Builder: Harland and Wolff Yard No.: Launched: 1889 Maiden Voyage: 1889 Liverpool – New York Gross Tonnage: 9,984 tons Length: 565.7 ft. Beam: 57.7 ft. Decks: 3 Funnels: 2 Masts: 3 Propellers: 2 Engines: 2 x triple expansion Boilers: 12 double Speed: 16 knots Port of Registry: Liverpool Carrying Capacity: 300 first class, 190 second class, 1000 steerage Sister Ships: Majestic I In the March of 1887, the keel of the White …
Age: 39 Date of Birth (D.O.B.): 7th February, 1873 Place of Residence: Belfast, Ireland Embarked at: Belfast, Ireland (Harland and Wolff Guarantee Group) Ticket Number: 112050 Price Of Ticket: Cabin Number: A-36 Class: First Class Passengers Destination: New York City, New York Survived: No Died: 15th April, 1912 at sea Thomas Andrews boarded the Titanic at Belfast, Ireland, traveling to New York City, New York. Thomas …
The shipbuilding company of Harland and Wolff stands on Queen’s Island, in Belfast’s River Lagan, and was built on land reclaimed from a river-straightening scheme undertaken between the years 1841 – 1846. The company’s roots were initially sown in 1853, when Robert Hickson and Company opened a shipbuilding yard on the island, building iron-hulled ships. …
Wallace Henry Hartley was born on 2nd June 1878, in Colne, East Lancashire. His parents Albion and Elizabeth Hartley were both employed in the local textile trade, which at the time produced cotton for export around the world. Wallace was the younger brother to Mary Ellen, who had been born the previous year. When Wallace …
The Olympic-class liners were designed to rival the Cunard Line’s greyhound steamers Mauretania and Lusitania, however, there was one vital area where the Olympic-class liners lagged far behind the state-of-the-art Cunard sisters – speed. Cunard had borrowed money at very favourable rates from the U.K. Government to enable them to design and build the two …