Yocha News- Titanic replica creation plan enters a new phase. Having revealed luxury features in it, word got out that the construction has made China-based company.
Titanic II is being built at CSC Jinling Shipyard Company in Nanjing, China. Making funded by wealthy businessman, Clive Palmer.
These vessels will take approximately three years of manufacture, and constructed with dimensions similar to the Titanic. Will reach 270 meters in length, 53 meters high, and weighs 40 thousand tons.
Titanic II will have a nine-floor, 840 cabins and can accommodate 2,400 passengers and 900 crew. Facilities in it, such as Turkish-style showers, a swimming pool, gym, and so on.
The exterior is made similar to its predecessor ship, but experts manufacturer will incorporate the latest technology in machinery and electronic devices are included. This ship also apply classification passengers, first class, second, and third on ticket prices later.
"It is difficult to make a replica luxury liner, but Jinling Shipyard has a history of 60 years of making various types of high quality boats," said Ge Biao, director of Jinling Shipyard, told Xinhua, as quoted from Dailymail, Tuesday.
Titanic II is expected to conduct inaugural voyage from Southampton to New York in 2016 along the route through which the Titanic. "The ship will be equipped replica of advanced technologies, including a system of passenger rescue and communication systems in order to meet the requirements of modern navigation on the company," said a spokeswoman for CSC Jinling Shipyard Company, Li Wenbao.
The company reportedly has been flooded with inquiries from prospective passengers. Tickets inaugural voyage itself offered up to $ 1 million (640 thousand pounds).
Original Titanic set sail from Southampton on 10 April 1912, and is predicted to be sunk as an advanced cruise ship at the time. But in fact, the Titanic hit an iceberg in the Atlantic on 14 April 1912 and sank the next day, killing 1517 passengers and crew members. The idea itself is made from the Titanic replica of last year when the Titanic sinking centenary.