Harland and Wolff

“To our mind the idea of the Titanic sinking was preposterous.”- Karl Behr, a passenger on the Titanic. To everyone who had been involved in the construction and designing of the Titanic she was truly unsinkable. After the completion of the Titanic, it was sent from Belfast to Southampton, England for its maiden voyage across the Atlantic. It set sail on April 10, 1912, with 2223 passengers (RMST) and 907 crew members (TT). Captain Edward J. Smith was the first and last man to steer the Titanic

These questions and their answers only add to the mystery, grandeur, and sorrow of what will be forever remembered in history. The idea to build the Titanic was brought up by J. Bruce Ismay and Lord Pirrie. Lord Pirrie is the chairman of Harland and Wolff shipbuilders, and Ismay is the director of White Star Line. They were attending a dinner party at Pirrie’s Mansion. The talk was about a new ship created by Cunard, a British shipping company. They had just completed Lusitania and Mauretania

The Titanic was a tragedy that shocked the world as the Titanic was thought to be unsinkable. The Titanic was British luxury ocean liner, thought to be unsinkable, which nevertheless sank on its first voyage in 1912 after running into an iceberg in the north Atlantic Ocean. The “Icebergs loomed up and fell astern and we never slackened. It was an anxious time with the Titanic's fateful experience very close in our minds” The Titanic could have been constructed with a double hull. The technology

the ship building company White Star Line, along with Lord Pirrie, chairman of Harland & Wolff shipbuilders, joined together to begin the plans for the Titanic. Their goal was to give other Atlantic passenger boats some competition for business by building the largest ship to hit the water. The Titanic was completed in 1911, and it’s first voyage took place in 1912. Everyone was shocked

The Titanic was one of a trio.  “Her” sisters were the Olympic and the Gigantic.  These ships were made by the  White Star Lines, all of their names ending with “ic”.  The White Star Lines were known for making the top of the line, most luxurious ship liners of their time. The point in making luxurious and fast ship liners were to compete and beat the German ship liners.  This ship race between Germany and Britain went clear back to the 1860’s.  As Britain kept getting out bested  by Germany an American

White Star, discussed the construction of three large ships with William J. Pirrie, chairman of the Belfast-based shipbuilding company Harland and Wolff. Part of a new “Olympic” class of liners, they would each measure 882 feet in length and 92.5 feet at their broadest point, making them the largest of their time. In March 1909, work began in the massive Harland and Wolff yard on the second of these ships, Titanic, and

TITLE The Titanic Belfast LEAD PARAGRAPH The Titanic is the world’s most famous ship. Built in Belfast’s historic shipyard, you can now walk in the dangerous footsteps of the men who put their lives on the line to build the monstrous ship. Here the Titanic story is brought to life with nine interactive galleries in the iconic structure. PARAGRAPHS The history of Titanic Belfast On Saturday March 31st, 2012, exactly 100 years after the Titanic’s initial launch, the Titanic Belfast opened its doors

luxurious ship, labeled unsinkable, hit an iceberg and sunk to an icy grave. The devastating event of the Titanic was very shocking, but could have easily been prevented. The R.M.S. Titanic was a very large passenger liner that was built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard, between 1909 and 1912. It was the largest ship of its time. It was built alongside the R.M.S. Olympic, which was almost identical to the Titanic. The main purpose of the Titanic was to transport people across the ocean, because planes

James Andrews was the designer of the Titanic, James laid the first keel plate to start the construction on the Titanic. The Titanic was constructed at the Harland and Wolff Shipyards in Belfast Ireland. The gantry built over the Titanic was over 220 feet in the air. The main Anchor on the TItanic was transported to the ship by twenty horses, the ship had a total of three anchors which weighed an estimated thirty one tons. Sixteen watertight compartments were constructed into the lower level of the

About a hundred years have passed since the British passenger liner met its fatal end in the North Atlantic on April 15, 1912. The RMS Titanic plummeted two miles to the ocean floor after clashing into an iceberg during its journey to the Port of New York. Over 1,500 people drowned in this unfortunate event. Ever since the sinking, numerous books and remarkable films have been made, telling the story of the ship and its passengers. The wreck of the ship was found in 1985 by the coast of Newfoundland