China to build Titanic II

A full-size working replica of the Titanic is to be built in China following an historic agreement between an Australian entrepreneur and a Chinese shipyard who are poised to sign a deal. The ship is expected to be finished in 2016 and will make a journey to the UK and then from Southampton to New York replicating the original voyage.

What do you think? Does it sound crazy? 

http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/titanic-ii-constructed-china-164427096.html

I think the idea is just plain awesome. I hope they build it right though. It's not easy to build a ship 2 times bigger than the Titanic.

Hopefully they don't build it exactly, like it or it'll suffer from the same flaws as the original. I Wonder the extent of safety measure's they are taking for it.

an historic agreement between an Australian entrepreneur and a Chinese shipyard who are poised to sign a dealseanmcloughlin

If they build the ship like their products (especially their vehicles), I wouldn't count on it faring any better than the first.

I hope they have enough lifeboats this time...PernicioEnigma

Hooray for global warming. Less threat of ice, more threats of another Triumph.

Surprised no one has linked this yet. :P

Surprised no one has linked this yet. :P

Samurai_Xavier

:lol:

I can see it sinking already...ShadowsDemon

It'll have a ginat "Made in China" logo on the back :P

[QUOTE="ShadowsDemon"]I can see it sinking already...seanmcloughlin

It'll have a ginat "Made in China" logo on the back :P

this will end well.

Hopefully they don't build it exactly, like it or it'll suffer from the same flaws as the original. I Wonder the extent of safety measure's they are taking for it.

TwistedShade

Because it worked SO well the last time!

Im saving up money for the tickets. hopefully my g/f come a long.. and hopefully we won't end up in a cold water this time.

I guess they didn't hear of what happened to the Titanic.. either that or they will put cameras all over the ship and turn it into a reality tv show.. be interesting when it hits the iceburg. Rattlesnake_8

People expecticing the same thing to happen to this one are ignorant of the differing conditions between 1912 and now. In fact international maritime laws in place now pretty much guarantee that what happened with the original Titanic couldn't happen again.

Thee have been bigger and badder ships since the Titanic................ so whats the point?Nengo_Flow

Thee have been bigger and badder ships since the Titanic................ so whats the point?Nengo_Flow

Didn't some European or American guy want to do the exact same thing and take it along the same historic path?  Either way, I approve, I'd like to see that

[QUOTE="Nengo_Flow"]Thee have been bigger and badder ships since the Titanic................ so whats the point?Pirate700

I've been inside some fully recreated rooms of the Titanic that even uses some original artifacts, and while we have bigger and better ships, there's nothing that compares to the sheer feeling of wealth and luxury of the titanic's stuff.

Some pics I took:

Original deck chair :P

[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

[QUOTE="Nengo_Flow"]Thee have been bigger and badder ships since the Titanic................ so whats the point?wis3boi

I've been inside some fully recreated rooms of the Titanic that even uses some original artifacts, and while we have bigger and better ships, there's nothing that compares to the sheer feeling of wealth and luxury of the titanic's stuff.

Some pics I took:

Didn't some European or American guy want to do the exact same thing and take it along the same historic path?  Either way, I approve, I'd like to see that

wis3boi

Same guy I believe, only now he has some real actual backing i guess.

[QUOTE="wis3boi"]

Didn't some European or American guy want to do the exact same thing and take it along the same historic path?  Either way, I approve, I'd like to see that

worlock77

Same guy I believe, only now he has some real actual backing i guess.

Ah cool, well good luck to him then :P

I hope they have enough lifeboats this time...PernicioEnigma

If they build the ship like their products (especially their vehicles), I wouldn't count on it faring any better than the first.

Pirate700

you know, there's a economic reason the goods china builds are of low-quality...they could very well build something of high-quality if they wanted to

anyway, i think it would be cool to go on that replication voyage, but i image the tickets will be hella expensive

[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

[QUOTE="Nengo_Flow"]Thee have been bigger and badder ships since the Titanic................ so whats the point?wis3boi

I've been inside some fully recreated rooms of the Titanic that even uses some original artifacts, and while we have bigger and better ships, there's nothing that compares to the sheer feeling of wealth and luxury of the titanic's stuff.

Some pics I took:

Original deck chair :P

Will it sink as well?

China built ?  Has even more a chance of disaster than the last Titanic.

Bad idea. It's going to get a lot less customers due to the name alone.

A full-size working replica of the Titanic is to be built in China following an historic agreement between an Australian entrepreneur and a Chinese shipyard who are poised to sign a deal. The ship is expected to be finished in 2016 and will make a journey to the UK and then from Southampton to New York replicating the original voyage.

What do you think? Does it sound crazy? 

http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/titanic-ii-constructed-china-164427096.html

seanmcloughlin

Iceburg straight ahead! This time I hope theres no movie lol. Because it would be asians in it!

[QUOTE="ShadowsDemon"]I can see it sinking already...seanmcloughlin

It'll have a ginat "Made in China" logo on the back :P

I hope I' ll be able to purchase a ticket for that voyage. It' d be awesome to do the same one as those people that witnessed its sinking first-hand.

They should also replicate a giant iceberg that can't be avoided.gamah_killah

This almost comes across as poor taste. Its sort of cashing in on such a tradergy and loss of life. Nothing about the titanic is grand except the size of it. Even how it was built, it suffered from poor/cheap construction as well.

Sure it would be cool to see a replica made but the fact its going to do the same journey etc there just seems to be little respect for the people who lost their lives and in the manner they did.

This almost comes across as poor taste. Its sort of cashing in on such a tradergy and loss of life. Nothing about the titanic is grand except the size of it. Even how it was built, it suffered from poor/cheap construction as well.

 

Sure it would be cool to see a replica made but the fact its going to do the same journey etc there just seems to be little respect for the people who lost their lives and in the manner they did.

o0squishy0o

[QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]an historic agreement between an Australian entrepreneur and a Chinese shipyard who are poised to sign a dealMrPraline

Well the problem with the original Titanic was that it crashed into an iceburg. As long as they don't do that it will be fine.

You shouldn't really crash any ship into iceburgs.

They should also replicate a giant iceberg that can't be avoided.gamah_killah

Well it could have been avoided if the captain hadn't basically responded to the warning of iceburgs with "Iceburgs you say? Full speed ahead then!".