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
Wreck of the RMS Titanic objects. A joint Russian-Canadian-American expedition took place in 1991 using the research vessel "Akademik Mstislav Keldysh" and its two "MIR" submersibles. Sponsored by Stephen Low and IMAX, CBS, "National Geographic" and others, the expedition carried out extensive scientific research with a crew of 130 scientists and engineers. The "MIRs" carried out 17 dives, spending over 140 hours at the bottom, shooting of IMAX film. This was used to create the 1995 documentary film "Titanica", which was later released in the US on DVD in a re-edited version narrated by Leonard Nimoy. IFREMER and RMS Titanic Inc., the successors to the