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Titanic was no exception, so Andrews and the rest of his Harland and Wolff group travelled from Belfast on Titanic for her sea trials on 2 April 1912. He had been assigned to head up the builder's delegation during the trials.
The result: the Titanic infamously set sail with only enough lifeboat room for 1178 people out of the more than 2200 on board. Among that number were Thomas Andrews and a group of men who had...
While the blame for the disaster has been attributed to various factors, including inadequate lifeboats and the speed at which the ship was traveling, one key figure involved in the construction of the Titanic often goes unnoticed – the ship’s architect, Thomas Andrews. Thomas Andrews was born on February 7, 1873, in Comber, County Down, Ireland.
13 Ιουν 2024 · Thomas Andrews was an Irish shipbuilder who was best known for designing the luxury liners Olympic and Titanic. Andrews was born into a prominent family; his brother John later became prime minister of Northern Ireland, and his uncle William James Pirrie was head owner of the Belfast shipbuilding.
It’s well known that Thomas Andrew’s was appointed Chief Designer of the Olympic class at Harland and Wolff, and was amongst the dead in the aftermath of Titanic’s sinking. But who took over as the engineer, and who was responsible for the massive design changes implemented in Olympic and Brittanic that resulted from Titanic’s sinking?
The undoubted hero of the story of the titanic is Thomas Andrews, chief naval architect, managing director of the design department at Harland and Wolff and the leader of the Guarantee Group.
22 Νοε 2012 · A team of young historians investigate Thomas Andrews, the man who designed the Titanic. They consider his role as designer and whether he was at fault for the loss of life.
