Blue Star to build Titanic II.....in China

[kach22i]

Clive Palmer plans to build Titanic II
Clive Palmer plans to build Titanic II

Mr Palmer said his new company Blue Star Line Pty Ltd had commissioned the state-owned Chinese company CSC Jinling Shipyard to build a near replica of the ill-fated Titanic. The cost is unknown.

Read more: Clive Palmer plans to build Titanic II

Oh great, and it's to be made in China..............what could possibly go wrong?


The Titanic. Photo: AP

[targa911S]

gotta have a better ending than the original i would think.

[stomachmonkey]

Mr Palmer said the rebuild was a tribute to the spirit of the men and women who constructed the original Titanic.

"These people produced work that is still marvelled at more than 100 years later and we want that spirit to go on for another 100 years," he said.

Then he should be building the thing in Belfast. They could use the work.

[ckissick]

I wonder how many life boats it will have.

[kach22i]

Originally Posted by ckissick

I wonder how many MADE IN CHINA life boats it will have.

Fixed it for you.

[targa911S]

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

[I]
Then he should be building the thing in Belfast. They could use the work.

+1 on that!

[sc_rufctr]

Proves the saying... Money can't buy good taste.

So what's the point? To cash in on a tragic event. And he's an Aussie!

[island911]

But this time, the hull will have a secret, high-tech, weapon against random icebergs - an array of caster wheels.







ducking.

[asphaltgambler]

......an EXACT copy........right down to the rivets!!

[island911]

Well, we do now know (map) ice flows.

Capt Edward Smith didn't have all the nav and info tech of today.

[944Larry]

Originally Posted by asphaltgambler

......an EXACT copy........right down to the rivets!!

I read somewhere it was to be welded and use Diesel power. I imagine riveting is a lost art nowadays.

[rob justice]

It there not enough Chinese crap floating around already?

[J P Stein]

Originally Posted by rob justice

It there not enough Chinese crap floating around already?

+100000

With zero quality control in place.
"Step right up & take your chances, ladies & gentlemen".

[red-beard]

What are the ship building regulations today in the Western Countries?

I know that the Jones act has serious implications here! We cannot ship LNG from the mainland to Puerto Rico unless a US Flagged, US built ship does it...

[vash]

Originally Posted by rob justice

It there not enough Chinese crap floating around already?

hell, i just floated one.

i think they should retire then name "titantic". why invite irony?

[osidak]

must be a fan of this massive turd of a film

Titanic II (Video 2010) - IMDb

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by J P Stein

With zero quality control in place.
"Step right up & take your chances, ladies & gentlemen".

Hold on there, Cowboy. I have gotten almost a year out of some of my Harbor Freight tools.

[EarlyPorsche]

Well it will certainly have a higher lead content than if anyone else made it. They sure love sprinkling on a little lead whenever possible.

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by sc_rufctr

Proves the saying... Money can't buy good taste.

Perhaps the Titanic II could dock in Pearl Harbor and throw a big party on the USS Arizona Monument.

[Schumi]

I have to admit, the Titanic lost a lot of it's grandeur when I saw the Queen Mary... then found out the Queen Mary is actually bigger.

When I was in gradeschool, it was always made out that the Titanic was some ridiculously huge ship...

A modern cruise ship is bigger.