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CUTTY SARK SAILS AGAIN A TITANIC IDEA
Having signed a memorandum of understanding with Palmers' Blue Star Line and Chinese shipbuilders CSC Jinling to build the vessel, Australian mining billionaire Clive Palmer really does intend to build a replica of of the Titanic.
Opinion in Southampton, England appears to be split but the people of this English south coast city which was home to as many as three-quarters of the great liners' crew, have plenty to say about the announcement. Some think it a great way of commemorating the 1500 plus victims of the tragedy, others say it is "bad taste" and "will not go down well". One says that Australian Clive Palmer has seen this as a way to "gitcher name up in loyts", while yet another surmises that the "whole idea will be put on ice", and another that a drink named "Titanic on the Rocks" should be served aboard the replica ship. Palmer announced that the Titanic replica will make its maiden voyage from England to New York in 2016 and will be
The sailing ship that overtook steamships on her voyages from Australia to London and drew crowds wherever she went, the 19th century tea clipper Cutty Sark, was reopened on ANZAC day by the Queen after a £50m, 11 year restoration. A fire in 2007, six years into the restoration project, temporarily halted proceedings when it destroyed three decks. At that point much of the ships' original fittings and timbers had been stripped away from her corroding iron
After the fire
ribs and safely stored ashore. Hence as much as 90 percent of the ship's fabric and fittings from her working days are still original.
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