The 'RMS Titanic' was built at the Harland and Wolff Shipyard, in which city?
"business partnership with Gustav Wilhelm Wolff, his former personal assistant, creating Harland and Wolff. Later, Harland recruited William James Pirrie as another partner. Edward Harland, Gustav Wolff and William James Pirrie maintained a successful business, receiving regular orders from the White Star Line, before Harland's retirement in 1889, leaving Wolff and Pirrie to manage the shipyard. Outside his company, Harland served as a Belfast harbour commissioner. In 1885, Harland was granted a knighthood and a baronetcy. Harland was a member of the Conservative and Unionist Party, and served as Mayor of Belfast; later he moved to London and served as"
"German Jewish descent, he had links with the Jewish community in Hamburg and in Britain, and was able to attract business to the shipyard. Wolff worked extensively at the yard, and was partly responsible for building of the engine works at Harland and Wolff in 1880. His company was the first to begin construction of the ""RMS Titanic"". After the conversion of Harland and Wolff to limited company status in 1888, Wolff was appointed as a director. Wolff was able to secure a good relationship with the Hamburg America Line, which was managed by Albert Ballin, who was also of"
"of the 20 it ended up with) as well as a double hull and watertight bulkheads that went up to B deck, were overruled. Andrews headed a group of Harland and Wolff workers who went on the maiden voyages of the ships built by the company (the guarantee group), to observe ship operations and spot any necessary improvements. The ""Titanic"" was no exception, so Andrews and the rest of his Harland and Wolff group travelled from Belfast to Southampton on ""Titanic"" for the beginning of her maiden voyage on 10 April 1912. During the voyage, Andrews took notes on various"
"the Belfast shipbuilders Harland & Wolff, either in sheds at the shipyards in Queen's Island (now the Titanic Quarter) or brought in from outside contractors. No fewer than 186 woodcarvers worked on ""Olympic""s fittings. The usual practice was for the designers to produce composite sketches showing the general concept of the surface and carvings of an interior feature, along with a sectional profile of the general shape and proportion of the sculptural elements relative to one another. It was not intended to be an actual plan but served instead to give the woodcarver a general concept of how the design"
"RMS Titanic RMS ""Titanic"" was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early hours of 15 April 1912, after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. There were an estimated 2,224 passengers and crew aboard, and more than 1,500 died, making it one of the deadliest commercial peacetime maritime disasters in modern history. RMS ""Titanic"" was the largest ship afloat at the time she entered service and was the second of three s operated by the White Star Line. She was built by the Harland and Wolff"
"however is a product of the Industrial Revolution. It was not until industry transformed the linen and shipbuilding trades that the economy and the population boomed. By the turn of the nineteenth century, Belfast had transformed into the largest linen producing centre in the world, earning the nickname ""Linenopolis"". Belfast harbour was dredged in 1845 to provide deeper berths for larger ships. Donegall Quay was built out into the river as the harbour was developed further and trade flourished. The Harland and Wolff shipbuilding firm was created in 1861 and by the time the Titanic was built in Belfast in"
"operations were based out of Liverpool and run by Thomas Brocklebank, while John ran the Whitehaven shipyard until his death in 1831. The next generation of Brocklebanks, Thomas Jr. and Ralph, became partners in the business in 1843, and the following year the line reached its peak with a fleet of fifty ships. In 1865, the shipyard at Whitehaven closed, with most of the line's subsequent ships built at Harland & Wolff. In 1911, the Brocklebank family gave up full control of the company, when Sir Percy, Frederic and Denis Bates—descendents of shipping magnate Sir Edward Bates—acquired a stake in"
"to allow easy access for their ships. In the United Kingdom, for example, shipyards were established on the Rivers Thames (King Henry VIII founded yards at Woolwich and Deptford in 1512 and 1513 respectively), Mersey, Tees, Tyne, Wear, and Clyde – the latter growing to be the World's pre-eminent shipbuilding centre. Sir Alfred Yarrow established his yard by the Thames in London's Docklands in the late 19th century before moving it northwards to the banks of the Clyde at Scotstoun (1906–08). Other famous UK shipyards include the Harland and Wolff yard in Belfast, Northern Ireland, where ""Titanic"" was built, and"
"questioned and the Court of Inquiry into the incident did not accept the bottled notes as genuine. If the messages are correct, the ship sank sometime after 3:20 a.m on February 19, 1893. SS Naronic SS Naronic was a steamship built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast for the White Star Line. The ship was lost at sea after leaving Liverpool on February 11, 1893 bound for New York, with the loss of all 74 people on board. The ship's fate is a mystery that remains unsolved to this day. ""Naronic"" was launched on May 26, 1892, completed on 11"
"his English effects were publicly sworn at £9800 () and his executors were a solicitor and a relative Frederick Albert Wolff May. Gustav Wilhelm Wolff Gustav Wilhelm Wolff (14 November 1834 – 17 April 1913) was a Germanshipbuilder and politician. Born in Hamburg, he moved to Liverpool in 1849 to live with his uncle, Gustav Christian Schwabe. After serving his apprenticeship in Manchester, Wolff was employed as a draughtsman in Hyde, Greater Manchester, before being employed by the shipbuilder Edward Harland in Belfast as his personal assistant. In 1861, Wolff became a partner at Harland's firm, forming Harland and Wolff."
"SS Naronic SS Naronic was a steamship built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast for the White Star Line. The ship was lost at sea after leaving Liverpool on February 11, 1893 bound for New York, with the loss of all 74 people on board. The ship's fate is a mystery that remains unsolved to this day. ""Naronic"" was launched on May 26, 1892, completed on 11 July 1892 and departed for her maiden voyage on 15 July 1892, sailing from Liverpool to New York. The 470 ft, twin screw steamship was designed as a freighter with the addition of"
"been the prime focus, and 75% of the company's work is based on offshore renewable energy. Harland & Wolff was formed in 1861 by Edward James Harland (1831–95) and Hamburg-born Gustav Wilhelm Wolff (1834–1913, came to the UK from age 14). In 1858 Harland, then general manager, bought the small shipyard on ""Queen's Island"" from his employer Robert Hickson. After buying Hickson's shipyard, Harland made his assistant Wolff a partner in the company. Wolff was the nephew of Gustav Schwabe, Hamburg, who was heavily invested in the Bibby Line, and the first three ships that the newly incorporated shipyard built"
"including one of 333,000 tonnes. The shipyard already had a reputation as a protestant factory, and in 1970, during the Troubles, 500 Catholic workers were expelled from their role. Continuing problems led to the company's nationalisation, though not as part of British Shipbuilders, in 1977. In 1971, the Arrol Gantry complex, within which many ships were built until the early 1960s, was demolished. The nationalised company was sold by the British government in 1989 to a management/employee buy-out in partnership with the Norwegian shipping magnate Fred Olsen; leading to a new company called Harland & Wolff Holdings Plc. By this"
"MV Stirling Castle RMMV ""Stirling Castle"" was a British ocean liner of the Union-Castle Line built by Harland & Wolff in Belfast for the Southampton to South Africa mail service. She was launched on 15 August 1935 and was the first of two identical sister ships, being joined a few months later by the ""Athlone Castle"". A third, slightly larger, ship of the class, the ""Capetown Castle"", joined them in 1938. Harland and Wolff built her two Burmeister & Wain engines under license. They were the largest marine oil engines constructed in Britain until then. Each engine was a double-acting"
"and exclusive clientele including the British Royal Family. Colonel Archibald Gracie IV, a real estate investor, member of the wealthy Scottish-American Gracie family, embarked at Southampton. The Cavendishes of London were among other prominent British couples on board as well. Lord Pirrie, chairman of Harland and Wolff intended to travel aboard the ""Titanic"", but illness prevented him from joining the ill-fated voyage; however White Star Line's Managing Director J. Bruce Ismay and the ship's Harland and Wolff designer, Thomas Andrews, were both on board to oversee the ship's progress on her maiden voyage. Some of the most prominent members of"
"from South America. In November 1935 RML invited five shipbuilders to tender for the contract: John Brown & Company of Clydebank, Cammell Laird of Birkenhead, Harland and Wolff, Hawthorn Leslie and Company of Hebburn and Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson of Tyneside. Harland and Wolff's tender of £1,365,356 was the lowest, and RML negotiated this down to £1,360,000. In March 1937 RML announced that the new ship would be called ""Andes"". On 17 June that year Harland and Wolff laid her keel at Belfast. Passenger accommodation was originally projected as first and third classes, but during construction this was changed"
"scrapped eight years later, in 1929. SS Tauric SS ""Tauric"" was an ocean liner built in 1891 by Harland and Wolff for the White Star Line and completed on 16 May 1891. Though designed as a livestock carrier, ""Tauric"" carried a small amount of cabin-(second-) and steerage-(third-) class passengers. Her maiden voyage began at Liverpool and ended at New York. After this, ""Tauric"" began running the Liverpool to Portland, Maine route. In 1903, the White Star Line had the ship chartered to the Dominion Line, now taking on the name ""Welshman"". The Dominion Line in turn transferred her to the"
"SS Athenic SS ""Athenic was a British passenger liner built by Harland & Wolff shipyards for the White Star Line in 1901. In 1928, she came to a Norwegian company and was renamed SS ""Pelagos. Torpedoed in 1944, she was refloated the following year and continued to serve until her demolition in 1962. The 12,234-ton steamship ""Athenic"" was built at the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast and launched on 17 August 1901. ""Athenic"" was the first of three identical sister ships which were built for the profitable freight and passenger service from London to Wellington, New Zealand. The other"
"Thomas Andrews Thomas Andrews, Jr. (7 February 1873 – 15 April 1912) was a British businessman and shipbuilder. He was managing director and head of the drafting department of the shipbuilding company Harland and Wolff in Belfast, Ireland. As the naval architect in charge of the plans for the ocean liner , he was travelling on board that vessel during her maiden voyage when the ship hit an iceberg on 14 April 1912. He perished along with more than 1,500 others. His body was never recovered. Thomas Andrews was born at Ardara House, Comber, County Down, in Ireland, to The"
"in 1919. SS Malakand (1905) SS ""Malakand"" was a 7,653-gross register ton cargo liner built by Harland & Wolff in 1905 for the Brocklebank shipping line, the first of two Brocklebank Line ships named after the Malakand area of the Indian subcontinent. ""Malakand"" operated on a regular service between Liverpool, England, and Calcutta, India. During World War I, she was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly (), on 20 April 1917 by the Imperial German Navy submarine with the loss of one crew member. A replacement ship of the same name, ,"
"sank. In 2005, oil was observed to be leaking to the surface from the decaying wreck, leading to concerns about the potential environmental threat. SS Suevic SS ""Suevic"" was a steamship built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast for the White Star Line. ""Suevic"" was the fifth and last of the ""Jubilee Class"" ocean liners, built specifically to service the Liverpool-Cape Town-Sydney route, along with her sister ship ""SS Runic"". In 1907 she was wrecked off the south coast of England, but in the largest rescue of its kind, all passengers and crew were saved. The ship herself was deliberately"
"Star of Bengal The Star of Bengal was an iron three-masted merchant sailing vessel built in Belfast in 1874 by Harland and Wolff Industries, the shipyard that later constructed the ""Titanic"". Although built towards the decline of the Age of Sail, the ""Star of Bengal"" was successfully operated for 24 years by the British trading company J.P. Corry & Co. The ship was mainly used on London-Calcutta trading route, but also made a few voyages to Australian and American ports. By 1898, following the formative change in the shipping industry, J.P. Corry switched to steam vessels and sold its sailing"
"hotels, and a riverside entertainment district. A major visitor attraction, Titanic Belfast is a monument to Belfast's maritime heritage on the site of the former Harland & Wolff shipyard, opened on 31 March 2012. It features a criss-cross of escalators and suspended walkways and nine high-tech galleries. They also hope to invest in a new modern transport system (including high-speed rail and others) for Belfast, with a cost of £250 million. There is a tourist information centre located at Donegall Square North. Belfast has the following sister cities: Belfast Belfast () is a city in the United Kingdom and the"
"SS Scandinavian The SS ""Scandinavian"" was a steamship ocean liner built at Harland & Wolff in Belfast which entered service in 1898. The ship changed names and owners several times; she was originally built for the Dominion Line and was known as ""New England"", in 1903 she was transferred to the White Star Line and renamed ""Romanic"". In 1912 she was sold to the Allan Line and renamed ""Scandinavian"", the name which she retained for the rest of her career. In the late 1890s the Dominion Line ordered three ships from Harland & Wolff for their profitable Liverpool to Boston"
"""Transilvania"", she remained in service with them until 2 February 1930, after which she was laid up for disposal at Genoa, where she was scrapped three years later. SS European The SS ""European was a steamship built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast, which entered service in 1897. the ""European"" was a combined cargo and passenger ship which was originally built for the West India and Pacific Steamship Company along with her sister ship the SS American. In 1904 she passed to the White Star Line and was renamed Tropic, the name she retained until she was sold to Italian"
"SS Suevic SS ""Suevic"" was a steamship built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast for the White Star Line. ""Suevic"" was the fifth and last of the ""Jubilee Class"" ocean liners, built specifically to service the Liverpool-Cape Town-Sydney route, along with her sister ship ""SS Runic"". In 1907 she was wrecked off the south coast of England, but in the largest rescue of its kind, all passengers and crew were saved. The ship herself was deliberately broken in two, and a new bow was attached to the salvaged stern portion. Later serving as a Norwegian whaling factory ship carrying the"
"new jobs were created. In September 2017 a second hotel, Titanic Hotel Belfast, opened in the former Harland & Wolff Headquarters and Drawing Offices, billed as 'world's most authentic Titanic hotel'. Belfast Audi, operated by the Agnew Group, opened its new headquarters in November 2010. Located at 80 Sydenham Road, it created 115 new jobs. The first residential development in Titanic Quarter was completed in December 2010. The Arc comprises apartments and shops, and is located adjacent to Abercorn Basin. Belfast Porsche, operated by the Agnew Group. Opened its new showroom beside Belfast Audi in December 2017. This replaced the"
"Edward Harland Sir Edward James Harland, 1st Baronet (15 May 1831 – 24 December 1895) was a British shipbuilder and politician. Born in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, he was educated at Edinburgh Academy. In 1846, aged 15, he took an apprenticeship at the engineering works of Robert Stephenson and Company in Newcastle upon Tyne. Afterwards he was employed in jobs in Glasgow and again in Newcastle, before moving to Belfast in 1854 to manage Robert Hickson's shipyard at Queen's Island. Four years later he bought the yard and renamed the business Edward James Harland and Company. In 1861 he formed a"
"at the shipyard where the RMS ""Titanic"" was built, ""Titanic"" Belfast, and in the United States at Titanic Branson and Titanic Pigeon Forge museums. It was sold by auction house Henry Aldridge & Son in Devizes, Wiltshire, England, on 19 October 2013 for £900,000 ($1.7 million US), as reported by BBC, NBC, and ""The Washington Post"". The story of Wallace Hartley and his violin is the inspiration behind the song ""Titanically"" written by Canadian singer/songwriter Heather Rankin and David Tyson, with a music video directed by American-Canadian filmmaker Thom Fitzgerald. The music video was released June 2, 2017, to honour"
"his property in Belfast. Walter Henry Wilson Walter Henry Wilson JP FICE FRINA (4 November 1839-14 May 1904) was an Irish ship designer and one of the founding partners of the firm Harland and Wolff. He was the eldest son and heir of Alexander George Wilson (1797-1856) of Maryville House, Belfast, and Emily Lawrence Boyd. He was a descendant of the Wilsons of Croglin in Dumfriesshire. Following his education in Belfast, he pursued a career in naval architecture and engineering. Wilson became a gentleman apprentice in Robert Hickson's shipyard in 1857, which later became Harland and Wolff. In 1861, Wilson"
"SS Tauric SS ""Tauric"" was an ocean liner built in 1891 by Harland and Wolff for the White Star Line and completed on 16 May 1891. Though designed as a livestock carrier, ""Tauric"" carried a small amount of cabin-(second-) and steerage-(third-) class passengers. Her maiden voyage began at Liverpool and ended at New York. After this, ""Tauric"" began running the Liverpool to Portland, Maine route. In 1903, the White Star Line had the ship chartered to the Dominion Line, now taking on the name ""Welshman"". The Dominion Line in turn transferred her to the Leyland Line in 1921. She was"
"by the German U-boat , at the position () while sailing in the Atlantic convoy ON 127. One crewman lost his life, but the master, 76 crew members and eight gunners survived and were picked up by the Canadian corvette, . SS Medic SS ""Medic"" was a steamship built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast for the White Star Line which entered service in 1899. ""Medic"" was one of five ""Jubilee Class"" ocean liners (the others being the , , and ) built specifically to service the Liverpool–Cape Town–Sydney route. ""Medic"" was the second ""Jubilee Class"" ship to be built"
"Britain and also in the Republic of Ireland, such as the James Joyce Bridge and the restoration of Dublin's Ha'penny Bridge, building on the success of its first foray into the civil engineering sector with the construction of the Foyle Bridge in the 1980s. Harland & Wolff's last shipbuilding project was MV ""Anvil Point"", one of six near identical s built for use by the Ministry of Defence. The ship, built under licence from German shipbuilders Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, was launched in 2003. Harland and Wolff was nearly awarded the contract to build RMS ""Queen Mary 2"" in 2003, but was"