Pokey
Posted 06 April 2013 - 12:20 AM
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Originally revealed last year after the 100th Anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, there have plans to re-build the Titanic with some modernization. Clive Palmer, an Australian Billionaire, is the one funding the operation.
This ship will be built in China and set sail to Southampton, England for its maiden voyage.
This video will detail everything about it:
I will be going to New York City and watching as it arrives in port.
Pokey
Posted 06 April 2013 - 01:00 AM
Because you know, rich Australian folk actually do exist.
Yeah, I'm amazed as you are.
That's not why I'm surprised that you Aussie's are rich. I just wonder how you guys get rich. Kangaroo races?
Will you be riding this magnificent ship?
Edited by Dragon, 06 April 2013 - 01:05 AM.
Pokémon Trainer
Posted 06 April 2013 - 02:07 AM
I'm so happy this is happening it gives a chance for the Titanic to finish the voyage it never got to finish, alot of the relatives of the people who were on the original feel that way too. Here's a fun little fact the original was supoosed to be in commission for six years and then it would have been put in a museum, this one from what I've heard will finish the maiden voyage and then go to a museum. The only thing I don't agree with is this one bieng built in China for the cheap labour, IT SHOULD be built in Belfast where the first one was, the ship yard the original Titanic was built in is still there.
Pokey
Posted 06 April 2013 - 02:12 AM
I'm so happy this is happening it gives a chance for the Titanic to finish the voyage it never got to finish, alot of the relatives of the people who were on the original feel that way too. Here's a fun little fact the original was supoosed to be in commission for six years and then it would have been put in a museum, this one from what I've heard will finish the maiden voyage and then go to a museum. The only thing I don't agree with is this one bieng built in China for the cheap labour, IT SHOULD be built in Belfast where the first one was, the ship yard the original Titanic was built in is still there.
Yeah, I don't agree with them building it in China. But the company who built the original ships (Harland & Wolff) do not build anymore. Their ship yard is basically a giant museum.
Here is the dry dock where the Titanic, Olympic & Britannic once set:
The dry dock is the place where they put those gigantic propellers on:
Pokémon Trainer
Posted 06 April 2013 - 02:15 AM
Oh yeah I know that Dragon, but you know this is a very special occasion, you would think an exception could be made, I mean that's where she came from, it's where she should be built again 
Pokey
Posted 06 April 2013 - 02:17 AM
Oh yeah I know that Dragon, but you know this is a very special occasion, you would think an exception could be made, I mean that's where she came from, it's where she should be built again
China is definitely a horrible choice. They could have at least used a Finnish ship builder. A lot of modern ships are made in Finland.
I plan to eventually go to Belfast just to see the old dry dock and museum. Titanic and her sisters are a great piece of history. If only I had the money to go deep sea diving into the Britannic....
Pokémon Trainer
Posted 06 April 2013 - 02:32 AM
I want to go on it so badly, apparantly for one night during the Titanic II's maiden voyage they will be stopping over where the original sank in memorial, that will be a very sad and happy moment all at once I think, many flowers will be thrown overboard then I think.
Pokey
Posted 06 April 2013 - 02:39 AM
I want to go on it so badly, apparantly for one night during the Titanic II's maiden voyage they will be stopping over where the original sank in memorial, that will be a very sad and happy moment all at once I think, many flowers will be thrown overboard then I think.
Amazing. I couldn't imagine how sad it will be when that happens. The Titanic never would have sunk if it could have turned better or hit the iceberg head on.
Thankfully, due to the modern technology, the chances of hitting an iceberg with the new one are very slim. So a disaster like this will probably never happen again. The Azipod propellers help with the turning A LOT.
Cheep-Cheep
Posted 06 April 2013 - 02:43 AM
So I guess this ship is unsinkable like the last one?
If you guys want to ride it that's fine, but I'm personally staying far away from anything named 'Titanic'. It's a decision I made a while back.
If you think Smogon ban stuff
"Just because they can't beat it"
You clearly don't play OU
You clearly have no knowledge of the metagame
And you clearly don't deserve to have an opinion.
Pokey
Posted 06 April 2013 - 02:49 AM
So I guess this ship is unsinkable like the last one?
If you guys want to ride it that's fine, but I'm personally staying far away from anything named 'Titanic'. It's a decision I made a while back.
No ship is unsinkable. But this ship is much safer than the original.
Pokémon Trainer
Posted 06 April 2013 - 02:54 AM
Yeah also there arn't as many Iceburgs in the Atlantic these days thank's to global warming.
Koppai's Best
Posted 06 April 2013 - 03:46 AM
That's pretty cool, I would like to see it and maybe have a look around. Heck, I'm not sailing in it though!
Hi, my name is Alph. I live on a planet named Koppai. I am famous for saving my planet from starvation. My best friends are Brittany and Captain Olimar, NOT Captain Charlie. I like surfing the KopNet and playing Kopetball.
Pokey
Posted 06 April 2013 - 03:56 AM
That's pretty cool, I would like to see it and maybe have a look around. Heck, I'm not sailing in it though!
Why not?
Koppai's Best
Posted 06 April 2013 - 03:57 AM
Why not?
It was just a joke because the other one sank!
Hi, my name is Alph. I live on a planet named Koppai. I am famous for saving my planet from starvation. My best friends are Brittany and Captain Olimar, NOT Captain Charlie. I like surfing the KopNet and playing Kopetball.
Boo
Posted 06 April 2013 - 07:00 AM
I'm such a huge Titanic fan! I have read hundreds of books, seen tons of documentaries,I've been to the titanic traveling museum not once, but twice in the same week, and I've built a model of the ship! I would give anything to see this in real life or even better, be on that maiden voyage!
Edited by meitantei_conan, 06 April 2013 - 07:56 AM.
Special Product
Posted 06 April 2013 - 07:25 AM
I'm such a huge Titanic fan! I have read hundreds of books, seen tons of documentaries,I've been the to titanic traveling museum not once, but twice in the same week, and I've built a model of the ship! I would give anything to see this in real life or even better, be on that maiden voyage!
I had a Titanic model to build once, I was like 5 years old and there was over 100 parts, I had no idea what i was doing.
Boo
Posted 06 April 2013 - 07:59 AM
I had a Titanic model to build once, I was like 5 years old and there was over 100 parts, I had no idea what i was doing.
My model is medium sized, even then it was very hard putting in the tiny little pieces. luckily my model kit came with instructions. XD
Cheetah
Posted 06 April 2013 - 11:30 AM
I find the story of RMS Titanic to be one of the most boring in the world.
I find the story of the RRS Discovery much more interesting
It was built, and remains in, my hometown Dundee. It carried Captain Scott and his crew to antarctica for the Discovery Expedition in 1901.
Titanic was just leisure ship that sank.
Edited by Hunter, 06 April 2013 - 11:33 AM.
Boo
Posted 06 April 2013 - 12:42 PM
I would probably get on just to walk around it... and then get straight off. Crusies are not my thing. Too many people. Too much can go wrong aside from sinking.
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