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			OLYMPIC LEAVING FOR JARROW SCRAPYARD, OCT. 1935 The Olympic pictured on October 12th, 1935, in Southampton, hours before beginning her last trip to the Jarrow scrapyards. This striking view shows how impressive the Olympic was....	12th October 1935
			BEING TOWED TO THE SCRAPYARD	1946
			BEING TOWED TO THE SCRAPYARD	1946
			BEING TOWED TO THE SCRAPYARD	1946
	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 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		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 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		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
	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
	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		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....
	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. ...