Titanic II is a proposed ocean liner, to be built as a modern-day replica of the Olympic-class RMS Titanic. The new ship will have a gross tonnage (GT) of 56,000 while the original ship measured about 46,000 gross register tons (GRT). The project was announced by Australian billionaire Clive Palmer in April 2012, as the flagship of a proposed cruise company Blue Star Line Pty. Ltd. of Brisbane, Australia.

The intended launch date was originally set in 2016, with the ship sailing from Southampton to New York within the same year. The launch has since been reported delayed to 2018.

Clive Palmer and his company, Blue Star Line are set to unveil the Titanic II, a successor ship to the doomed ocean liner Titanic. They said that the nostalgic trans-Atlantic voyage could set sail this year, 106 years after the original vessel sunk in the North Atlantic Ocean.

“The Titanic was the ship of dreams. Titanic II is the ship where dreams will come true.”

The Titanic II, a cruise ship will be a near-replica of the luxurious liner that hit an iceberg and sank in the Atlantic on its maiden voyage to New York in 1912. More than 1,500 people perished on the vessel. This Titanic will have enough lifeboats, Palmer said.

It will be 270 meters long, 53 meters tall like its namesake, Titanic II will have three passenger classes and “no mingling”, Palmer said.

Nine floors and 840 cabins will accommodate 2,400 passengers and 900 crew members. Amenities include a swimming pool, Turkish baths, gyms, and course air-conditioning.

This Titanic’s maiden voyage will be from Jiangsu in Eastern China to Dubai, instead of the Southampton to New York.

James McDonald, the marketing director of Blue Star Line said: “The new Titanic will, of course, have modern evacuation procedures, satellite controls, digital navigation and radar systems and all those things you’d expect on a 21st-century ship.”