19091909–1912 · Belfast

Building of the Titanic

Olympic and Titanic rising side by side under the gantry at Harland & Wolff, Belfast, 1910 — Archival image: Robert Welch. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

In the Harland & Wolff shipyard on Belfast's Queen's Island, thousands of workers built the liners Olympic and Titanic side by side, then the largest ships afloat. Titanic was launched in May 1911 and left Belfast in April 1912; days later she struck an iceberg and sank with the loss of about 1,500 lives. The disaster led to the first international rules on safety at sea.

Sites

Site 1: Titanic Belfast and the slipwaysA museum of the shipyard, beside the slipways where Olympic and Titanic were built.Map ↗
Site 2: Thompson Dry Dock and Pump-HouseThe dry dock where Titanic was fitted out, and its pump-house.Map ↗
Site 3: SS NomadicThe last surviving White Star Line ship, a tender built alongside Titanic.Map ↗

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