Kane Dane 
After her delayed but highly successful sea trials, Titanic immediately made her way to her port of departure, Southampton, arriving just before midnight on the 3rd April. However, there was still much, much work to be done before the ship could depart on April 10th, and the majority of this work involved stocking the vessel with ton after ton …
Titanic’s First Officer, William McMaster Murdoch, was lost in the disaster, but to ensure that he was never forgotten, this plaque was dedicated to him in his home town of Dalbeattie, Scotland. The wording of the plaque can be seen further down the page. After the release of James Cameron’s hugely successful movie ‘Titanic’, there was uproar …
Location: Donegall Square, Belfast, Antrim, BT1 5GS, United Kingdom The Titanic disaster hit the people of Belfast particularly hard. Not only had she been built in Belfast, she had spent the largest part of her life there too, and to many people of the city, she was a ‘Belfast ship. Between the 3rd and the 25th of May, a memorial …
Builder: Harland and Wolff Yard No.: 270 Launched: 23rd September, 1893 Maiden Voyage: 12th January, 1894 Liverpool – New York Gross Tonnage: 8,301 tons Length: 523 ft Beam: 60 ft Decks: 2 Funnels: 1 Masts: 4 Propellers: 2 Engines: 2 x triple expansion engines Boilers: Speed: 13 knots Port of Registry: Liverpool Carrying Capacity: 1,000 head of cattle Sister Ships: N/A Cevic was a livestock carrier built at the Belfast yard of Harland …
