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Harland & Wolff, the 163-year-old firm that built the Titanic, ... The 163-year-old company that built the Titanic says it is insolvent. Hanna Ziady, CNN. September 16, 2024 at 10:13 AM.
Harland & Wolff was formed in 1861 by Edward James Harland (1831-1895) and Hamburg-born Gustav Wilhelm Wolff (1834–1913) who came to the UK aged 14. In 1858 Harland, then general manager, bought the small shipyard on Queen's Island from his employer Robert Hickson.
The ship was built by the Harland and Wolff shipbuilding company in Belfast. Thomas Andrews Jr., the chief naval architect of the shipyard, died in the disaster. Titanic was under the command of Captain Edward John Smith, who went down with the ship. The first-class accommodation was designed to be the pinnacle of comfort and luxury.
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.
Harland and Wolff, the Belfast shipbuilder, has formally entered administration for the second time.
The RMS Titanic Inc., company has been embarking on expeditions to the site since 1987. “As you go through the expeditions, the first two numbers on the artifact cases will tell you which ...
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.
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The company that owns the salvage rights to the Titanic shipwreck has cancelled plans to retrieve more artifacts from the site because the leader of the upcoming expedition ...