History of the Jews in Ireland largest single shipyard in the Britain and Ireland. Edward Harland bought the shipyard for $5,000 from Hickson and Co in 1860/61 with funds from a Liverpool Jewish investor, G.C. Schwabe. Schwabe sent his nephew Gustave Wilhelm Wolff to Belfast to oversee the investment and the company assumed the name Harland and Wolff the following year, 1862. H&W built many large ships including the "Titanic" and the "Queen Mary". Well known Belfast Jews include: Ronald Appleton QC, Crown Prosecutor during The Troubles in Northern Ireland, who was elected President of the Belfast Hebrew Congregation and served in that post until he
Titanic replica (Sichuan) Titanic replica (Sichuan) The replica ship of the RMS "Titanic" in landlocked Sichuan province, China will be a full-scale reconstruction of the original "Olympic"-class ocean liner. It has been commissioned by Seven Star Energy Investment and is being constructed by Wuchang Shipbuilding. Despite this, the vessel is being built around the location at which it will be docked, and not at Wuchang Shipyard. The original "Titanic" sank in 1912 and is considered one of the most well-known ocean liners of all time. The rebuild project was first reported by media in October 2013 and formally launched in January 2014. The