was his old dream, and therefore Titanic II will not just be 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. Only in 2017 Supreme Court West of England 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 the 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

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