The cost of the real Titanic
The Irishman
Do any of your history buffs know how much it costed to build the actual
ship. I'd be extremely curious to know both the original cost and the
inflated cost.
Thanks,
me
bradgtr
It cost about $10,000,000 to build back then...I'm not good enough to do the
inflation math...:)
Brad
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Maura and Matthew Greig
I read the actual cost was $7.5 million U.S. The cost when corrected for
inflation, I read was something like $400 million U.S. I'm not sure
that's right and I can't remember where I read it.
Maura
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Matt Rogers
According to "The Inflation Calculator" at http://www.westegg.com/inflation/
the value of $10,000,000 US in 1911 (ignoring the first 3.5 months of 1912) would
be $163,103,239.55 US in 1996. Using an approximate figure of 3% inflation for
1997, the cost today would be $167,996,336.74 US.
Of course, though, to build the Titanic today would probably cost more than
the inflated cost.
Regards,
MJR
Rick Kaumeier
Maura and Matthew Greig wrote:
> I read the actual cost was $7.5 million U.S. The cost when corrected for
> inflation, I read was something like $400 million U.S. I'm not sure
> that's right and I can't remember where I read it.
>
> Maura
Harland and Wolff estimates $400 million U.S. to rebuild the Titanic
today. Their Web page
http://www.harlandandwolff-ts.co.uk/hwtech.serv/
is an interesting one and definitely worth a look.
Rick
Frederick N. Petillo
> > I read the actual cost was $7.5 million U.S. The cost when corrected for
> > inflation, I read was something like $400 million U.S. I'm not sure
> > that's right and I can't remember where I read it.
Hmmm... if Cameron can make $400M with a movie, I'll bet someone can
make $400M with a replica!
Jsg8173078
Hello group,
Harland and Wolff, the builders of the Titanic, say, on their website, that to
rebuild the ship today would cost $400 million.
If I had that kind of cash, I'd build her in a second! (Rebuilding her is a
whole new thread - don't get me started...)
See ya,
Jeff
Harbinger
doco...@ucs.indiana.edu (The Irishman) wrote:
>Do any of your history buffs know how much it costed to build the actual
>ship. I'd be extremely curious to know both the original cost and the
>inflated cost.
>
>Thanks,
>me
>
I've heard $400 million. You know we don't build nice cruise ships
anymore. Look at the ones out there today. They look like their
designs were based on a big fat bath tubs. Yuck! And don't even get
me started on the names of said ugly ships. I'm waiting for one to be
named the S.S. Ejaculation.
rod
I was wondering has anyone read the book futility and does it lend
credence to the notion that time travel is possible??
Let me explain myself.
to quote James Cameron...
"There was a book called "Futility" which was written in 1899. It was a
story of a triple screw steamer (like Titanic) called The Titan. Which
hit an iceberg and sank on its maiden voyage...."
This actually reminds me of a anacdote about how Issac Azimov was
inspired to write The end of Eternity. He was leafing through old
copies of Time magazine from the 1920s and thought he saw a picture of
an atom bomb exploding. (It turned out to be something ordinary, I
forget what). However Azimov thought it would be a great idea for a
story... a time traveller trapped in the past, sending a message that
only other time travellers would understand.
--
Rod Munday
Eric Smith
rod <r...@knowhaus.com> writes:
>I was wondering has anyone read the book futility and does it lend
>credence to the notion that time travel is possible??
>Let me explain myself.
>to quote James Cameron...
>"There was a book called "Futility" which was written in 1899. It was a
>story of a triple screw steamer (like Titanic) called The Titan. Which
>hit an iceberg and sank on its maiden voyage...."
The details of the ship in _Futility_ are amazingly similar in some
respects to the actual Titanic. The name, and hitting the iceberg on
the maiden voyage, is a remarkable coincidence. However, the details
of the sinking are completely different in the book than what took
place on April 14-15, 1912. Also there are no particular resemblances
between fictional and historical characters such as the ships' officers.
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I think this book was based on revelations by Nostradamus. I could swear
that I read somewhere that Nostradumus had predicted the sinking in one of
his sonnet's. I could be wrong though but I'm 99% sure I am right.
SwingKidss
Futility, also titled the Wreck of the Titan was written by Morgan Robertson.
He supposedly came up with idea for the book from a dream he had had. Or so
that is my understanding.
-Sarra
WLambrukos
>, I read was something like $400 million U.S. I'm not sure
>that's right and I can't remember where I read it.<<
I believe that's the price Harland and Wolff quoted.
Bill
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>
dgri...@theriver.com
The interesting thing about Nostradamus is that his "quatrains" can
really be interpreted in any manner... :) [Shakespeare wrote sonnets]
dg
Rod Stringer
I read somewhere that Robertson was a
spiritualist who claimed he had an "astral
writing partner" that gave him his ideas...
I understand Morgan Robertson also wrote
a book called "Beyond The Spectrum" which
told of a war initiated by a Japanese attack
on Hawaii. The war was ended by the dropping
of "sun-bombs" that could destroy entire cities.
Er... any other books he wrote that we ought to
start reading.........
Rod
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