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Belfast Telegraph	TITANIC DRESS THAT WOWED AT AWARDS BASH A dress commissioned to celebrate the centenary of the Titanic’s maiden voyage has wowed crowds at an awards ceremony in London. The eye-catching dress based on the iconic ship made its debut at the London Lifestyle Awards on Thursday. ...	8th October 2011
Belfast Telegraph	A MENU WITH REAL TITANIC SERVINGS For first class diners on board the Titanic it was a last supper to remember....	16th March 2011
Belfast Telegraph	STRANMILLIS PUPILS DOCK FOR TITANIC HISTORY LESSON Stranmillis Primary School pupils have enjoyed a titanic experience at Belfasts maritime landmark sites courtesy of the Northern Ireland Science Park....	22nd February 2011
Belfast Telegraph	TITANICS EPIC STORY CAPTURED ON CANVAS The tragic tale of the ill-fated Titanic is once again being retold with the launch of a new art exhibition in Belfast...	1st February 2011
Belfast Telegraph	ROY WARD BAKER VETERAN FILM DIRECTOR WHO BROUGHT TITANIC TALE TO LIFE DIES AGED 93 Veteran film director Roy Ward Baker who has died in London aged 93 will be remembered as the man who brought the epic about the Titanic A Night To Remember to the screen in 1958....	29th November 2010
Belfast Telegraph	TITANIC SOS SHIP ARTEFACTS FOR SALE Artefacts from the ship which failed to answer a call for help from the Titanic go up for auction in Northern Ireland next month....	19th November 2010
Belfast Telegraph	HARBOUR BOOK IS LAUNCHED A new book celebrating 400 years of Belfast Harbour was launched earlier this week....	13th November 2010
Belfast Telegraph	TITANIC WEBSITE SHOWS BELFAST LINK A Titanic website has been unveiled in New York. It will profile Northern Ireland and its shipbuilding heritage and aims to attract thousands of tourists....	30th September 2010
Belfast Telegraph	TITANIC TENDER NOMADIC RECEIVES LOTTERY BOOST Plans to restore the SS Nomadic have moved a step closer to winning more than £2 million in lottery funding....	27th September 2010
Belfast Telegraph	TITANIC BUILDING ALREADY A BOON FOR THE ECOMONY Ten of the 11 subcontracts awarded so far for work on the Titanic Signature Building have gone to local firms Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster has announced. The Minister was visiting the site of the £97m project to see how contract Harcourt Construction was progressing with the build. ...	9th July 2010
Belfast Telegraph	TITANIC GIFT TO BELFAST TAKES A BOW A replica 30 foot section of the bow of the famous 'unsinkable' ship has been unveiled beside the berthing dock where the Titanic was built in Belfast almost a century ago....	3rd July 2010
Belfast Telegraph	WEATHER PUTS TITANIC PROJECT ON COURSE FOR 2012 OPENING Construction of the Titanic Signature project is a month ahead of schedule with the landmark building on course to open in the first quarter of 2012....	3rd July 2010
Belfast Telegraph	THE TITANIC TO TAKE A BOW Almost 100 years after the Titanic was built a 30ft replica section of the ship's bow has been constructed to bring the ship back to life and celebrate the skills and innovation of Belfast ship workers....	19th June 2010
Belfast Telegraph	BIG WHEEL ROLLS OFF AFTER TOWERING OVER BELFAST FOR THREE YEARS It turned into one of the best known landmarks in Belfast in the three years it was in the city, but only took four days to disappear from the skyline....	24th April 2010
Belfast Telegraph	STORM OVER TITANIC DISTRESS SIGNAL The onboard designer of the doomed Titanic liner has been defended by his great nephew after a book claimed the distress signal was delayed....	16th April 2010
Belfast Telegraph	NEW TOUR OFFERS A TASTE FROM TITANIC Belfast's food businesses will be offering some Titanic treats when a culinary walking tour joins the menu of tourist delights in the city....	10th April 2010
Belfast Telegraph	FULL STEAM AHEAD AS TITANIC FESTIVAL GETS SET TO DRAW IN HUGE CROWDS Titanic fever will grip Belfast this week with the launch of the annual Titanic Made in Belfast Festival. Hundreds of Titanic and White Star Line artefacts and memorabilia including a postcards written by a passengers on board the doomed vessel, a man’s watch valued at £90,000, and the keys to a family treasure chest that went down with the stricken ship are due to go on display in Belfast today....	2nd April 2010
Belfast Telegraph	TITANIC ARTEFACTS GO ON DISPLAY More than 200 Titanic artefacts and memorabilia are to go on display in Belfast. The Titanic Made in Belfast festival begins on Saturday and features a series of talks on the doomed vessel....	30th March 2010
Belfast Telegraph	£50 TITANIC CHARGE: WHY IT'S NEEDED The people behind one of Northern Ireland's iconic Titanic attractions have insisted they will make the ship's centenary a success. The bosses at Northern Ireland Science Park have said they will build a Titanic legacy which the province can be proud of after facing stinging criticism for introducing a £50 fee for coaches to visit the Titanic's Dry Dock and Pumphouse....	28th March 2010
Belfast Telegraph	TITANIC GAIN FOR BELFAST Nearly 100 years after it sank, interest in the Titanic continues to prove lucrative for Belfast....	19th January 2010
Belfast Telegraph	TITANIC EXHIBITION ATTEMPTS TO RECREATE EXPERIENCE OF BEING ON DOOMED SHIP Ever wondered what it felt like to walk the decks of the Titanic? Almost 100 years after the liner sank beneath icy waters on an April night in 1912, the spirit of the great ship is coming back to Ireland through a new exhibition....	17th December 2009
Belfast Telegraph	TITANIC EXHIBITION SAILS INTO DUBLIN Almost 100 years after the Titanic sank beneath icy waters on an April night in 1912, the spirit of the great ship is coming to Ireland....	8th December 2009
Belfast Telegraph	TITANIC PROJECT STILL ON COURSE The £97m Titanic Signature Project is on its way to becoming a world class destination, Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster said, during a visit to the Titanic Quarter yesterday....	5th December 2009
Belfast Telegraph	TITANIC GROUP STEP UP WHEEL CAMPAIGN The Belfast Titanic Society has stepped up its campaign against plans for the Belfast wheel to remain in its current location in the grounds of Belfast City Hall by meeting with the Environment Minister....	2nd December 2009
Belfast Telegraph	COUNCIL AWARDS Â£10M TO TITANIC PROJECT The £97 million Titanic Signature Project received good news this week when Belfast City Council agreed to contribute Â£10 million to the scheme....	5th November 2009
Belfast Telegraph	PUBLIC SCULPTURE UNVEILED AT THE TITANIC QUARTER The first public artwork for the Titanic Quarter was unveiled as part of the Belfast festival at Queens. The â€œcontemporary and innovative artworkâ€ is called â€˜Kitâ€™ and is a site-specific light sculpture which is 13.5 metres tall and cast in bronze....	4th November 2009
Belfast Telegraph	TITANIC Â£97M PLAN ON COURSE FOR 2012 FINISH The Â£97m Titanic Signature Project is "on course" to be ready for the centenary of the doomed liner after the Executive finalised its financial commitment, according to the government department leading the project....	3rd November 2009
Belfast Telegraph	TITANIC ARTWORK UNVEILED IN BELFAST A giant toy modelling kit of the Titanic was unveiled yesterday on the site where the doomed liner was built almost a century ago. ...	30th October 2009
Belfast Telegraph	£7 MILLION RESTORATION OF TITANIC SHIP GOES AHEAD The £7 million restoration of a tender ship which ferried first-class passengers on board the Titanic is to begin early next year after the project today secured another £500,000 cash injection....	16th September 2009
Belfast Telegraph	TITANIC'S "LITTLE SISTER" MAY MISS ANNIVERSARY REFIT DATE The £7m restoration of a tender ship that ferried passengers on board the doomed Titanic may not be finished in time for the centenary of its launch, an official report warns today....	24th June 2009
Belfast Telegraph	TITANIC FANS WANT BELFAST MEMORIAL TO BE RELOCATED The Belfast Titanic Society has hit out at plans for the Belfast wheel to remain at its current location because it obscures a memorial to the victims of the sea disaster....	5th June 2009
Belfast Telegraph	TITANIC ARTWORK TO HELP WORLD'S POOR A painting of the Titanic could raise £10,000 for charity at auction, the artist who created it said today. Dozens of old cheques issued by the Belfast shipyard where the famous vessel was built have been used to create the image by Rita Duffy, who hopes to raise money for the poor in sub-Saharan Africa. The Titanic, which was dubbed unsinkable before it hit an iceberg and foundered in the north Atlantic in April 1912, is at the centre of plans to rejuvenate a large part of the city's docklands. ...	26th April 2009
Belfast Telegraph	GETTING A STEER ON THE NOMADIC'S HISTORY The ship's wheel once used to steer Titanic's "little sister" is about to return to Belfast. Volunteers who have been raising money to restore SS Nomadic have tracked down what they believe to be her ship's wheel and will be handing it over to the team responsible for restoring her in the next fortnight. SS Nomadic is the last remaining White Star Line vessel and once ferried first class passengers onto the Titanic at Cherbourg on the mighty liner's ill-fated maiden voyage. ...	25th April 2009
Belfast Telegraph	BELFAST MUST RECLAIM TITANIC'S LEGACY The sinking of the Titanic exactly 97 years ago was marked by a solemn ceremony earlier this week at the Titanic Memorial statue outside the City Hall in Belfast. Wreaths were laid in memory of the 1,513 passengers and crew who lost their lives when the vessel struck an iceberg in mid-Atlantic and sank....	22nd April 2009
Belfast Telegraph	CENTENARY TRIBUTE TO TITANIC BUILDERS The centenary of work beginning on RMS Titanic has been marked by a symbolic keel laying ceremony at Titanic Quarter. John M Andrews, great-nephew of Titanic designer Thomas Andrews and president of Belfast Titanic Society, unveiled a memorial plaque on a replica keel plate which has been erected on the exact spot on the Titanic slipway where construction began in 1909....	1st April 2009
Belfast Telegraph	OFFICES WHERE TITANIC PLANS WERE DRAWN COULD BE A HOTEL Developers behind the controversial Titanic Quarter project are considering turning the historic drawing rooms - where the liner was designed - into a hotel, the Belfast Telegraph can reveal today....	5th March 2009
Belfast Telegraph	TITANIC SALE SURVIVOR SELLS MEMORABILIA Titanic survivor Millvina Dean is to put up more of her family memorabilia for auction to raise money to pay for her nursing home fees. In an interview with Ronan Corrigan from the Nomadic Charitable Trust, the 96-year-old woman revealed that she has another 17 items available to put on the market and will be auctioning some of them at Devizes in Southampton next month....	6th February 2009
Belfast Telegraph	TITANIC'S ¢&EURO;ËœLITTLE SISTER', NOMADIC, MAY BE SHIPSHAPE FOR SUMMER Titanic's ¢€Ëœlittle sister' could be opened to the public during the Tall Ships festival in August, according to the team behind her restoration. There is no completion date yet for the refurbishment of SS Nomadic's new home at Hamilton Dock, but Nomadic Charitable Trust says it hopes the work will finish during the summer. ...	26th January 2009
Belfast Telegraph	HISTORIC HOME OF TITANIC SHIPYARD FOUNDER RAZED TO THE GROUND Residents last night spoke of their 'absolute shock' after the historical homes of Gustav Wolff - of Harland and Wolff fame - which they fought to save, were demolished. The two 19th century cottages in east Belfast were last summer spot listed by the Environmental Heritage Service (EHS) after a campaign was launched to prevent their destruction....	20th January 2009
Belfast Telegraph	TITANIC ROOM TO HOST ART EVENT The historic rooms where the Titanic was designed a century ago have been selected to host one of Northern Ireland's most prestigious art events. The 127th Annual Royal Ulster Academy Exhibition will be held in the Titanic Drawing Offices of Harland and Wolff Shipyard, Belfast from September 19 to October 19....	12th September 2008
Belfast Telegraph	NOMADIC JOINS ELITE LIST OF FINE SHIPS The Titanic's little sister has joined an elite list of the finest historical ships in the UK to have survived to the present day. The SS Nomadic (pictured above) joins the likes of the Cutty Sark, the Mary Rose and the Royal Yacht Britannia on a list of just 61 ships that form the Core Collection of the National Register of Historic Vessels (NRHV). The 96-year-old, Belfast-built ship was tender to many of the great transatlantic liners and also served in two world wars....	5th September 2008
Belfast Telegraph	KATE DRESSES UP TITANIC GALA NIGHT Two of kates dresses on display in aid of The Nomadic preservation Society...	25th November 2006
Belfast Telegraph	RARE COPY OF ORIGINAL TITANIC REPORT AT FAIR A rare copy of the original report on the loss of the Titanic, dated July 30, 1912 - three months after the tragedy - will be on display at the Belfast Antiquarian Book Fair in the Wellington Park Hotel on Saturday (10am-5pm).The report, which was completed by mid-summer after the sinking on April 14, is being presented for sale by Arthur Davidson of Davidson Books at Spa, Ballynahinch....	8th November 2006
Belfast Telegraph	DIVERS PROBE SECRETS OF TITANIC'S SISTER SHIP A team of divers is exploring the wreck of Belfast-built ocean liner HMHS Britannic, the last of the three White Star Line sister ships that include Titanic and Olympic.Divers and remote operated vehicles (ROVs) have penetrated the wreck of the former hospital ship, which has lain close to the Greek port of Kea in the Aegean Sea since her sinking in November 1916 as she passed through a minefield. The resulting footage will be screened in a History Channel documentary....	27th September 2006
Belfast Telegraph	NOMADIC'S PROMISE MUST BE FULFILLED Any doubts about the degree of interest in and level of affection for the SS Nomadic should have been dispelled by the large turn-out of spectators who went to the Odyssey last week to see the return of the famous ship for themselves.Despite being bereft of her superstructure, Nomadic is still an impressive sight. Built in Harland & Wolff at the same time as Titanic to serve as a tender to ferry first class passengers to the great liner, she at last provides Belfast with a tangible link with its most celebrated export.Salvaging the vessel from the scrapyard has been a major achievement, but greater challenges lie ahead. If Nomadic is to be transformed from a rusting hulk into an international tourist attraction, she will need to be completely renovated.While the Department for Social Development has acquired the vessel, and Belfast City Council has pledged £100,000 to the restoration fund, a determined effort will be required to raise funds to turn the vision into reality....	24th July 2006
Belfast Telegraph	TITANIC ACHIEVEMENT: NOMADIC SAILS INTO BELFAST Fans of the SS Nomadic will be dressing up in period costume to welcome her as she makes a triumphant return to Belfast's docks this evening.The ship has already made an appearance in Belfast Lough as she arrived on Saturday morning but her official homecoming will take place this evening.As the Titanic's 'little sister' proceeds up the Lagan to dock next to the Odyssey Arena, she will receive a chorus from a brass band as supporters dressed in Edwardian fashion cheer her.A party of members of the French Titanic Society (AFT) who worked closely with Belfast Industrial Heritage in the hard-fought campaign to save Nomadic from the scrapyard will be present this evening to welcome her home.The 95-year-old vessel was bought by the Department of Social Development in January at auction in Paris....	17th July 2006
Belfast Telegraph	95 YEARS AFTER SHE LEFT, THE SS NOMADIC FINALLY SAILS BACK HOME SS NOMADIC was due to set off from a French port at noon today on her final voyage home to the city where she was built.The Titanic's 'little sister' will be ferried by submersible barge out of Le Havre in Normandy, through the English Channel, rounding Land's End for the long trip north through the Irish Sea and into Belfast Lough.The vessel, which carried first-class passengers onto the Titanic from Cherbourg, was saved from the scrapyard in January when she was bought by the Department of Social Development at auction in Paris for €250,000.Since then, the campaigners who fought to save her have been waiting impatiently for the day she arrives at Belfast Harbour. ...	12th July 2006
Belfast Telegraph	TITANIC ANNIVERSARY TO BE MARKED A poignant ceremony to mark the 95th anniversary of the launch of Titanic into the waters of Belfast Lough is to be held later this week.It was on May 31, 1911, that the ill-fated liner was pushed from its birthplace in the Harland and Wolff shipyard into the lough to float for the first time....	29th May 2006
Belfast Telegraph	NOMADIC TO RETURN TO BELFAST ON A BARGE SS Nomadic will return to Belfast on a barge brought from the other side of the world specially for the task.It will take five days to ferry the former Titanic tender from the French port of Le Havre to Belfast, where she was built 95 years ago.The Department of Social Development (DSD) has confirmed that the final remaining White Star Line vessel will return in July this year.She was saved from the scrapyard when she was bought at auction in Paris by DSD for the reserve price of €250,000.The Belfast Telegraph has spearheaded the media campaign to rescue Nomadic. ...	16th May 2006
Belfast Telegraph	TITANIC DECKCHAIR COULD SELL FOR $57,000 A deckchair removed from the Titanic just moments before it set sail from Cork could fetch up to around ?57,000 when it goes under the hammer, experts predicted last night. Specialists with Bonhams and Butterfields in the US ex...	12th April 2006
Belfast Telegraph	ULSTER READY TO SALUTE NOMADIC Ulster's amateur seafarers are planning a rapturous welcome for SS Nomadic when she arrives in Belfast Lough.Kathleen Neill of Belfast Industrial Heritage (BIH), which spearheaded the bid to rescue the former Titanic tender, said she has already been contacted by Carrickfergus Yacht Club, Bangor Old Gaffers' Association, Bangor Marina Berthholders Association and the Royal County Down Yacht Club."They want to know exactly when she'll be coming, because they all want to get out in force to provide a guard of honour to escort her home," she said....	11th February 2006
Belfast Telegraph	TV STAR DELIGHTED BY RETURN OF SS NOMADIC SKY News presenter Eamonn Holmes has expressed his delight that Nomadic is to return to the docks where she was built.The Ulster-born presenter, who gave his backing to the campaigners as they battled to bring the 'mini-Titanic' back from France to Belfast, said he was looking forward to seeing her in the docks where she was built in 1911."I look forward to being there the day they crack the bottle of champagne against her," he told The Belfast Telegraph."I think it's another piece in the jigsaw of making Belfast a top tourist attraction. ...	31st January 2006
Belfast Telegraph	TITANIC : A NICE LITTLE EARNER The Americans seem to think that anything connected with the Titanic is potentially a nice little earner. The latest idea is to raise artefacts from the Carpathia, the ship which rescued 705 from the Titanic.In 1912, the year the Titanic went down, the United States Senate passed a joint resolution extending the thanks of Congress and appropriating $$1000 for a gold medal to Captain Rostron of the Carpathia and a vote of thanks to the Carpathia crew. The Senate Commerce Committee in May 1912 deemed the course followed by Captain Rostron as deserving of the highest praise and worthy of special recognition. ...	26th January 2006
Belfast Telegraph	TITANIC SURVIVOR BACKS NOMADIC APPEAL The youngest survivor of the Titanic disaster is backing the Belfast Telegraph's campaign to bring the Nomadic home to the city where she was built.The clock is ticking for the luxury ferry, which was built in Belfast by Harland and Wolff to carry passengers onto the Titanic and her sister liner Olympic.She faces the scrapyard if no buyers are found by the time she goes under the hammer on January 26....	19th January 2006
Belfast Telegraph	NOMADIC : FRENCH BACKING FOR BELFAST BID TO RETURN TITANIC TENDER A member of the French Titanic Society has pledged ?2,000 to the campaign to return the last remaining White Star Line vessel to Belfast - even though she is currently moored in a French port.Thierry Defournaud, head of communication with the society, promised the group would support the campaign to return the Nomadic ferry to the city where she was built, even if other restoration projects are set up."Of course we are supporting the Belfast project," he said."Myself, I made a pledge for ?2,000 for the Belfast bid."...	16th January 2006
Belfast Telegraph	NOMADIC : BRING HER BACK HOME Eamonn Holmes is backing the campaign to bring the Titanic-era Nomadic ferry back to the city where the Harland and Wolff vessel was built.The Ulster-born Sky News presenter says that if Belfast is going to have a sector named Titanic Quarter it needs to house attractions linked to the Titanic.The only remaining White Star Line ship, which is moored at Le Havre in northern France, may go for scrap if a buyer is not found when it goes under the hammer in less than two weeks....	13th January 2006
Belfast Telegraph	NOMADIC : MAYOR CALLS FOR TITANIC FERRY REPORT The debate over the merits of a mission to save the Nomadic continued today.The Lord Mayor of Belfast urged a full condition report to be carried out on the Nomadic to determine whether the former White Star Line vessel is worth saving.But campaigners battling to bring the Titanic-era ferry back to Belfast said she has already received the seal of approval from Harland & Wolff, the company that built her....	12th January 2006
Belfast Telegraph	EU FUNDING TO BOOST RESTORATION OF TITANIC TENDER SHIP The restoration of a tender ship which ferried passengers to the doomed Titanic was boosted today with the award of over Â£2 million in European funding. Last month auditors expressed concern that the Â£7 million refit of the derelict SS Nomadic may not be completed, on schedule, for the centenary of its launch in Belfast in 2011 due to a cash shortfall. ...
Belfast Telegraph	FULL STEAM AHEAD FOR TITANIC'S 'LITTLE SISTER' NOMADIC Some 1,600 curious visitors have poured across the gangplank of Titanicâ€™s â€˜little sisterâ€™ since last week to see the vessel before wholesale restoration gets under way....
Belfast Telegraph	MEDIATOR OFFER FOR NOMADIC ROW An expert in restoration projects has offered to act as a go-between to resolve clashes between the trust responsible for restoring SS Nomadic and the volunteers who raised funds to return her to Belfast. ...
Belfast Telegraph	NOMADIC REFLOATS TITANIC'S TALE The tragic tale of the Titanic is to be performed over three nights â€” onboard her tender. GCSE Drama students from Dominican College in Fortwilliam will stage the play â€˜Titanicâ€™ on the SS Nomadic, the Belfast-built vessel that carried first class passengers on to the legendary liner before she set off on her doomed maiden voyage....
Belfast Telegraph	TITANIC'S SISTER SHIP NOMADIC 'LEFT TO ROT' The Titanic's little sister has been left to all but rot away for three years as she awaits decisions on how she will be restored, it has been claimed. ...
Belfast Telegraph	TITANIC-LINKED SS NOMADIC RETURNS TO BELFAST BIRTHPLACE The historic SS Nomadic, a tender that ferried passengers to the doomed Titanic, has been moved back to the place where she was built almost 100 years ago....