The White Star Line passenger liner RMS Titanic became the most famous ship in the world when, in April 1912, she hit an iceberg and sank with the loss of 1,512 people on her maiden voyage. Her tragic sinking over a century ago has fired the public imagination ever since, inspiring numerous books, songs and films. 

In this Online Experience, join me, Dr Tom Thorpe, a local historian and podcaster, to visit the former Harland and Woolf Shipyard where the Titanic was designed, built and launched.
On her launch, the Titanic was the biggest ship the world had ever seen and her creators believed she was ‘unsinkable’. We shall see the shipyard drawing rooms where the ship was designed and consider how her design may have contributed to the disaster. We will also visit the SS Nomadic, a tender to the Titanic and the last surviving ship of the White Star line, that ferried the rich and famous to the Titanic on its fateful journey.
Finally, we will stand on the giant slipway where the massive ship was constructed and where, in March 1911, it was launched to a cheering crowd of 100,000.