![]() ![]() But there was not yet an established practice of keeping a clear channel for emergency communications. Titanic was fitted out with some of the best wireless equipment available. A spokeswoman for Blue Star Line told Cruise Critic that the company is in discussions with shipbuilders about building contracts, and once those are finalized, it will announce who will build Titanic II and the timeline for launch.Reconstruction of a ship's radio room from around 1910, showing telegraph equipmentĪt this time, wireless operators worked for the Marconi company and as well as communicating with other ships, they also relayed passenger messages-the new technology was something of a fashionable novelty, and first-class passengers would have enjoyed being able to send messages ashore. ![]() Design work and wave testing on a model of the ocean liner reportedly started during the fall of 2018. Palmer's original plan was to set sail in 2016, but the build, which was supposed to begin in China in late 2013, never got off the ground due to financial disputes. The original RMS Titanic, built by Belfast-based Harland and Wolff, hit an iceberg and sank April 15, 1912, killing 1,503 passengers and crew. Palmer's news conference announcing the new-build coincided with the 100th anniversary of Titanic's doomed maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City. His hope is that people captivated by the Titanic's dramatic story would want to relive the ship's crossing. In April 2012, Brisbane-based billionaire Clive Palmer launched a new company called Blue Star Line - a nod to the company behind the original Titanic vessel, White Star Line - to create a replica of the Titanic, to be named Titanic II. ![]()
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