Billionaire resurrects plan to build Titanic II cruise ship originally appeared on TravelHost. For more than a decade, an Australian billionaire’s widely promoted plan to offer transatlantic voyages ...

It seems reasonable to expect that just about anything can and will go wrong with a full-size replica of a cruise ship that famously sank on its maiden voyage, killing more than 1,500 people aboard.

Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — For more than a decade, Australian billionaire Clive Palmer has been the driving force behind plans to build Titanic II — a replica of the ill-fated ship that sank in 1912 ...

Australian billionaire Clive Palmer, 69, announced the construction of a replica of the Titanic. The ship is to be "much better than the original," combining the beauty of the iconic transatlantic ...

Want to be king of the world? The Titanic is set to sail once again. Australian billionaire Clive Palmer has noodled for years with the idea of building Titanic II: a full replica of the doomed luxury ...

A rendering of the Titanic II. Allegedly the new ship will be an identical copy of the infamous liner, which sank in 1912 following a collision with an iceberg. (Blue Star Liner via CNN) If you ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Australian mining entrepreneur Clive Palmer on Tuesday unveiled blueprints for Titanic II, a modern replica of the doomed ocean liner, although he stopped short of calling the ...

What has changed somewhat is how Palmer, who in the past decade has served in Australian parliament and chaired a right-wing political party he founded, describes the symbolism of the Titanic(s). In a ...