New Titanic II liner will be so successful a THIRD Titanic may be built says magnate (From Daily Echo)
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New Titanic II liner will be so successful a THIRD Titanic may be built says magnate
10:00am Saturday 2nd March 2013 in News
Titanic II
The billionaire building Titanic II, an exact replica of the ill-fated liner, said the vessel will be a living memorial to hundreds of Southampton crew members who died in the disaster.
Australian mining magnate, Professor Clive Palmer, who is constructing a full-size copy of the ship which sank after striking an iceberg in 1912, said the new vessel will remember nearly 550 seafarers from Southampton who drowned in the Atlantic.
“This magnificent vessel is to be constructed in memory of the heroic people who served on the ship, the passengers who sadly shared their fate and all those that survived the tragedy,” said Professor Palmer speaking in London today (SATURDAY).
“Through the rebuilding of the ship I want to recognize the artists and artisans whose skill, creativity and dexterity has never to this day been fully acknowledged because of the ship’s limited service.”
Titanic II, which will be built in China, is promised to be as equally luxurious as the original White Star Line ship of more than 100 years ago.
Professor Palmer, who would not be drawn on how much it will cost to build the new vessel, said “the Titanic was a ship of dreams” and “Titanic II will be the ship where dreams come true”.
The industrialist added that he had received an overwhelming response from prospective passengers who want to travel on Titanic II.
He predicted that the ship will be so successful that he will “have to build Titanic III”.
According to Professor Palmer, Titanic II will be 883 feet long and weigh 55,800 gross tons, while the original vessel was one foot shorter, and about 9,000 tons less.
She will carry a maximum of 2,435 passengers and 900 crew members, almost the same as the first Titanic, and include a gymnasium, Turkish baths, a squash court, a swimming pool, a theatre and a casino.
Titanic II first voyage is scheduled for 2016 and will be from Shanghai, China to Southampton, and then on to New York.
Comments(24)
skeptik
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10:32am Sat 2 Mar 13
vag
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10:41am Sat 2 Mar 13
thomasupton
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10:45am Sat 2 Mar 13
southy
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11:06am Sat 2 Mar 13
thomasupton wrote:As the sea fog comes rolling in
Be amazing to see her coming up Southampton water.
saintsfanfairoak
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11:19am Sat 2 Mar 13
The ship always having a minute silence before she sails for example.
in time she will be the most famous ship in the world and something to be proud of.
beesdee
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11:20am Sat 2 Mar 13
Frank28
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11:25am Sat 2 Mar 13
OSPREYSAINT
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11:32am Sat 2 Mar 13
SaintsBTGOG wrote:What exactly is your problem here? I would rather it was seen as a Memorial and can be used to remember the acts of herosim by the ships crew and other rescuers, it doesn't have to be morbid, not something to be villified, there are no living survivors, it is remembering an event of the previous Century, I do not understand this sanctimonious attitude, please explain so that I can work out whta the problem is here.
Utter disgrace and insult to the dead. I hope Southampton council and ABP ban this idiots sick boat from anywhere near our port.
talbot
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2:49pm Sat 2 Mar 13
SaintsBTGOG
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5:18pm Sat 2 Mar 13
OSPREYSAINT wrote:Building a replica of a ship that 1500 people died on is a great idea.
SaintsBTGOG wrote:What exactly is your problem here? I would rather it was seen as a Memorial and can be used to remember the acts of herosim by the ships crew and other rescuers, it doesn't have to be morbid, not something to be villified, there are no living survivors, it is remembering an event of the previous Century, I do not understand this sanctimonious attitude, please explain so that I can work out whta the problem is here.
Utter disgrace and insult to the dead. I hope Southampton council and ABP ban this idiots sick boat from anywhere near our port.
It's nothing more than commercially cashing in on a disaster.
Torchie1
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7:06pm Sat 2 Mar 13
SaintsBTGOG wrote:A lot more people have departed this world in cars, coaches, trains, planes and bicycles but someone keeps making more of those.
OSPREYSAINT wrote:Building a replica of a ship that 1500 people died on is a great idea.
SaintsBTGOG wrote:What exactly is your problem here? I would rather it was seen as a Memorial and can be used to remember the acts of herosim by the ships crew and other rescuers, it doesn't have to be morbid, not something to be villified, there are no living survivors, it is remembering an event of the previous Century, I do not understand this sanctimonious attitude, please explain so that I can work out whta the problem is here.
Utter disgrace and insult to the dead. I hope Southampton council and ABP ban this idiots sick boat from anywhere near our port.
It's nothing more than commercially cashing in on a disaster.
redsnapper
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7:12pm Sat 2 Mar 13
SaintsBTGOG wrote:Bizarre comment! No insult at all , why do all the local bores always drag up the negative vibes!!
Utter disgrace and insult to the dead. I hope Southampton council and ABP ban this idiots sick boat from anywhere near our port.
OSPREYSAINT
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8:16pm Sat 2 Mar 13
SaintsBTGOG wrote:Nope that doesn't explain anything try again.
OSPREYSAINT wrote:Building a replica of a ship that 1500 people died on is a great idea.
SaintsBTGOG wrote:What exactly is your problem here? I would rather it was seen as a Memorial and can be used to remember the acts of herosim by the ships crew and other rescuers, it doesn't have to be morbid, not something to be villified, there are no living survivors, it is remembering an event of the previous Century, I do not understand this sanctimonious attitude, please explain so that I can work out whta the problem is here.
Utter disgrace and insult to the dead. I hope Southampton council and ABP ban this idiots sick boat from anywhere near our port.
It's nothing more than commercially cashing in on a disaster.
OSPREYSAINT
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8:18pm Sat 2 Mar 13
talbot wrote:Would someone kindly translate this into some semblance of a sentence?
well don mr clive palmer good DEMOCRACY I WILL BE BOOBING YOURS HASSAN BRIGHTON CITY OF SOUTH
snapperdownunder
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12:01am Sun 3 Mar 13
SaintsBTGOG wrote:Well said. I have a great deal of time for Aussies, but this one....!!
Utter disgrace and insult to the dead. I hope Southampton council and ABP ban this idiots sick boat from anywhere near our port.
AdamSFC
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10:58am Sun 3 Mar 13
jonone
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6:05pm Sun 3 Mar 13
SaintsBTGOG wrote:Assume you have directed similar thoughts at Boeing, given that they have continued to build the 747 after examples of the same have killed more people than the Titanic ever has? Or to Airbus who also continue to manufacture aircraft types that have killed people?
Utter disgrace and insult to the dead. I hope Southampton council and ABP ban this idiots sick boat from anywhere near our port.
Or perhaps Southampton's resident morons could accept that interest in the Titanic does NOT by default centre on the ship's fate, but rather the ship itself? Probably requires more than the handful of braincells needed to drag yourself down to the Job Centre and claim your job-dodger-payouts.
georgetheseventh
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6:54pm Sun 3 Mar 13
OSPREYSAINT wrote:Sick...sick...sick..
SaintsBTGOG wrote:What exactly is your problem here? I would rather it was seen as a Memorial and can be used to remember the acts of herosim by the ships crew and other rescuers, it doesn't have to be morbid, not something to be villified, there are no living survivors, it is remembering an event of the previous Century, I do not understand this sanctimonious attitude, please explain so that I can work out whta the problem is here.
Utter disgrace and insult to the dead. I hope Southampton council and ABP ban this idiots sick boat from anywhere near our port.
..it might have been better if even one plate had been welded here in the UK....there are plenty of relatives of 'survivors'.
One thing will spoil his maiden voyage..the ice cap has melted so much its unlikely he will spot many icebergs...it will most likely end up a floating hotel in New York..it wouldnt work in Ozz because hardly anyone goes there.
georgetheseventh
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7:01pm Sun 3 Mar 13
.sick....sick.
kingnotail
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8:29pm Sun 3 Mar 13
georgetheseventh wrote:101 years...stop feigning offence at something that could not possibly affect you.
AND...plenty of living relatives of casualties.....sick.
.sick....sick.
insane saint
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8:50pm Sun 3 Mar 13
101 years of hurt for my family, it may go to seeing some of it being released by seeing the titanic 2 appearing in Southampton.
RIP my family
kingnotail
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11:04pm Sun 3 Mar 13
insane saint wrote:God you people could even give scousers a run for their money when it comes to pointless sentimentality...
i for one as a relative of many that went down on the titanic, am very interested in this to see if it will work.
101 years of hurt for my family, it may go to seeing some of it being released by seeing the titanic 2 appearing in Southampton.
RIP my family
philiprhampton
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9:37am Sat 9 Mar 13
SaintsBTGOG says...
10:20am Sat 2 Mar 13