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Thomas Andrews Jr. (7 February 1873 – 15 April 1912) was a British businessman and shipbuilder, who was managing director and head of the drafting department of the shipbuilding company Harland and Wolff in Belfast, Ireland.
Feb 7, 2017 · Thomas Andrews was born on this day in 1873. He died in 1912, when the ship he had designed sank, after encouraging the Titanic’s passengers to get off the ship if they could.
Thomas Andrews (born February 7, 1873, Comber, near Belfast, Northern Ireland—died April 15, 1912, at sea, northern Atlantic Ocean) was an Irish shipbuilder who was best known for designing the luxury liners Olympic and Titanic.
The undoubted hero of the story of the titanic is Thomas Andrews, chief naval architect, managing director of the design department at Harland and Wolff and the leader of the Guarantee Group.
Feb 7, 2017 · Andrews, or ‘Tommie’ as he was known, was born in Co. Down and went on to have a successful career in naval architecture before he died on his ship’s ill-fated last voyage. Here are seven facts about the Irishman who designed the Titanic: 1. He came from a famous family.
Jul 5, 2023 · The Irishman who was the chief designer of the Titanic was hailed a hero for saving as many lives as he could while the ship sank. Thomas Andrews was born in 1873 in Comber, near Belfast in Northern Ireland.
Apr 10, 2024 · Thomas Andrews, the County Down chief designer of the ill-fated ship, has been immortalized as the hero of the RMS Titanic’s tragic tale. When the “unsinkable” ship struck...
Apr 12, 2012 · Thomas Andrews has been immortalised as the hero of the Titanic story. The County Down naval architect helped design the fated ship and went down with her when disaster struck. But...
Thomas Andrews was the chief naval architect at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast during the early 1900s. He brought the idea of 'Olympic class' ocean liners...
Thomas Andrews’ body was never found. He is well remembered in his native Northern Ireland, both in Comber, the town of his birth, and in Belfast. In Comber, the Thomas Andrews Jr. Memorial Hall was opened in January 1914; it is now part of The Andrews Memorial Primary School.
