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Unsinkable idea: Australian billionaire refloats dream to build Titanic II

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    demifiend
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    Why call it Titanic II? Why not call it Titanic Revenge?

    Why call it Titanic II? Why not call it Titanic Revenge?

    3 votes
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      r_13
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      There were 3 ships in the same build class owned by the company, the Titanic and Britannic spectacularly sunk but the Olympic had a long and successful career. Maybe Olympic II would be more...

      There were 3 ships in the same build class owned by the company, the Titanic and Britannic spectacularly sunk but the Olympic had a long and successful career. Maybe Olympic II would be more optimistic?

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      1. demifiend
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        Maybe, but Titanic Revenge would be more metal, especially if it were an icebreaker as well as a cruise ship.

        Maybe, but Titanic Revenge would be more metal, especially if it were an icebreaker as well as a cruise ship.

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  2. Algernon_Asimov
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    ... and it still exists now. Clive Palmer isn't renowned for following through on things. Even when he got himself voted into Parliament, he had the highest rate of absenteeism of all MPs. I'm not...

    Skepticism about whether the Titanic II will ever set out to sea has existed since the project was first announced,

    ... and it still exists now. Clive Palmer isn't renowned for following through on things. Even when he got himself voted into Parliament, he had the highest rate of absenteeism of all MPs.

    I'm not exactly holding my breath!

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  3. jlpoole
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    It's not nice to fool [defy] Mother Nature. This would be a third attempt. The foreword or Introduction to A Night To Remember mentions a struggling author who wrote a book about a luxury ship...

    It's not nice to fool [defy] Mother Nature.

    This would be a third attempt. The foreword or Introduction to A Night To Remember mentions a struggling author who wrote a book about a luxury ship called The Titan which was loaded up with famous and wealthy people and sank. The book was published prior to 1912 - the year The Titanic sank.