{"id":165978,"date":"2013-02-28T00:40:02","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T00:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/151.106.38.4\/2013\/02\/28\/aussie-tycoon-unveils-blueprint-of-replica-titanic-ii\/"},"modified":"2013-02-28T00:40:02","modified_gmt":"2013-02-28T00:40:02","slug":"aussie-tycoon-unveils-blueprint-of-replica-titanic-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/2013\/02\/28\/aussie-tycoon-unveils-blueprint-of-replica-titanic-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Aussie tycoon unveils  blueprint of replica Titanic II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\/old_site\/ZKBSKSXNHPNKHXLDBKXF.jpg>An Australian multi-millionaire has unveiled blueprints for the Titanic II- a modern replica of the world\u2019s most famous ocean liner- which he plans to build and sail across the Atlantic just like its namesake attempted to.<\/p>\n<p>The ship, which bears an uncanny resemblance to the original, with the only upgrades being air conditioning, a hospital and a helipad, is scheduled to make its first voyage, naturally from Southampton to New York, in late 2016, reports the Telegraph.<\/p>\n<p>Clive Palmer, the mining entrepreneur behind the project, suggested that there would be no television or internet. <\/p>\n<p>And he said that passengers will find early 20th century-style clothing in their room should they wish to dress up and pretend they are aboard the original ship.<\/p>\n<p>Just like in 1912, there will be three passenger classes who will not be allowed to mingle. Even the gym and the swimming pool are near identical to those on the 1912 ship, despite much more modern alternatives being available.<\/p>\n<p>One crucial upgrade is the number of lifeboats. The original Titanic, carrying 2,224 passengers and crew, was sunk after hitting an iceberg during its maiden voyage on April 15 1912. It had 16 wooden lifeboats which accommodated just 1,178 people &#8211; a third of the total capacity. Some 1,502 people died during the tragedy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Australian multi-millionaire has unveiled blueprints for the Titanic II- a modern replica of the world\u2019s most famous ocean liner- which he plans to build and sail across the Atlantic just like its namesake attempted to. The ship, which bears an uncanny resemblance to the original, with the only upgrades being air conditioning, a hospital [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[688],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-165978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-infotainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165978\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}