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by **34053** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 11:39 am

Just seen this. Unfortunately all four Funnels will be 'dummies' (one of them was a 'dummy', of course, on the original ship: more Funnels = more speed!). Maiden Voyage planned for 'late 2016'. I think I will get my name down (but not for 'Steerage'!!):

http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16218668

PW

by **Ramshornvortex** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 1:17 pm

As this is going to be an 'exact replica' of RMS Titanic, will it, too, have capacity in the lifeboats for only half those on board? If so, I would suggest that the first voyage should be exclusively for politicians from all the major political parties in Great Britain and that the routing should be via the North Pole in the middle of winter...... B-)

by **Xplumberlives** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 1:24 pm

Ramshornvortex wrote:As this is going to be an 'exact replica' of RMS Titanic, will it, too, have capacity in the lifeboats for only half those on board? If so, I would suggest that the first voyage should be exclusively for politicians from all the major political parties in Great Britain and that the routing should be via the North Pole in the middle of winter......

Bravo Charles! :ymapplause:

What a waste of money! :-o

by **Dan4th** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 1:55 pm

Ramshornvortex wrote:As this is going to be an 'exact replica' of RMS Titanic, will it, too, have capacity in the lifeboats for only half those on board? If so, I would suggest that the first voyage should be exclusively for politicians from all the major political parties in Great Britain and that the routing should be via the North Pole in the middle of winter......

Will there be room for any politicos from the USA?????????

PLEASE??????????

D.

by **34053** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 2:15 pm

Hmmm yes, the Lifeboats. This is a case of where I sincerely hope that they will deviate from the 'original design' and make sure that there are enough of them this time!!

PW

by **Sooty655** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 5:40 pm

Spending enough to get the right quality steel for the rivets would help as well. :-?

by **Jet Morgan** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 5:46 pm

Maybe it'll be a modern design inside and only a 'replica' externally. If they want to use modern design techniques for safety and use diesel engines etc. then there's a lot of things that wouldn't be compatible with the original internal structure and construction. Only guessing as to what the differences would be in detail though, don't know enough about ships...

by **Lucas1860** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 5:52 pm

I have a sinking feeling about this..........

Jim.

by **Xplumberlives** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 6:04 pm

Jet Morgan wrote:Maybe it'll be a modern design inside and only a 'replica' externally. If they want to use modern design techniques for safety and use diesel engines etc. then there's a lot of things that wouldn't be compatible with the original internal structure and construction. Only guessing as to what the differences would be in detail though, don't know enough about ships...

Do you know anything about ICEBERGS? :-o