Builder: Harland and Wolff Yard No.: Launched: 1918 Maiden Voyage: 1923 Gross Tonnage: 16,063 tons Length: 550.3ft. Beam: 67.3ft. Decks: 2 Funnels: 1 Masts: 2 Propellers: 3 Engines: 2 x 4 cylinder triple expansion + turbine to centre propeller Boilers: 6 double boilers Speed: 16 knots Port of Registry: Liverpool Carrying Capacity: 190 first class, 220 second class, 480 third class Sister Ships: n/a Calgaric was originally laid down in 1914 as Orca for …
Builder: Harland and Wolff Yard No.: Launched: 1911 Maiden Voyage: N/A Gross Tonnage: 675 tons Length: 175 ft. Beam: 35 ft. Decks: 2 Funnels: 1 Masts: 1 Propellers: 2 Engines: 2 x twin cylinder compound inverted engines Boilers: Speed: 12 knots Port of Registry: Liverpool Carrying Capacity: 1,200 passengers from third class + mails Sister Ships: N/A Traffic was designed and built by Harland & Wolff, and launched on 27th April 1911, …
Olympic’s keel, yard No. 400, was laid towards the end of 1908, and just over three months later, the keel of Titanic , No. 401, was laid alongside, under the massive Arrol Gantry at Harland & Wolff’s yard in Belfast. With a construction period of about three years, the two liners’ massive hulls became almost a part of the skyline on the …
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 …
In 1907, the White Star Line inaugurated Southampton as its primary port for transatlantic steamers arriving in and departing from England. This placed the French port of Cherbourg about 80 nautical miles away, or about 5 hours at the speed ships traveled in 1907. Cherbourg did not have the full facilities to accommodate the large steamers in her docks, …