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Author:  l3v1ck [ Mon Apr 30, 2012 8:33 am ]
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News CLICKY
Quote:
Clive Palmer, one of Australia's richest men, has commissioned a Chinese state-owned company to build a 21st Century version of the Titanic.

The mining billionaire told Australian media that construction will start at the end of next year.

It would be ready to set sail in 2016.

The plan, he added, is for the vessel to be as similar as possible to the original Titanic in design and specifications, but with modern technology.

The mind boggles.
Author:  belchingmatt [ Mon Apr 30, 2012 8:45 am ]
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There is a good reason ships aren't built in the typical Edwardian style today. Full height bulkheads is a given, but as soon as you put in a bulbous bow and flared bow then it ceases to be in the correct style, and you would be mad not to.
Author:  paulzolo [ Mon Apr 30, 2012 8:51 am ]
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The Titanic is a different class of ship to the modern ships anyway. Titanic was definitely not a cruise ship. It was designed to get people across the Atlantic quickly in an era before flight.

Anyway, you have to admire his unfaltering logic when questioned by journalists about it:

Quote:
"Of course it will sink if you put a hole in it,'' Mr Palmer said in response to questions from reporters on whether the Titanic replica would sink.


Mind you, I don’t think anyone made the claim that the Titanic was unsinkable in the first place. I believe that was a conceit introduced in various movies telling the story after the incident.
Author:  ShockWaffle [ Mon Apr 30, 2012 10:09 am ]
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There may be a little creative license involved in this venture. I imagine there would be little point recreating the 3rd class / steerage accommodation to compete with Ryan Air.
Author:  l3v1ck [ Mon Apr 30, 2012 4:07 pm ]
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Ryan Air aren't transatlantic yet ;) :lol:
Author:  belchingmatt [ Mon Apr 30, 2012 5:12 pm ]
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Ryanair are fine for up to three hours, anything longer would be complete torture.
Author:  timark_uk [ Mon Apr 30, 2012 6:11 pm ]
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SyFy'll be pleased.

Mark
Author:  TheFrenchun [ Tue May 01, 2012 8:45 pm ]
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timark_uk wrote:
SyFy'll be pleased.

Mark

I haven't seen poseidon adventure for a while...
Author:  JJW009 [ Tue May 01, 2012 9:01 pm ]
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TheFrenchun wrote:
I haven't seen poseidon adventure for a while...

I had to beg not to watch it while staying at a friends house on the anniversary - it was on more than one channel :lol:
Author:  timark_uk [ Wed May 02, 2012 7:47 am ]
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TheFrenchun wrote:
timark_uk wrote:
SyFy'll be pleased.

Mark

I haven't seen poseidon adventure for a while...
I was being sarcastic. There's already a film called Titanic 2.

Mark
Author:  paulzolo [ Wed May 02, 2012 8:41 am ]
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JJW009 wrote:
TheFrenchun wrote:
I haven't seen poseidon adventure for a while...

I had to beg not to watch it while staying at a friends house on the anniversary - it was on more than one channel :lol:


There are about three versions of it now.
Author:  brataccas [ Wed May 02, 2012 8:13 pm ]
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first titanic IIRC was made right before WW1, if titanic hadnt hit an iceberg it would of probably been sunk anyway by German submarines. in WW1 german submarines blew up quite a few neutral american cruise ships, if they saw titanic a big juice target could they resist it? and so easy to hit too
Author:  tombolt [ Wed May 02, 2012 8:53 pm ]
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brataccas wrote:
first titanic IIRC was made right before WW1, if titanic hadnt hit an iceberg it would of probably been sunk anyway by German submarines. in WW1 german submarines blew up quite a few neutral american cruise ships, if they saw titanic a big juice target could they resist it? and so easy to hit too


50/50 I'd say.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMHS_Britannic

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Olympic
Author:  l3v1ck [ Thu May 03, 2012 7:16 am ]
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I felt sorry for that nurse who was on the Titanic and the Britannic when they sank.
Author:  belchingmatt [ Thu May 03, 2012 7:23 am ]
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That reminds me of the Japanese man who survived the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.
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