The new ship will have a gross tonnage GT of 56, while the original ship measured about 46, gross register tons GRT. The concept of a functioning replica of the Titanic has been explored several times, especially following the resurgence of interest following the release of James Cameron 's film in The most widely publicized project was that of South African businessman Sarel Gous in In November , he began his attempts to raise capital, including through government grants and a stock market flotation.

Clive Palmer first announced the project in a press conference on 30 April , [16] following the signature of a memorandum of understanding with state-owned Chinese shipyard CSC Jinling ten days before. In October , Blue Star Line announced that Titanic expert Steve Hall had been appointed as Design Consultant and Historian for the project, [21] and that Titanic interiors expert Daniel Klistorner had been appointed as Interior Design Consultant and Historian. The Ship Magnificent and Titanic in Photographs , and gave a technical presentation at the unveiling of the designs in New York, as well as at the dinner in London.

Bruce Ismay , will be a member of the board, [23] as well as Helen Benziger, great-granddaughter of Titanic survivor Margaret "Molly" Brown. The gala event in New York was the official Global Launch and was held aboard the USS Intrepid in New York City on 26 February On 16 April it was announced that Deltamarin had been contracted for the project development phase, and would be responsible for coordinating the various parties involved in the project, including the shipyard, architects, interior designers and operations managers.

The signature of a contract and keel laying was expected in March Further contracts and agreements relating to the design and construction were announced later in ; the appointment of V.

Titanic II interiors unveiled

Ships Leisure as ship management services partner, [30] and of Tillberg Design as provider of architectural and interior design services. Model testing using a 9.

In an interview in February , Palmer claimed that keel laying would take place in September He cautioned that the project was "a big job", that the original Titanic took seven years to build while they have been working for only two and a half, and said that he would have liked to start sooner but "wanted to make sure we don't make any mistakes".

He claimed that a selection of cabins were being constructed on land for approval, and that this would be completed by July At that time the administrators indicated that they would seek to recover this money.

The gross tonnage of the replica will be 56, GT, considerably more than that of the original. The ship is designed to be as similar in internal and external appearance to the Titanic as possible.

However, today's safety regulations and economic considerations dictated several major changes to the design, including:.

For economic reasons, the steam engines and coal-fired boilers of the original Titanic were replaced with a modern diesel-electric propulsion system. The space which housed the boilers would have been used for crew quarters and ships systems. The interior of the ship was intended to be as similar as possible to the original.

Tillberg Design of Sweden was contracted to produce drawings replicating Titanic's original interiors. However, the original wooden panelling does not conform to modern fire regulations, so as in Queen Mary 2 , veneers would have had to be used. Plans showed a layout broadly similar to the original, but with the third-class cabins modernised, and consideration being given to en-suite cabins throughout the ship.

The Titanic II represents the first major passenger vessel constructed in China, a country with much more experience of building cargo ships than cruise ships, and a significant investment would have been required to ensure it met the much more stringent safety requirements for passenger vessels.

The Chinese state-owned CSC Jinling shipyard has never built a large passenger vessel. Representatives from the shipyard questioned whether the ship could be completed by , and emphasized that no contract had been signed. Clive Palmer has been described as an "eccentric billionaire" with a reputation for bizarre publicity stunts, such as the attempt to create a massive Jurassic Park style dinosaur theme park at his golf resort. The idea of a commercialised replica of the Titanic has itself been criticised, being described as "insensitive" and "a mockery of the memory of those who died".

Palmer's alleged use of funds drawn from Queensland Nickel for the Titanic II project was criticised by the administrators appointed for that company after it closed.

In their April report, the administrators stated that payments from Queensland Nickel to Blue Star Line had been "uncommercial and director-related transactions". When the project was first announced in , Palmer claimed that construction would begin before the end of the year, with a launch. The following year reports emerged that Clive Palmer was experiencing financial difficulties.

Blue Star Line made no updates to their official web site after May of when it announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding which commonly precedes a contract with AVIC Kaixin Beijing Ship Industry Co Ltd. AVIC was to "represent Blue Star Line in the promotion of the Titanic II project and coordination of Titanic II sponsors from mainland China.

Clive Palmer's project should not be confused with a Chinese Titanic replica ship which had its keel laying on November 29, Commissioned by Seven Star Energy Investment, it is to function as a theme park attraction and a stationary floating hotel on the River Qi in Sichuan.

Unlike Palmer's Titanic II , the all-Chinese replica is not intended to sail on any ocean but will be permanently docked within a reservoir. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This article is about the Clive Palmer project. For the disaster film, see Titanic II film. For the Titanic replica ship under construction in Sichuan, see Titanic replica Sichuan, China. However, as one register ton is equal to cubic feet 2.

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