RMS Titanic over 1,600 ships being built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast Harbour, Queen's Island became renamed after its most famous ship, Titanic Quarter in 1995. Once a sensitive story, "Titanic" is now considered one of Northern Ireland's most iconic and uniting symbols. In late August 2018, several groups were vying for the right to purchase the 5,500 "Titanic" relics that were an asset of the bankrupt Premier Exhibitions. Eventually, "Titanic" Belfast, Titanic Foundation Limited and the National Museums Northern Ireland joined with the National Maritime Museum as a consortium that was raising money to purchase the 5,500 artifacts. The group
Cultural legacy of RMS Titanic seconds, the time it had originally taken for the liner to roll down the slipway in 1911. On 12 March 2012 BBC's "Songs of Praise", from Belfast, took the form of a Titanic memorial. The programme included a selection of maritime hymns and ended with "Nearer, My God, to Thee", allegedly the last tune played by the ship's band. On 27 March 2012, "Titanic 3D" premiered at the Royal Albert Hall in London, with James Cameron and Kate Winslet in attendance, and entered general release on 4 April 2012, six days shy of the centenary of RMS "Titanic" embarking on