Amsterdam Airfare - Belfast - The Birthplace of the Titanic

. . History of the Titanic.

Comfort and style, to construct three superb steam liners that would hit new heights in terms of passenger safety, the Belfast Shipbuilding Company, in 1907 the shipping firm White Star Line commissioned Harland and Wolff.

And the name of the latter was to accentuate its impressive size and the luxury facilities and features in would incorporate, the first two to be commissioned were the Olympic and the Titanic. Was one of the main designers along with White Star Line's managing director J.Bruce Ismay, as a partner in Harland and Wolff, lord James Pirrie.

And the pier of the White Star Company in New York had to be increased in size to accommodate the ship's arrival in port, the shipyards of Harland and Wolff had to be re-designed to facilitate the project, due to the large-scale project! The construction of the Titanic began in Belfast in March 1909.

000 tonnes, and it was over 880 feet in length and weighed nearly 50, the ship cost approximately 7.5 million dollars to complete! A huge media interest made the ship a household name before it even touched water. It took over two years in Belfast for the hull to be finished.

Cork) where it picked up its final passengers. Co, its final stop was at Cobh (formerly Queenstown, and even further to cement the ship in its Irish heritage, it was its maiden voyage. England on the 10th of April 1912, the ship set sail from Southampton. At the time it was the largest passenger steamship in the world.

500 lives, with the loss of over 1, in less than 3 hours she tragically sank to the ocean floor. The ship struck an iceberg in the freezing North Atlantic, we are all aware of the story afterwards - shortly before midnight on the night of April 14th.

While you're in Belfast why not enjoy the unique experience of a Titanic tour?

. . The Future of the Titanic Quarter.

It's being developed by the Northern Ireland Tourist Board, known as the Titanic Signature Project. And it's predicted that the area will be officially launched for the 100th anniversary of the maiden voyage of the liner, in recent years there has been a whole regeneration of the Titanic Quarter.

Near to the headquarters and architect drawing rooms of Harland and Wolff, where the ship was built, the proposed Titanic memorial attraction is going to be located at the Titanic Slipways.

It's planned that visitors to the exhibition will be transported back in time and will be able to view ''the making of the ship'' as well as take a trip underwater to see the shipwreck as part of a cinematic interactive experience! Features will include an interactive museum and exhibition relating to the construction and history of the ill-fated liner.

If all this goes according to plan it will be a true testimony to Belfast's Titanic Heritage.