titanic ii for 2018.
Titanic II is a planned ocean liner, to be built as a replica of the Olympic-class RMS Titanic. The project was announced by Australian
billionaire Clive Palmer in April 2012, as the flagship of his cruise company Blue Star Line. The intended launch
date is set in 2018, 104 years after the original voyage, and the ship will set sail from Southampton to New York within the same
year.
The steam engines and coal-fired boilers of the original Titanic have been replaced with a modern diesel-electric propulsion system. The space which housed the boilers will be used for crew quarters and ships systems. Power will be produced by four Wärtsilä 46F medium-speed four-stroke diesel generating sets; two twelve-cylinder 12V46F engines producing 14,400 kilowatts (19,300 hp)
each, and two eight-cylinder 8L46F engines producing 9,600 kilowatts (12,900 hp) each, running on heavy fuel oil and marine gas oil. Propulsion will be by three azimuth thrusters which will also be used for manoeuvring, while the replica of the rudder of the Titanic II is purely cosmetic, and will not extend substantially below the waterline.The positioning of the azimuth thrusters has necessitated the stern being made substantially more blunt than the original.
billionaire Clive Palmer in April 2012, as the flagship of his cruise company Blue Star Line. The intended launch
date is set in 2018, 104 years after the original voyage, and the ship will set sail from Southampton to New York within the same
year.
The steam engines and coal-fired boilers of the original Titanic have been replaced with a modern diesel-electric propulsion system. The space which housed the boilers will be used for crew quarters and ships systems. Power will be produced by four Wärtsilä 46F medium-speed four-stroke diesel generating sets; two twelve-cylinder 12V46F engines producing 14,400 kilowatts (19,300 hp)
each, and two eight-cylinder 8L46F engines producing 9,600 kilowatts (12,900 hp) each, running on heavy fuel oil and marine gas oil. Propulsion will be by three azimuth thrusters which will also be used for manoeuvring, while the replica of the rudder of the Titanic II is purely cosmetic, and will not extend substantially below the waterline.The positioning of the azimuth thrusters has necessitated the stern being made substantially more blunt than the original.