Nomadic Charitable Trust
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| NI Dept. for Social Development | HANSON ANNOUNCES MEMBERS OF NOMADIC TRUST The members of the proposed charitable trust, tasked to oversee the restoration and fundraising for the SS Nomadic, have been announced.Minister for Social Development David Hanson MP said: "My Department, Belfast City Council, Belfast Harbour Commissioners and Belfast Industrial Heritage Society have all proposed representatives to form the trust. "... |
13th October 2006 |  |
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| BBC NEWS | NOMADIC AT 'CRUCIAL' REPAIR STAGE Work to restore a ship that ferried passengers to the Titanic has entered a "crucial" stage, according to the organisation overseeing the project. A team of engineers will look at how the SS Nomadic can be restored and become a tourist attraction in Belfast's Titanic Quarter. Denis Rooney, of the Nomadic Charitable Trust, said the work could take six months. ... |
12th January 2009 | |
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| Belfast Telegraph | TITANIC'S ¢€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 | |
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| BBC News | POLICE CALLED IN OVER NOMADIC ROW The police were called to look into the removal of artefacts from the historic White Star vessel SS Nomadic, it has emerged. The artefacts - two ornate doors - were taken by the Nomadic Preservation Society which said it bought them in Paris and has proof of ownership.... |
23rd September 2009 | |
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| 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 | |
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| Irish Examiner | TITANIC'S FERRY BOAT SAVED The British government paid ?170,000 (?250,000) today to save a rusting boat which once ferried passengers on to the Titanic.The bid was accepted at an auction in Paris after fears that the SS Nomadic would end up in a breaker's yard instead of being brought back to Belfast.The ferry was the last White Star vessel to be built at the city's famous Harland and Wolff shipyard where the Titanic was launched in 1912.A special charitable trust will now be set up to oversee fundraising and the full restoration of the Nomadic.... |
26th January 2006 | |
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| BBC News | NOMADIC TRUST 'TIME CAPSULE' PLAN The body set up to oversee the restoration of the SS Nomadic has delayed a key bid for lottery funds.... |
25th May 2010 | |
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| ic Birmingham | LABOUR TO THE RESCUE he Government has stepped in to save a rusting boat which once ferried passengers on to the Titanic - following a campaign by a Coventry man.Titanic enthusiast Howard Nelson recently launched the world's only Titanic Heritage Trust in a bid to raise the money needed to save the SS Nomadic, the last remaining vessel with direct links to the ill-fated ship.Yesterday the Government's bid of ?170,000 was accepted at a Paris auction and the ship will now be taken back to Belfast's Harland and Wolff shipyard, where it was originally built in 1912, to be renovated, the cost of which must now be raised by the charitable trust set up by Mr Nelson. ... |
27th January 2006 | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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. ... |
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| UTV | BELFAST 'S TITANIC CENTENARY The crumbling boat which ferried passengers to the Titanic will be ship-shape again in time to mark the centenary of the ill-fated ocean liner. Repair work on the SS Nomadic which is now docked in Belfast shipyard, and will cost millions, could take five years to complete.A charitable trust set up to raise the money for the massive refurbishment is buying a temporary protective canvas in a bid to stop further deterioration. ... |
29th November 2006 | |
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| BBC News | MONEY WORRIES FOR NOMADIC PROJECT The project to restore the Nomadic has received a £500,000 grant from the Northern Ireland Tourist Board, bringing the total pledged to £4m. However, less than £8,000 has been raised from corporate donors and a 'Sponsor a rivet' delivered just £330. ... |
16th September 2009 | |
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| Nomadic Charitable Trust | NOMADIC TRUST ASSURES PUBLIC THAT RESTORATION IS BEING MANAGED CORRECTLY AND SENSITIVELY The Trust fundraising for and managing the restoration of SS Nomadic assures the public that the ship's restoration is being managed correctly, professionally and sensitively....... |
29th September 2009 | |
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| icCoventry | PRESERVE THE MEMORY OF TITANIC TITANIC enthusiast Howard Nelson has achieved a lifetime's ambition by setting up the first trust dedicated to the doomed liner in his land-locked home city of Coventry.The 60-year-old, of Allesley, Coventry, has opened the Titanic Heritage Trust, at Coventry University's Technology Park in Puma Way.The trust is aiming for charitable status by the end of the year and wants to protect the Titanic wreck site and artefacts and preserve its history. ... |
9th January 2006 | |
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| 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. ... |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 £2 million in European funding. Last month auditors expressed concern that the £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. ... |
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| 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 | |
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| Belfast Telegraph | FULL STEAM AHEAD FOR TITANIC'S 'LITTLE SISTER' NOMADIC Some 1,600 curious visitors have poured across the gangplank of Titanic’s ‘little sister’ since last week to see the vessel before wholesale restoration gets under way.... |
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| BBC News | RETURN FOR 'LIVING HISTORY' SHIP The ship which was used to transfer first-class passengers to the Titanic is to return to Belfast on 17 July. The SS Nomadic was bought by the Northern Ireland Office at an auction in Paris for £171,320 in January. It had lately fallen into disrepair and the government bowed to pressure to save it from the breakers yard. Social Development Minister David Hanson said: "Nomadic has the potential to bring living history of this period back to Belfast in a tangible way." ... |
5th July 2006 | |
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| NOMADIC AT SEA A computer generated representation of the Nomadic at sea.... |
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| Mega Yacht News | SS NOMADIC SOON OPENED TO THE PUBLIC The Members of the Nomadic Preservation Society, in collaboration with Titanic Conventions, have the pleasure to invite you to the ¢€ËœTITANIC & NOMADIC CONVENTION' to be held in Belfast (Northern Ireland) next 6th, 7th and 8th April 2007.... |
13th February 2007 | |
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| 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.... |
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| 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 | |
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| bbc.co.uk | SS NOMADIC The Titanic's tender ship, the SS Nomadic has celebrated its centenary. The ship, which is undergoing restoration at the Hamilton Dock in Titanic quarter in Belfast was used to transport first and second class passengers to Titanic at the French port of Cherbourg. The Nomadic, like the Titanic was built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast. ... |
25th April 2011 | |
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| BBC News | NOMADIC TO RETURN TO BELFAST The SS Nomadic, the last of the White Star ships and a vital link to the Titanic story, is returning to Belfast.The Northern Ireland Office bought the ship at an auction in France for 250,000 euros.Social Development Minister David Hanson said his department purchased the Nomadic at auction in Paris. ... |
26th January 2006 | |
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| BBC Northern Ireland | NOMADIC DOCKS AT THE ODYSSEY The SS Nomadic has been towed up the River Lagan and has been docked beside the Odyssey in Belfast harbour. Nomadic, which arrived in Belfast on Saturday, was used to ferry passengers to the ill-fated Titanic. A welcome home ceremony which had been planned for the ship at the Odyssey for Monday had to be cancelled after a man working onboard the vessel died. The ship will remain at the Odyssey for the next two days before it is taken away for restoration. ... |
19th July 2006 | |
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| BBC Newsline | BBC VIDEO OF NOMADIC HOMECOMING One of the last remaining links to the Titanic, the SS Nomadic, has come home to Belfast. BBC Newsline has a series of special reports to mark the event.... |
18th July 2006 | |
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| BBC News | NOMADIC ARRIVES IN BELFAST The SS Nomadic, one of the last remaining links to the Titanic, has reached Belfast after a four-day trip from the French port of Le Havre.The boat completed its historic home-coming after being towed on a barge up Belfast Lough on Saturday.The Nomadic, which was built in the city, once ferried first class passengers to the doomed liner.It will remain at Belfast docks until Monday when it will go on show near the Odyssey Centre for a few days.It will then be removed again for restoration. ... |
16th July 2006 | |
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| BBC News | MAN'S DEATH DELAYS NOMADIC HOMECOMING The homecoming ceremony for the SS Nomadic has been delayed after a man working on the boat at the Harland and Wolff shipyard collapsed and died. Nomadic, which arrived in Belfast on Saturday, was used to ferry passengers to the ill-fated Titanic. It had been planned that the boat would be towed up the River Lagan on Monday evening for a ceremony at the Odyssey complex. NIO Minister David Hanson said the event would now be held on Tuesday. ... |
18th July 2006 | |
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| 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 | |
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| BBC News | NOMADIC GOES ON SHOW AT ODYSSEY A clean-up operation has begun on the SS Nomadic before it is unveiled to the public on Monday. The ship, one of the last remaining links to the Titanic, will dock at the Odyssey in Belfast at about 1830 BST. Nomadic, which arrived in Belfast on Saturday, was used to ferry passengers to the ill-fated Titanic. A reception, including a brass band, has been prepared for the ship which saw action as a troop carrier in both world wars. It arrived in Belfast at the weekend after a four-day trip from the French port of Le Havre. ... |
17th July 2006 | |
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| BBC News | NOMADIC RESTORATION SURFS THE WEB The restoration of the SS Nomadic, one of the last remaining links to the Titanic, is to be charted on a new website. The ship was transported to Belfast in 2006 after being bought by the government. It saw out the end of the last century as a floating restaurant beside the Eiffel Tower in Paris.... |
28th May 2008 | |
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| 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 | |
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| SS NOMADIC THE LAST WHITE STAR LINE SHIP Telling the story of the White Star Line tender SS Nomadic as she is brought to Belfast for restoration.... |
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| 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 | |
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| belfasttelegraph.co.uk | NOMADIC WILL MISS THE BOAT FOR TITANIC CENTENARY - BELFAST TELEGRAPH A total of more than £7m is being spent on its restoration, but even with the latest £3.2m cash boost, the SS Nomadic will not be completed in time to capitalise on next year's Titanic centenary celebrations.... |
26th July 2011 | |
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| BBC News | NEW MOVE IN NOMADIC'S RESTORATION The restoration of the SS Nomadic from a run-down restaurant to its former glory is set to take another step forward. The ship, built in 1911, will move from its current dock at Harland and Wolff to Barnett's Dock later.... |
23rd December 2006 | |
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| News Letter | SPECIAL TOURS AS NOMADIC RENOVATION PROCEEDS THE SS Nomadic is once again being opened up to the public due to exceptional interest from tourists on the Titanic trail in Belfast. The tender vessel, which was used to ferry first and second class passengers to the Titanic, was open to the public for six months after returning to Northern Ireland at Easter last year.... |
14th October 2008 | |
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| BBC News : Northern Ireland | NOMADIC FITTINGS GO AS RESTORATION BEGINS The hard work of restoring the last nautical link to the RMS Titanic has got under way. The SS Nomadic - used to ferry passengers to the ill-fated liner - was towed to Belfast in July. Over the weekend it was stripped of the artefacts of its last incarnation - as a floating restaurant in France. The government has spent almost £700,000 just buying and getting the ship back to Belfast. ... |
30th October 2006 | |
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| NOMADIC RETURNS Kathleen Neill The SS Nomadic is the last White Star Line vessel still afloat and the last real maritime link with Titanic. Built on No.1 Slip by Harland & Wolff Shipyard, Belfast, and fitted out in the Abercorn Basin, Nomadic attended ... |
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| Belfast Telegraph | NOMADIC REFLOATS TITANIC'S TALE The tragic tale of the Titanic is to be performed over three nights — onboard her tender. GCSE Drama students from Dominican College in Fortwilliam will stage the play ‘Titanic’ 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.... |
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| Nomadic Charitable Trust | NOMADIC CONSERVATION PLAN RELEASED The first part of a proposed conservation plan for the Nomadic has been released. Download the full document.... |
18th September 2009 | |
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| Practical Boat Owner Magazine | TITANIC'S 'LITTLE SISTER' IN NEED OF HELP The SS Nomadic, a tender vessel for the Titanic and the last White Star Line vessel in existence (The Company that Owned the Titanic) is in need of restoration work, according to the Nomadic Preservation Society. 'She is in a very poor state,' according to Nigel Hampson, an official at the Society. 'We desperately need to get the word out to people that help is urgently needed.'... |
22nd August 2008 | |
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| Milton Keynes Today | NOMADIC : SAVE THE LAST LINK WITH THE TITANIC John White, from Heelands, who has dedicated his life to preserving the story of the 'unsinkable' ship and toured the world telling her story to tens of thousands, is now leading a bid to rescue the SS Nomadic – last of the White Star Line. The boat was the Titanic's tender and built to carry first and second-class passengers out to the liner from Cherbourg.... |
10th January 2006 | |
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| BBC News | BELFAST SURVIVOR SET FOR HOMECOMING Amid the shipwrecks scattered about Le Havre docks in France is a survival story. The SS Nomadic, a rusting relic so nearly sent to the scrapyard, is ready to come home. The Nomadic is to return to Belfast Weeds grow on its deck, and year after year of recent neglect have taken a heavy toll. Step onboard and you see the enormity of the renovation task. Look hard enough, however, and you do glimpse the potential. The question is will the millions needed be raised to do the job? ... |
11th July 2006 | |
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| BBC Northern Ireland | NOMADIC TO LEAVE CITY CENTRE BERTH The SS Nomadic, the ship which ferried passengers to the Titanic, is to leave its berth close to Belfast city centre.The tender will be removed on Wednesday from Queen's Quay to Barnett's Dock for maintenance ahead of her planned move to dry dock before the end of the year. ... |
31st October 2007 | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | |
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