TITANIC (Latest update pg. 38. Current as of 13 Mar 15)

[Brickitect]

cant wait to see the grand staircase!
thats my favorite room

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[RMS Gigantic]

lol, any boat will crash and sink if you poke a hole in it.

It would take much more than a hole to sink Titanic II. Said hole poker would need to get past her state-of-the-art sonar and radar, and be unnoticed by any second-hand source in range of her satellite communication system. Furthermore, Titanic II has what appears to be more watertight compartments than Titanic had, and even a watertight deck to divide those existing compartments into smaller sizes. What's more, she has a lifeboat capacity of well over 6,000 (the eighteen modern lifeboats of 250 people each, plus the eight modern life rafts which I read from a second-hand source can hold a total of 800 people between them, plus the historical lifeboats which Deltamarin, the designers of the ship, say will be seaworthy enough to act as tenders for harbor excursions), while her additional design and technological features will ensure that even if she does sink, she will take as long as possible to do so.

All in all, I can't even conceive of any realistic threat which could sink the Titanic II (including icebergs because those things have been tracked by the International Ice Patrol ever since the year after Titanic sank, and the IIP boasts having not had a single ship listening to them ever strike ice), and even beyond that sink the ship in a way that would lead to a significant loss of life.

[Dimitry]

It would take much more than a hole to sink Titanic II. Said hole poker would need to get past her state-of-the-art sonar and radar, and be unnoticed by any second-hand source in range of her satellite communication system. Furthermore, Titanic II has what appears to be more watertight compartments than Titanic had, and even a watertight deck to divide those existing compartments into smaller sizes. What's more, she has a lifeboat capacity of well over 6,000 (the eighteen modern lifeboats of 250 people each, plus the eight modern life rafts which I read from a second-hand source can hold a total of 800 people between them, plus the historical lifeboats which Deltamarin, the designers of the ship, say will be seaworthy enough to act as tenders for harbor excursions), while her additional design and technological features will ensure that even if she does sink, she will take as long as possible to do so.

All in all, I can't even conceive of any realistic threat which could sink the Titanic II (including icebergs because those things have been tracked by the International Ice Patrol ever since the year after Titanic sank, and the IIP boasts having not had a single ship listening to them ever strike ice), and even beyond that sink the ship in a way that would lead to a significant loss of life.

Well said, it would have to be something bizarre. I can't see her taking the same fate again, I really doubt it would happen with all of the advancements, and considering most, or all ships after Titanic made it across the Atlantic just fine along the same path, so.

[GhostStar]

will you be releasing the save?

All in all, I can't even conceive of any realistic threat which could sink the Titanic II

that's what they said the last time

[RMS Gigantic]

that's what they said the last time

No, that's not. Last time, there were rumored and known dangers which could not be averted very effectively, such as icebergs or rogue waves. Nowadays, though, such events are being constantly monitored and relayed to ships (and even if the monitoring centers manage to miss one, sonar and radar act as close-range secondary defenses), and techniques have been developed to combat them. On top of that, Titanic II in particular has had improvements over the original Titanic to better battle things like ship-to-ship collisions or even rogue waves.

Thus, we can effectively rule out ship-to-ship collisions, icebergs, and rogue waves as probable causes for a loss of Titanic II. What does that leave us with as far as likely events?

[GhostStar]

thats exactly what they said last time. they said that nothing could sink her, and thats exactly what your saying. im sure Titanic 2 wont sink, not very many cruise liners do.

[Archimedes]

Well said, it would have to be something bizarre. I can't see her taking the same fate again, I really doubt it would happen with all of the advancements, and considering most, or all ships after Titanic made it across the Atlantic just fine along the same path, so.

Actually, from what I heard, the Titanic diverted it's course into the Arctic ocean, or very near it, where many icebergs were rumored to be found.

[RMS Gigantic]

Actually, from what I heard, the Titanic diverted it's course into the Arctic ocean, or very near it, where many icebergs were rumored to be found.

Wrong: they received ice warnings, and diverted the ship's course to be further south than the most southerly transatlantic passenger shipping lane at the time.

thats exactly what they said last time. they said that nothing could sink her, and thats exactly what your saying. im sure Titanic 2 wont sink, not very many cruise liners do.

No, the media hyped the ship up as "practically unsinkable" or "as much as possible unsinkable," but there was still the very plausible and real threat of icebergs. Also, the Titanic II won't be a cruise ship, she has more balls than that. Titanic II will make money sailing across waters that most cruise ships wet themselves at night thinking about.

[GhostStar]

No, the media

and where are you getting all this information about Titanic 2 being unsinkable?

and do you know why the media called her unsinkable, cuz they prepared her for icebergs and a ton of other stuff, thats one of the reasons she had water tight compartments.

[Treynolds416]

and where are you getting all this information about Titanic 2 being unsinkable?

and do you know why the media called her unsinkable, cuz they prepared her for icebergs and a ton of other stuff, thats one of the reasons she had water tight compartments.

Ok seriously dude, you're an idiot. You clearly know nothing of the truth, and everyone except you knows that RMS is a veritable expert on ships, especially THE TITANICS I AND II

[GhostStar]

Ok seriously dude, you're an idiot. You clearly know nothing of the truth, and everyone except you knows that RMS is a veritable expert on ships, especially THE TITANICS I AND II

well guess what dude, i have been building models of the titanic, reading every book about the titanic, watching documentaries about the titanic, and doing just about everything that involves the titanic since i was 3, i may not have retained all the information i learned but im sure i know a lot more about the subject than you Treynolds so stfu

[RMS Gigantic]

and where are you getting all this information about Titanic 2 being unsinkable?

From Deltamarin (the firm designing the ship) and Blue Star Line (the company that will own her). Harland and Wolff, the builders of the Titanic, and White Star Line, the owners of the ship, never claimed the ship to be unsinkable, and Clive Palmer, the man funding Titanic II, says it would be cavalier to call the Titanic II unsinkable. Deltamarin, however, says that Titanic II will be safer than any cruise ship in the world when she launches, and based on their responses to questions they were given from people commenting on a blog post on the Deltamarin website (the information from which I described above), I have no reason to doubt their claims.

[GhostStar]

No, the media hyped the ship up as "practically unsinkable" or "as much as possible unsinkable,"

you are also telling me that the titanic 2 is nearly unsinkable,
so i was right. thats what they said last time

[RMS Gigantic]

you are also telling me that the titanic 2 is nearly unsinkable,
so i was right. thats what they said last time

Titanic was the safest ship in the world at the time, just as Titanic II will be now. The difference is, we now track just about everything which might get in the way of a ship now. The amount of damage needed to sink Titanic II is downright ludicrous, and a cause for such an event is even more difficult to think of! I honestly can't name a likely threat to Titanic II.

[Redconer]

RMS told me that they were building this since 2005