I once heard that a company was going to construct another ship... Titanic 2. Is this true?

Question

I heard this when I was about ten. A few years after the movie came out. What I was told was that by now they should be finishing up the construction... IF it was true. And if it is... Where do I sign up?

Answer 1

Plenty of people have had the idea to do so, but nothing has happened to date.

Check out the link for what has happened to each proposal.

Answer 2

Timmzo, just out of curiosity why wouldn't you get on a newly developed Titanic 2 (if they are making it, I haven't heard anything about it).

1) They have better technology to test the ships durability.

2) They have better captains now that are trained for emergency situations.

3) Their are already many large ships traveling to every part of the globe.

4) We can learn from the mistakes of the first Titanic.

5) They are required to put enough life boats for everyone on the ship.

6) There is technology to immediently notify the coast guard if the ship is going down.

7) The coast guard is highly equipped with the most advanced rescue equipment.

I would definitely try and be a passenger on that ship.

Answer 3

Despite your wish to "sign up", I don't believe that any company would want to build a ship and name it "Titanic 2". Might not be too great for business?

However, what you may have heard (or perhaps mis-heard) is that Titanic actually had two sister ships, built essentially as she had been. They were the Olympic and the Britannic

Here is a quote from http://www.titanic-whitestarships.com/Olympic_1911.htm

that tells about the Olympic:
"Olympic's keel was first laid at Harland and Wollf Shipbuilders, Belfast Ireland in 1908. Olympic was the first of a new class of liners. "Oly" as she was affectionately nicknamed, had the most successful career of the 3 sisters (Olympic, Titanic and Britannic) the other two sinking in peacetime and wartime. Her first taste of wartime service (WWI) came while still making commercial voyages. In October of 1914, Olympic happened upon the sinking British battleship Audacious and conducted a daring at-sea rescue. Olympic later served as a troop ship carrying Canadians to the war front. It was during this service that Olympic obtained her nickname "Old Reliable," for her trustworthy service on these troop carrying voyages.

Olympic’s most notable achievement during the war was the ramming and sinking of of the German submarine U-103 on May 12, 1918. Olympic was the only merchant ship to sink an enemy warship during the war. Korvettenkapitän Claus Rücker, commander of the 9-month old U-103, had unsuccessfully fired two torpedo's at Olympic just missing her port bow. In what some historians consider a foolish maneuver, Olympic turned around and rammed the u-boat sinking her and killing the crew. It is believed that Olympic could have easily outrun the u-boat on a zigzag course and not have risked the lives of the thousands on board.

Refitted and converted to oil fuel, Olympic returned to service in July of 1920, . With Britannic's sinking during the war, Olympic became the last remaining ship of the original Olympic Class trio of liners envisioned by WSL chairman Bruce Ismay.

After 24 years of incredible service, Olympic was sold in 1935 for $500,000 for scrapping and salvage. Her luxurious fittings were removed and sold and can be found today in various hotels, pubs and restaurants around the world. A few Olympic pieces can be found occasionally on the Internet at auction on eBay."

And here is a quote from http://www.titanicandco.com/britannic.html

that tells you what happened to the Britannic:

"The HMHS (His Majesty's Hospital Ship) Britannic was the third " wonder ship" to be built. Originally, the ship was to be named " Gigantic ", but due to the loss of the Titanic, her name was changed to Britannic."

During the First World War, Britannic was requisitioned by the British government for use as a hospital ship. She was sunk in the Adriatic Sea in November 1916, probably as a result of hitting a mine (though there are other theories, as the above link explains).

Answer 4

They are going to build it underwater to save the trouble of another iceberg.

Answer 5

oh gawd hope not. even if they did, i doubt any human being in their right mind would get on it. I know i wouldnt, no matter how much effing technology they got on it.

Answer 6

Here is an article on the subject
http://www.webtitanic.net/framenews.html
Personally I wouldn't get on it even if they paid my way.