The last White Star ship the SS Nomadic can be seen at the Titanic Quarter in Belfast, she was the tender ship for the Olympic class ships including Titanic and is currently being restored to original condition as a tourist attraction, probably the nearest thing to the Titanic we will ever see. http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=ss+nomadic&qpvt=ss+nomadic&FORM=IGRE#
The last White Star ship the SS Nomadic can be seen at the Titanic Quarter in Belfast, she was the tender ship for the Olympic class ships including Titanic and is currently being restored to original condition as a tourist attraction, probably the nearest thing to the Titanic we will ever see. http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=ss+nomadic&qpvt=ss+nomadic&FORM=IGRE#
Was that the same White Star boat ( ship ? ) that was for many years a floating restaurant moored on the Seine in Paris ?
Well it wouldn't, would it. It was only the tender for the Titanic i.e. one of the boats that carried passengers from smaller docks to the ship itself.
It need not be 100% original, there's no need for a steam powered engine, riveted platework, too few lifeboats or to dispense with modern maritime communications.
Underneath the Edwardian style superstructure there could be a modern built ship with a state-of-the-art power unit with all mod cons in each cabin.
It could well be a huge money-spinner, I'm surprised no-one has thought of it before.
You would have to modernize the design for safety and modern engines. But sure, given enough money, just no one has been willing to fund such a project. People have different expectations of accomodation today, so you'd have to make so many changes, I think they even used to have steerage class... so you'd have to strip more and more autheticity away the more you actually modernized it.
A replica did exist in the RMS Olympic which was scrapped in 1935, she was one of three near identical liners which included the Brittanic and the Titanic which was the last of the three ships to be built and the least luxurious...
The Olympic was the first to be built, then the Titanic followed by Gigantic, later renamed Britannic before completion.
It was Britannic that was the least luxurious, because she was requisitioned by the Royal Navy for use as a hospital ship in WW1. She sank after striking a mine.
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You know, I can actually imagine that.
Celebrity Titanic Voyage. The last Zleb to survive wins a career hosting a late night phone-in quiz show.
however the idea of the Titanic for a Fort Boyard type game show, is intersting.
Eh? That article on Wiki needs editing.
Was that the same White Star boat ( ship ? ) that was for many years a floating restaurant moored on the Seine in Paris ?
That's the one.....
It looks nothing like the Titanic
Well it wouldn't, would it. It was only the tender for the Titanic i.e. one of the boats that carried passengers from smaller docks to the ship itself.
For me, that would ruin it!
I'm curious as to where the amusement is in the deaths of 1,517 men, women and children? Strange world.
It was Britannic that was the least luxurious, because she was requisitioned by the Royal Navy for use as a hospital ship in WW1. She sank after striking a mine.