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RMS Titanic was the largest ship afloat upon entering service and the second of three Olympic-class ocean liners built for the White Star Line. The ship was built by the Harland and Wolff shipbuilding company in Belfast .
RMS Titanic, [i] in 1911, after Olympic's launch. The Arrol Gantry was a large steel structure built by Sir William Arrol & Co. at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was built to act as overhead cranes for the building of the three Olympic-class liners.
The Titanic could carry 3,547 people in speed and comfort, [3] and was built on an unprecedented scale. Her reciprocating engines were the largest that had ever been built, standing 40 feet (12 m) high and with cylinders 9 feet (2.7 m) in diameter requiring the burning of 600 long tons (610 t) of coal per day.
The Titanic under construction at a Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast. The ship hit an iceberg and sank on her maiden voyage in April 1912. - Krista Few/Corbis/Getty Images
The submersible’s Titanic expedition is a reminder that more than a century after the “unsinkable” Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg, killing more than 1,500 of the 2,200 people on board ...
The Titanic was built in Belfast, Northern Ireland by Harland & Wolff for transatlantic passage between Southampton, England and New York City. It was the largest and most luxurious passenger ship ...
Thomas Andrews Jr. (7 February 1873 – 15 April 1912) was a British businessman and shipbuilder, who was managing director and head of the drafting department of the shipbuilding company Harland and Wolff in Belfast, Ireland.
The following is a list of ships that were built by Harland & Wolff, a heavy industrial company which specialises in shipbuilding and offshore construction, and is based in Belfast, Northern Ireland, as well as having had yards at Govan (1914–1963) and Greenock (1920–1928) in Scotland. The 1,600 ships are listed in order of the date of ...