A 16-foot cabin cruiser named the Titanic II went the way of her namesake Sunday, when she sprung a leak and sunk on her maiden voyage, The Sun reported. Briton Mark Wilkinson, 44, had to be rescued from the harbor at West Bay, Dorset, in the U.K., as he clung to the sinking boat.

Is Titanic 2 safe?

Titanic II will have a new safety deck to hold the right number of lifeboats for all passengers and crew, just in case of a disaster scenario. For added stability, Blue Star says the new version will be a few meters wider than the original.

Will Titanic 2 ever be built?

China's Titanic replica: An aerial photo taken on April 27, 2021 shows a still-under-construction replica of the Titanic ship in Daying county in China's southwest Sichuan province. According to the AFP, it's taken 23,000 tons of steel and cost one billion yuan ($153.5 million) to build the replica.