![]() But it was moving, too: at the near end of the slipways were listed the names of all those who were lost in the sinking, plus the workers who died during Titanic‘s construction.Īfter that, I had a boat tour down the river, where I learned a bit more about Belfast’s sea-based industry, and then had a walk to the City Hall. There was a feeling of real significance looking at the lines on the ground, I could envisage the ship sitting there. Just walking down these slipways, and sitting at either end, was enough to invoke a strong emotional response. Titanic‘s slipway, on the left, is marked with the outlines of deck structures that give you a proper indication of how massive the ship was Olympic‘s slipway has an alternating pattern of paving and turf, representing the proportions of first class, second class, third class and crew who lived and died respectively on Titanic. Both hulls had their skeletons and steel plating completed here, before being launched into the River Lagan – Olympic in October 1910, Titanic in May 1911 – and moved into a dry dock to have their funnels, engines and other internal structures fitted. Right behind the museum is an area that is free to access: the slipways where Titanic, and her sister ship Olympic, were constructed. I wouldn’t be visiting the museum itself until the second day of my visit, but upon arrival, I still took a walk down to have a look. No more ships are built in the ‘Titanic Quarter’ today but in 2012, 100 years after the sinking, a museum/monument named Titanic Belfast was opened on the original site. ![]() The main motivation for the trip was my interest in the RMS Titanic: Belfast is where the ship was built, at the shipyards of Harland & Wolff. I’ve been to some pretty faraway places, but despite it being practically next door, I had never been to Ireland – until this week, when I took a little trip to Belfast in Northern Ireland.
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