Titanic Belfast Titanic Belfast Titanic Belfast is a visitor attraction opened in 2012, a monument to Belfast's maritime heritage on the site of the former Harland & Wolff shipyard in the city's Titanic Quarter where the RMS "Titanic" was built. It tells the stories of the ill-fated "Titanic", which hit an iceberg and sank during her maiden voyage in 1912, and her sister ships RMS "Olympic" and HMHS "Britannic". The building contains more than of floor space, most of which is occupied by a series of galleries, private function rooms and community facilities, plus the addition of Hickson’s Point destination bar in
History of Belfast workers and was one of the largest shipbuilders in the world. The ill-fated RMS "Titanic" was built there in 1911. Migrants to Belfast came from across Ireland, Scotland and England, but particularly from rural Ulster, where sectarian tensions ran deep. The same period saw the first outbreaks of sectarian riots, which have recurred regularly since. For 12 July 1829, Orange Institution parades in Belfast were banned, leading to demonstrations and serious rioting in the city. This spread to County Armagh and County Tyrone, lasting several days and resulting in at least 20 deaths. On 12 July 1857, confrontations between crowds