They can have decorative "wood", but it must be a microscopically-thin veneer.
Titanic II - Expected Completion in 2016
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They can have decorative "wood", but it must be a microscopically-thin veneer.
twitch54
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a bit of interesting triva here.....back when the original Titanic was built the original chandelier destined for the grand staircase never got completed in time for the doomed voyage.........it now resides in the ballroom of one of the Country Clubs in 'The Villages' of Central Florida.
Arkay
Lunatic Member
I'm surprised no one has mentioned one additional factor in the Titanic sinking: the swimming pool. If that long pool hadn't been added in, cutting across and compromising too many of those separate hull sections, the ship probably also would have stayed afloat.
As for making surprising and expensive replicas in China, how about this one?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...Maisons-Laffitte-built-Multi-millionaire.html
As for making surprising and expensive replicas in China, how about this one?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...Maisons-Laffitte-built-Multi-millionaire.html
The pool would have most likely been constructed within a given compartment; otherwise the purpose of that subdivision would have been defeated.
It certainly wasn't an "Olympic" sized pool- pardon the pun.
I just looked at a blueprint. The swimming pool fits (easily) within a single watertight compartment that is the same length as the average for all the others among the 16 divisions. The pool does not cut across compartments nor necessitate a larger compartment. The pool's not all that big nor impressive. (For a big and impressive one, look at the one on Queen Mary of 1936.)
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Those two thicker white lines (seen vertically here) that transect the ship are the bulkheads. The pool is much smaller in length than the compartment it sits within.
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nj pheonix
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It would be well worth losing the second one if you could guarantee all the copies of the movie (in every form) were on board. God that movie never ended. I thinks its still playing.
The Titanic's swimming "bath" was a joke compared with that aboard the German (HAPAG Line) Imperator. It was launched only a month after the Titanic's sinking and took the title for the largest ship in the world, almost 10,000 tons larger than Titanic.
**Germans were said to be very much into health/fitness - which I suppose explains the differences in swimming accomodation. Plus the British Edwardian-era attitudes regarding modesty probably didn't help either.
**Germans were said to be very much into health/fitness - which I suppose explains the differences in swimming accomodation. Plus the British Edwardian-era attitudes regarding modesty probably didn't help either.
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10,000 *tons*, to be clear.
Titanic's fabled "luxury" appointments weren't really all that special either, compared to ships under construction at the time, nor even compared to some that predated her. The only thing that set her apart, was her size, and that would have been eclipsed in *very* short order as 62caddy points out here.
Had she not sunk, Titanic would have hardly been a footnote on the path to larger and finer vessels.
If I were going to rebuild one, replica-style, it'd be the French liner Normandie. Even her power plant could be built as originally designed and still be quite up to date.
The Germans liners really pushed the limits of luxury of the time, even well beyond the British. Vessels were often a measure of their country of origin- a symbol of national pride. So later came the Normandie and then Queen Mary.
A terrible fate became of the Normandie too. Perhaps the grandest ship there ever was. Still always had a soft spot for those 4-stackers though.
A terrible fate became of the Normandie too. Perhaps the grandest ship there ever was. Still always had a soft spot for those 4-stackers though.
Yep. Sometimes filling rooms with marble walls, floors and pillars, only to have to pour tons of concrete willy nilly into their double bottoms to avoid being top-heavy (only to later strip out all that marble, when concrete wasn't enough--makes me wonder about all that fine German "engineering" we hear about...:yes:
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Yes, I remember reading about that too. I think the Vaterland or one of them always listed for that reason and even after removing tons of marble the problem remained. The British definitely had the edge in principles of shipbuilding while the Germans emphasized unfettered luxury.
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There's a website still selling off the original fittings of Olympic, Titanic's sister. If you want to tile your kitchen in White Star Olympic-Class tile, you can. Or trim your living room with moulding identical to that in Titanic, it's available. Along with light fixtures, door knobs and whatnot. Even stained glass panels from the smoking room. (At fairly reasonable prices, actually.)
Setting aside the French? (Or should I say Russian, since their most advanced offering was a Russian design the British had turned down?)
bhundu
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I was surprised to read that article in the first post naming the gent involved as "Professor Clive Palmer". As this mining magnate is a Queenslander, we hear his name all the time but never with the Professor title. I checked out his wiki page and he was appointed an Adjunct Professor of Business in 2002.
The man is known as a bit of an essentric here. He's had all kinds of political ambitions and crazy ideas. One of his more recent ideas was to install life-sized dinosaurs in his resort on the Sunshine Coast. Anything to get his name in the paper. Truck loads of cash isn't enough for this guy.
The man is known as a bit of an essentric here. He's had all kinds of political ambitions and crazy ideas. One of his more recent ideas was to install life-sized dinosaurs in his resort on the Sunshine Coast. Anything to get his name in the paper. Truck loads of cash isn't enough for this guy.
The British reaction to the Normandie's superior hull design: "Not shiplike".
Damn Frenchies - not playing by the rules again
getter365
H.H. SCOTT stereomaster
We are big Titanic fanatics. Big money can build big ships. Great to know that a billionaire is as crazy and drawn into the Titanic as much as I am. I saw him on TV and was happy to hear it. I heard it will be built in China. I hope it will happen. If I had the money I would be on that ship's first voyage in a heartbeat.
I think someone attempted to build one after seeing Jim Cameron's interpretation but they put the kibosh on it due to environmental concerns.
Hope it happens...what a sight to see.
I think someone attempted to build one after seeing Jim Cameron's interpretation but they put the kibosh on it due to environmental concerns.
Hope it happens...what a sight to see.
