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It has been touted as an identical copy of the famous ocean liner, which houses 835 cabins to accommodate 2,435 passengers. In 2018, the Australian company Blue Star Line announced that work was resuming on the Titanic II after a long delay. The Chinese ship is not the only proposed replica of the Titanic. Same as Original: The replica will have the same amenities as its namesake, including banquet halls, theaters, observation decks, and a swimming pool. The Titanic replica will be permanently docked in a reservoir on the Qijiang River, about 130 kilometers from the provincial capital, Chengdu, which is several hundred kilometers from the sea. Life-size model: Called the "Unsinkable Titanic," China's ship is exactly the same size as the original: 269 meters long and 28 meters wide. Ship model: Su Shaojun, an investor who helps build the life-size replica, sits next to a ship model during an interview with AFP at his office in Daying County. The centerpiece of a theme park called Romandisea will have the same amenities as its namesake, including banquet halls, theaters, observation decks, and a swimming pool.Ĭustomers will be able to pay to spend the night on board the ship, which will be permanently docked in a reservoir on the Qijiang River, about 130 kilometers from the provincial capital, Chengdu, several hundred kilometers from the sea.ĬNN first reported on the project in 2016, when construction workers had just started laying the keel.Ī recent photo essay from the AFP news agency offers a fresh look at the progress of the replica's construction.Īccording to AFP, it took 23,000 tons of steel and cost 1 billion yuan (US $ 153.5 million) to build the replica.Ĭhina's Titanic Replica: An aerial photo taken on Apshows a still-under-construction replica of the Titanic ship in Daying County in southwest China's Sichuan Province.Ĭonstruction site: Workers line up before work begins on the replica site, which will be the centerpiece of a theme park where tourists can enjoy an evening on the full-size boat. In Daying County, Sichuan Province, a huge replica of the ocean liner that sank is under construction.Ĭalled the "Unsinkable Titanic", the ship is exactly the same size as the original: 269 meters long and 28 meters wide. Replica of China's Titanic: An aerial photo taken on Apshows a still-under-construction replica of the Titanic ship in Daying County in southwest China's Sichuan Province.įor those who have always wondered what it would have been like to be a passenger on the Titanic, a theme park in China is ready to offer the closest experience possible.