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TITANIC 100 YEARS
A collection of videos and archives
about the ship made in
Belfast, which sank
on her maiden voyage

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1861

11 April

Edward J. Harland and Gustav W. Wolff create Harland & Wolff.
1895

1895

William Pirrie becomes H&W chairman. H&W to be sole supplier to White Star Line.
1907

June

Designs begin in the H&W Drawing Office for Olympic, Titanic and Britannic.
1908

29 July

Designs of Olympic and Titanic by Comber man Thomas Andrews are approved.
1909

31 March 12:00PM

Construction of Titanic begins in Slipway No. 3. Her keel is laid.
1910

19 October

Plating is finished on Titanic.
1911

31 May 12:00PM

Titanic hull is launched and afloat for the first time in Belfast Lough.
1912

31 March

The fitting of Titanic is completed and the ship is ready to sail.
01 April

The Titanic’s sea trials are postponed due to bad weather.
02 April 06:00AM

Titanic begins one day of sea trials, before returning to Belfast.
02 April 08:00PM

Declared seaworthy, Titanic bids farewell to Belfast.
04 April 12:00AM

Titanic arrives in Southampton ahead of her maiden voyage.
06-08 April

Titanic is loaded with supplies. Her crew is hired.
10 April 07:30AM

Captain Smith comes aboard. Ill health stops Lord Pirrie at the last minute.
10 April 09:30AM

Passengers begin boarding.
10 April 12:00PM

Titanic set sail on her maiden voyage from Southampton.
10 April 06:30PM

Titanic reaches Cherbourg, France, to pick up more passengers.
11 April 01:30PM

Titanic departs Queenstown, Ireland, for New York, raising anchor for the last time.
14 April 09:20PM

Captain Smith retires to his room before the last of several ice warnings is received.
14 April 11:40PM

Frederick Fleet sees an iceberg, rings the bell, shouts ‘Iceberg, right ahead!’
14 April 11:40PM

Order is given to steer the ship and put the engines in reverse.
14 April 11:40PM

Titanic strikes the iceberg on starboard side, travelling at over 20 knots.
14 April 11:40PM

In less than 10secs, the hull is damaged below the waterline over 300 ft.
14 April 11:50PM

Five watertight compartments are flooded to 14 ft.
15 April 12:00AM

Thomas Andrews tells Captain Smith the ship is doomed.
15 April 12:05AM

Order is given to uncover the lifeboats and wake up passengers.
15 April 12:15AM

First distress signal is transmitted. It is picked up by Carpathia.
15 April 12:25AM

Order is given to load the lifeboats with passengers, women and children first.
15 April 12:45AM

First lifeboat is lowered into the freezing water, with 28 people on board.
15 April 02:05AM

Last lifeboat is lowered -1,500 people remain on board. Titanic's bow is submerged.
15 April 02:17AM

Captain Smith tells his crew: 'It’s every man for himself.'
15 April 02:18AM

Titanic breaks in two. The bow half sinks. The stern becomes level before filling with water.
15 April 02:20AM

Stern tilts upward and sinks, with the loss of over 1,500 lives.
15 April 04:10AM

First lifeboat is spotted and picked up by Carpathia.
15 April 08:50AM

Carpathia leaves site with 705 survivors on board.
16-17 April

Shock on both sides of the Atlantic at the loss of Titanic.
18 April 09:00PM

Carpathia arrives in New York with survivors.
30 April

Over 300 bodies are brought back from the site of the sinking and buried in Halifax, Canada.
25 May

The US Senate ends its inquiry into the sinking. Joseph Bruce Ismay testified.
03 July

The British Wreck Commissioner's Inquiry into the disaster ends.
1920

01 June

A Titanic Memorial is unveiled on the grounds of Belfast City Hall.
1955

November

Publication of Walter Lord’s book A Night to Remember.
1958

01 July

Premiere of A Night to Remember, produced by William MacQuitty.
1985

01 September

Robert Ballard discovers the wreck on the ocean floor.
2012

31 March

The world's largest Titanic-themed exhibition opens in Belfast.