The TITANIC will again sail the waters in 2022… Doing the same route!
More specifically, a replica of the ship that sank in 1912, but with improvements and advanced technology so that the tragedy does not recur again. Will the project finally come out?
Many call it a bad joke, a smoke bomb from a lunatic who seeks fame for achieving something that has no reason to be. and is that returning to life one of the best known boats in history (with all the bad luck he had on his maiden voyage) to repeat the same route, seems tempting to luck. But the chances are increasing that the Titanic, in the form of a replica, will be furrowing the waters in just 4 years.
The Blue Star Line cruise Company, with its director at the head, the Australian tycoon Clive Palmer at the head, has since 2013 turning to the idea, but the lack of funding has been stopped this project for 5 years and seems to be delayed a little more. But a succulent investment has returned the desire to carry it forward and that in 2022, the Titanic II sail for two weeks from Dubai, passing through Southapton and to New York (a route practically traced from the original). Yes, before they have to make an important investment: 500 million dollars.
Illustration of Titanic
The replica will be 21% larger than the original and will have 10,000 tons more gross record, up to 56,000.
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The luxury of detail with which they want to equip the new boat will be such that the idea is that both on the outside and inside is an exact copy in the vintage aesthetics of the halls, the dining rooms, the used crockery, the cabins to even the halls of play and fun with The passengers entertained during the voyage. In principle, it will have 835 cabins, which implies a capacity of 1,670 passengers in them, but they assure that they will be able to travel a maximum of 2,400 people more the crew (900), so it is understood that the number of bunk beds will be ample.
Here you can see the most important technical specifications of the ship: it will have a gross record of 56,000 tons, 10,000 more than the original, which implies that it is 21% larger. But we understand that it will have to do with the materials used, which will be 4 meters wider and that have at least 2 more covers. Safety will also be important: there will be more boats and an advanced navigation system of our own time. We don’t think they want the tragedy to shake the boat twice.
What do the experts think?
The industry has always had a lot of doubts that this ship could get ahead, but it seems that finally the liner has found a shipyard where to begin to be built. It will be the CSC Jinling company that manufactures it in Nanjin (China). Is this another ploy by Palmer to draw the attention of stakeholders after years without showing any progress? For Felix Gonzalez, director of the Web specialized in the sector, Infocruceros, “It is a product that can work a time, based on the expectations and the option of living a vintage experience, but in the long term would be an uncomfortable and undesirable boat “.
If you have had the opportunity to see the video, you will surely be asked questions. To Gonzalez a few: “I have many doubts as to how I can provide the fun and comforts that they expect today. For example, in the images you see replicas of the facilities that not everyone is willing to accept: a tiny pool for a few, a third dining room where people will eat on running tables, third bunks with single berths instead of Marriage… who will want to go in this class? ”
Like him, we also raise questions: will all passengers be able to move on the boat at will? If you have paid a stateroom in third, will not be able to go to first or to cover? Will people have to go in disguise from the time? We will see how long the joke to the tycoon, but as Gonzalez pointed out, “Until we see images of the cut of the first sheet, we can not trust the project to 100% “.
