# Are they building a new Titanic (Gigantic)?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-they-building-a-new-titanic-gigantic/71328>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 5, 2001, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-they-building-a-new-titanic-gigantic/71328 "2001-07-05T12:13:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kendo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Kendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kendo)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-they-building-a-new-titanic-gigantic/71328/1 "2001-07-05T12:13:02Z")

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I’ve done the google searches, and nobody seems to know exactly what is going on with this.

I heard (and have read) that a number of firms were collaborating on the construction of a new sister ship for the Titanic - preliminarily called Gigantic.

Now it seems that everyone is saying: “Nope - never gonna happen”

Anyone know anything more about this? As I say, done the google and people say it’s dead in the water…so to speak. If I’ve already got the straight dope though, that’s fair enough, but if anyone knows any different…

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**Author:** ![Xerxes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/d2c977/32.png) [@Xerxes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xerxes)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-they-building-a-new-titanic-gigantic/71328/2 "2001-07-05T12:18:59Z")

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Don’t know about what it’s going to be called, but if it happens, [this](http://www.msnbc.com/news/538578.asp) will be, by definition, gigantic.

I’ve read about this in other papers/periodicals etc, and it looks awesome. 1/2 mile long, 25 stories high, 90,000 permanent residents, 2,000 security staff, hospitals, you name it.

BTW, I found it with google using ‘floating city’.

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**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-they-building-a-new-titanic-gigantic/71328/3 "2001-07-05T12:58:01Z")

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I saw something about this a few years ago in the paper but I thought it was supposed to be bigger than the one above. I remember it was supposed to have a 9 hole golf course and a few other things not talked about in the other article. It also said something about it being able to take 100 foot waves with little to no movement.

That’s all I know though.