Presumably without the substandard rivets, inadequate number of lifeboats, coal-fired boilers or the triple-expansion steam engines powering the outboard screws.
As I wrote almost a year ago, the RMS Titanic was a luxury liner for its day. Now, not so much.
My gut feeling is that there is a lot of financial fuckery afoot. If this pseudo-recreation does sail in 2016, I'll wager that it won't go ten years before it is scrapped. Maybe five. More likely, a boatload of investors will be separated from large amounts of money and the ship won't ever sail.
Maybe they can convince the Republican Party to finance it. After all, it won't increase taxes on the rich.
ReplyDelete(There is no idea so stupid that some investors won't throw money at it.)
I can just see it a 100+ year old hull design as efficient in moving though the water... not. Running dirty coal with boiler rats, not. Smooth and fast, not likely.
ReplyDeleteEck!
The scrappers are rubbing their hands together in anticipation.
ReplyDeleteI suspect she'll be scrapped on the ways.
DeleteI'm of Irish descent. Will my teaming masses be locked below decks during all drills? Or just actual emergencies?
ReplyDeleteDepends on whether you can afford a 2nd or 1st class ticket, I guess. Safety regs will probably prevent them from installing the locked gates.
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