Titanic II will be built in China

Still remember the ambitions of Australia billionaire, Clive Palmer, who wants to build a replica of the legendary luxury liner, Titanic? It turns out he was serious, he unveiled the blueprints of the massive ship at a press conference at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum on Tuesday (February 26, 2013) and will begin construction in China and is ready to set sail early in 2016 by the same route, from Southampton, England, to New York City, USA and will have a crew of 900 people looking after its 2,435 passengers.

Computer generated image of the Titanic II. (Picture from: http://metro.co.uk/)

With four funnels and three classes of passenger travel, Titanic II will have some luxuries that were not available on Titanic I--a state-of-the-art hospital, a helicopter pad, and Wi-Fi and air-conditioning. Palmer convinced the ship was not going to repeat the failure of the original Titanic because it would successfully navigate the ocean. Palmer said: "The cabin passengers will have the exact same design, but there will be modern things like air-conditioning and other features are still under consideration, for example the internet in the ship,"

Titanic II’s Grand Staircase will look just like the old one if this computer image is anything to go by. (Picture from: http://metro.co.uk/)

Various 1920s-style clothing is also available and the boat (small boat) in an amount sufficient for all passengers. For fans of the James Cameron filmed "Titanic," the vessel will be designed so as to make passengers feel like playing in the film, but without having the end of the movie of course.

Australian billionaire Clive Palmer speaks during a news conference about his intention to build the Titanic II. (Picture from: http://metro.co.uk/)

Palmer will try not to boast in the project. "I'm not too superstitious... Anything will sink if you put a hole in it. I think it would be very cavalier to say it," he said during a press conference.

"This ship has so far had 40,000 people on our website for tickets, we’ve had 16 people that have offered to pay more than $750,000 to $1 million per cabin," said Clive Palmer who is the chairman of shipping company Blue Star Line.

Port side of the original Titanic.
(Picture from: http://www.titanicuniverse.com/)

Original Titanic ship sank due to hit the iceberg on 15 April 1912, killing 1,523 passengers and crews (jump to related article). The passengers can feel calm because the Finnish ship construction company that helped build the ship in China said the ship would be safest cruises in the world.

News of the Titanic II plan soon attracting attention on Twitter social media sites and make it a trending topic as follow,

Martin@MartinComedyy wrote, "Titanic II...is there going to be an Iceberg II?"

Andy Lassner‏@andylassner added, "Just heard about the billionaire who's building Titanic II that'll be ready in 2016. I'll be rushing to get my Hindenburg II done by 2015."

A handout photograph provided by Blue Star Line shows a computer generated image of the Titanic II's Gymnasium. (Picture from: http://metro.co.uk/)

Jared‏@ghero46 wrote, "I've got this weird, sinking feeling about the Titanic II being built."