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It took an incredibly short period of time, a mere six months, from the meeting in London between Bruce Ismay and Lord Pirrie to discuss the new Olympic-class liners, and the actual keel-laying in December 1907 of the first of the trio, Olympic, yard No. 400. On October 20th, 1910, Olympic was launched at Harland and Wolff’sBelfast yard, and she immediately entered the …
Age: 39 Date of Birth (D.O.B.): 7th February, 1873 Place of Residence: Belfast, Ireland Embarked at: Belfast, Ireland (Harland and Wolff Guarantee Group) Ticket Number: 112050 Price Of Ticket: Cabin Number: A-36 Class: First Class Passengers Destination: New York City, New York Survived: No Died: 15th April, 1912 at sea Thomas Andrews boarded the Titanic at Belfast, Ireland, traveling to New York City, New York. Thomas …
Since picking-up Titanic’s distress call, the Cunard Line’s RMS Carpathia had made an heroic all-out dash to the area where Titanic’s senior radio operator, Jack Phillips, had last radioed its position. Her captain, Arthur Rostron, had made a frantic bid to coax as much speed out of his ageing vessel as was possible, and he had ordered all of the off-duty firemen …
The shipbuilding company of Harland and Wolff stands on Queen’s Island, in Belfast’s River Lagan, and was built on land reclaimed from a river-straightening scheme undertaken between the years 1841 – 1846. The company’s roots were initially sown in 1853, when Robert Hickson and Company opened a shipbuilding yard on the island, building iron-hulled ships. …
The White Star Line had originally been a company serving Australia with traditional sailing vessels during the great Australian gold rush. The company went bankrupt as this gold rush faded, and on the 18th January, 1868, Thomas Henry Ismay bought the company for £1,000. From this point forward, the White Star Line would commission ships …