Belfast City Hall statues stand in the grounds, including one of Queen Victoria by Sir Thomas Brock. There is also a granite column dedicated to the American Expeditionary Force, many of whom were based in Belfast prior to D-Day. Brock also designed the marble figure of "Thane", the Titanic Memorial, in memorial to the victims of the sinking of the RMS "Titanic". The ship was built in Harland and Wolff's shipyard located in the east of the city. The monument was originally located at the front gate of City Hall, at the junction of Donegall Square North and Donegall Place. There is a
Titanic Memorial, Belfast It has been used as the site of annual commemorations of the "Titanic" disaster. For a while it was obscured by the Belfast Wheel that was removed in April 2010. It is now the centrepiece of a small "Titanic" memorial garden opened on 15 April 2012, the centenary of the disaster. Together with the garden, it is the only memorial in the world to commemorate all of the victims of the "Titanic", passengers and crew alike. Within days of the "Titanic" disaster, suggestions were put forward in Belfast that the local victims should be commemorated with a memorial. Belfast City