| 4ni.co.uk | WWI-ERA HMS CAROLINE STARS IN DOCUMENTARY An Irish filmmaker has been all at sea on board a warship that survived the Battle of Jutland. The ship was the star as Northern Visions premièred a movie on HMS Caroline - a World War I light cruiser that has been stationed in Belfast since 1924 - seeing WWII service and then being used as the base for the Royal Navy Reserve until its decommissioning. Originally anchored in Milewater Basin, but now residing in the Alexandra Dock, HMS Caroline is the maritime equivalent of a grade one listed building, and is the second oldest Royal Navy warship in existence, after Admiral Nelson's flagship, Victory.... |
26th September 2011 | |||
| 4ni.co.uk | PLAY EXPLORES TALE OF TITANIC OWNER BRUCE ISMAY A play exploring the story of Titanic owner Bruce Ismay is to be one of the opening events of Belfast's Titanic 100 festival. The play documents one of the most controversial incidents in the fateful story of the RMS Titanic...... |
4th April 2011 | |||
| 4NI.co.uk | TITANIC QUARTER TO REVIVE CITY'S HERITAGE Belfast is set to finally commemorate its full maritime and industrial heritage. It has just been revealed that one of the main objectives of a new initiative, the ¢€ËœTitanic Signature Project', is to record and celebrate the city's great maritime and industrial heritage.... |
23rd October 2007 | |||