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Titanic II, the first time - Clive Palmer first floated his plan to launch the Titanic II in 2012. Quite why Palmer is so obsessed with the Titanic remains a mystery. 

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Replica - Palmer's idea was to make a replica of the Titanic and operate it as a cruise ship.

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2016? - Palmer originally said the Titanic II would make its maiden voyage in 2016.

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Didn't work out - That plan, much like the original Titanic in 1912, didn't quite work out as planned.

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2015 - The plan was paused in 2015 because of a payment dispute between Palmer and a Chinese company Citic.

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Back! - But now, after a West Australian supreme court ruling on copyright, the Titanic big idea is back, again!

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Legal win - In October 2018 Palmer announced the restarting of the Titanic II after a legal victory over his former financier, Citic.

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2022 - The new date for the Titanic II's maiden voyage is believed to be 2022, if it ever gets that far. 

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Replica - The Titanic II is meant to be a near exact replica of the original doomed boat, that was built to be 'unsinkable'. 

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Period costumes? - Passengers may be given period costumes to wear. No doubt extra charge for passengers wishing to be Rose and Jack from the movie 'Titanic'. 

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Blue Star Line - The company that owned the Titanic was called White Star Line, Palmer's is called Blue Star Line.

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Southampton to New York - The Titanic II is meant to take the Titanic's original route, from Southampton to New York, minus any pesky icebergs getting in the way. 

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No ship yet - Despite a great deal of fanfare, several years apart, there is still no ship or plans to build one. So far it has all been hot air. 

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No contracts - Not even a building contract has been signed thus far.

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Manufactured outside of Australia - Blue Star Line has said the Titanic II will probably be built outside of Australia.

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2,000 - What we do know about the Titanic II is that it's supposed to carry 2,000 passengers.

Those brave enough to buy a ticket will be heralded as either crazy or brazen individuals. 

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Life boats - Blue Star Line has assured the public that there will be enough lifeboats on this iteration of the Titanic, this time. 

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Chinese Titanic II - Another Titanic II, also a replica, is being built in Sichuan Province, China for a theme park but won't leave the park.

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Website down - Blue Star Line's website crashed shortly after the announcement that the Titanic II was back on track because of an online attack of bots.

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Past ventures - Some of Palmer's past business ventures haven't fared so well.

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Palmersaurus - Palmer's dinosaur park, Palmersaurus in Queensland has a one-star review on TripAdvisor and was forced to shut down.

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Naming things after himself - Palmer has a penchant for naming things after himself, namely his former political party.

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Palmer United Prty - For four years, Palmer headed the Palmer United Party or PUP.

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PUP - The party was an attempt to restart the United Australia Party.

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Name issues - But the members of the now-dissolved Australian United Party took offence to Palmer using their name, so he renamed the offshoot after himself.

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Splitting the right - Palmer has attempted on multiple occasions in his career to create a right-wing movement apart from the Liberal Party.

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PUP failed, came back - The Palmer United Party was dissolved in 2017 and then resurrected by Palmer in June of 2018 as United Australia Party.

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MP - Palmer served as an MP for four years before stepping down, after showing up less often than any other MP.

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$600 million - Palmer's estimated net worth is $600 million.

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