Later that month, it was announced that an advisory board would be formed to provide 'suggestions and recommendations to Blue Star Line to ensure the Titanic II appropriately and respectfully pays homage to Titanic, her crew and passengers.' Terry Ismay, the great-great nephew of White Star Line chairman and Titanic survivor J. Hall and Klistorner had previously co-authored books such as Titanic: The Ship Magnificent and Titanic in Photographs and gave a technical presentation at the unveiling of the designs in New York, as well as at the dinner in London. In October 2012, Blue Star Line announced that Titanic expert Steve Hall had been appointed as Design Consultant and Historian for the project, and that Titanic interiors expert Daniel Klistorner had been appointed as Interior Design Consultant and Historian. had been commissioned to undertake the design of the ship, and on 17 July a preliminary general arrangement was published. On 19 June, it was announced that Finnish naval architecture firm Deltamarin Ltd. 2 Comparisons with the original TitanicĬlive Palmer first announced the project in a press conference on 30 April 2012, following the signature of a memorandum of understanding with state-owned Chinese shipyard CSC Jinling ten days before.
