The original RMS Titanic had four funnels. However she did not need four. At that time in history, ships funnels became an aesthetic sign of power and safety, for Ocean liners. They were simply fashionable. Four was regarded as being better than three.
The Titanic only used three of the four funnels for her boiler exhausts. Check the next time you see a painting of the RMS Titanic and see how many funnels have smoke coming out of them – it should just be the front three. (James Cameron got it right, in his 1997 movie, below.)
Below is an original image of one of RMS Titanic’s giant funnels being lifted at the ‘Harland and Wolf’ shipyard in Belfast, to be installed on deck.
The Titanic II will only need two funnels for the generator exhaust, the rear two.
Titanic’s II two front funnels will have viewing galleries inside them, with tinted glass windows. They will also have staircases on the outsides (I would have expected a staircase on the inside. See image below).
The two front funnels will also house modern radar/communications equipment, hiding it from view, so not to spoil the 1912 look (see below).
Due to the fact that the Titanic II will have modern generators, electric engines and related equipment, she does not need large amounts of space for giant boilers, steam engines and coal storage etc. Therefore, there should be quite a lot of spare space in her hull.
It has been suggested that there will be a museum display in the hull somewhere, although this has not been confirmed.
Below, you can see the two exhaust pipes which lead up to the two rear funnels only, in the rendering.
Malcolm
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