Romandisea Chinese Titanic

Not to be confused with Clive Palmer’s (the Australian mineral billionaire) ‘Titanic II’ project, in 2017 another replica-Titanic project was begun.

This Titanic replica was for the Romandisea Tourism Resort in Sichuan Province, China. However this was never going to be a real ship. It was to be a hotel/tourist attraction, within a large theme park.

Although construction work in China, progressed steadily throughout 2017, there have been no updates and few construction images in 2018 -20. Two-thirds of the replica ship still remains unfinished. Completion deadlines have been missed.

Unofficial reports note that steel is now twice as expensive as it was in 2017. It has been said that the workers have quit as Romandisea did not have money to pay their salaries. It is said that construction virtually ceased in 2018 and has made little progress in 2019. It appears that this replica Titanic has also hit an iceberg.

Some commentators of course say that in terms of good-taste and respect for the hundreds of passengers that lost their lives, the ill-fated vessel should be left well alone. A theme park replica is not a suitable memorial.

At the time of writing (2024) work on Romandisea was abandoned a few years ago, with the ship incomplete. It is now just rusting away! There is no word that it will ever be restarted.