Titanic II will have a new ‘safety deck’

Australian mining tycoon Palmer says massive vessel to have original nine decks too

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"It will also increase the passenger amenity area of the vessel."

But the plans by Finnish-based ship design and engineering company Deltamarin also feature new escape stairs and service elevators, while one deck has been re-designed to provide crew accommodation, laundry and machinery.

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The original Titanic, which was built in Belfast, sank on its first voyage from Southampton to New York, killing more than 1,500 passengers and crew.

This photo provided by the Institute for Exploration, Center for Archaeological Oceanography/University of Rhode Island/NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration, shows the remains of a coat and boots, articulated in the mud on the sea bed near Titanic's stern, are suggestive evidence of where a victim of the disaster came to rest. Australian mining tycoon Palmer says massive Titanic II vessel to have original nine decks and a safety deck
The Titanic just prior to being launched into River Lagan for towing to a fitting-out berth where her engines, funnels and interiors would be installed, on May 31, 1911. Australian mining tycoon Palmer says massive Titanic II vessel to have original nine decks and a safety deck
This photo provided by the Institute for Exploration, Center for Archaeological Oceanography/University of Rhode Island/NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration, shows a pair of shoes, lying in close proximity, are, while the visible remains of the victim have disappeared, suggestive evidence of where a victim of the Titanic disaster came to rest. Australian mining tycoon Palmer says massive Titanic II vessel to have original nine decks and a safety deck
A rose rests on the new Titanic Memorial Plaque during the service at Belfast City Hall, Northern Ireland, on Sunday, a 100 years after the Titanic sank. Australian mining tycoon Palmer says massive Titanic II vessel to have original nine decks and a safety deck
A group of survivors of the Titanic disaster aboard the Carpathia. The village of Lahardanein Ireland lost proportionately more people in the tragedy than anywhere else in the world. Australian mining tycoon Palmer says massive Titanic II vessel to have original nine decks and a safety deck
A crowd in New York await survivors from the Titanic to arrive onboard the Carpathia on April 18, 1912. The Titanic was considered unsinkablebut foundered in frigid Atlantic waters off Newfoundland after striking an iceberg. About 700 passengers survived, 1,500 perished. Australian mining tycoon Palmer says massive Titanic II vessel to have original nine decks and a safety deck
People look at the names of those killed in the sinking of the Titanic posted outside the offices of White Star Line in Southhampton in 1912. Australian mining tycoon Palmer says massive Titanic II vessel to have original nine decks and a safety deck
A memorial service in Southampton for the victims of the Titanic sinking in 1912. Nowhere suffered as much from the sinking as Southampton and a century after the disaster the city wants to tell the largely forgotten story of its 549 residents who died. Australian mining tycoon Palmer says massive Titanic II vessel to have original nine decks and a safety deck

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