RMS Titanic stories, news updates & events in Belfast
In our boyhood home on the shores of Belfast Lough, any mention of the Titanic was banned from the family’s noisy mealtime discussions. Thanks to our grandfather on my mother’s side being one of Belfast’s more inventive engineers and very…
Technical plans and drawings used for the construction of the Titanic in Belfast are set to be made public for the first time ever. According to BBC News, the documents will be made available online as part of a new…
Poor Engineering and Lack of Tests Contributed to Titan Submersible Implosion - Official Report
18th October 2025 Titanic
Poor engineering and multiple failures to test the submersible resulted in the implosion of OceanGate’s Titan on a descent to the wreck of the Titanic off Newfoundland, an official report says. As BBC News reports, the US National Transportation Safety…
Roald Amundsen Among Explorers On Programme For 25th Annual Autumn Shackleton School
24th September 2025 Maritime Festivals
Deep ocean exploration with Rory Golden is among the talks lined up for the 25th annual Autumn Shackleton School. Golden is a diver, explorer, and public speaker who has been on seven deep sea expeditions, six of which were to…
US Coast Guard Report Into Titan Submersible Implosion Critical of Late Owner of OceanGate Expeditions
8th August 2025 Titanic
A US Coast Guard report into the deaths of five people on board the Titan submersible in June 2023 has said there was evidence of “potential criminal offences”. As a Press Association report in The Irish Times states, the investigation published earlier…
Legal Action Over Titan Submersible Implosion Filed by Family of Late French Explorer
9th August 2024 Titanic
Lawyers for the family of French explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet who died in last year’s submersible implosion while on a voyage to the Titanic wreck site have filed a wrongful death action. As Associated Press (AP) reports, the legal action is…
The owners of the RMS Titanic hope to gather some of the most detailed images of the shipwreck and debris field during this month’s research expedition. The Titanic Expedition 2024, led by RMS Titanic, Inc., set off on July 12th…
All Aboard for a Weekend of Fun at Belfast Maritime Festival This Weekend
6th September 2023 Maritime Festivals
Visitors can discover a treasure trove of free activities at this weekend’s Belfast Maritime Festival on Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 September. Taking place along the city’s Maritime Mile, with entertainment stretching across Queen’s Quay to HMS Caroline in the…
Online Memorial for "PH" Nargeolet Will Remember Five Who Died in Titan Submersible
18th July 2023 Titanic
A month after the Titan submersible implosion, a memorial ceremony for Paul-Henri Nargeolet, one of five people who died, is due to be streamed live on Wednesday, July 19th. The French deep-sea explorer and Titanic expert lost his life along…
"Maverick" Design May Have Contributed to Titan Submersible Implosion- New York Times
18th July 2023 Titanic
The “maverick design” of the Titan submersible made it more susceptible to implosion, the New York Times has said. The material used for the submersible may also have been a factor, the newspaper says. Five people – businessman Hamish Harding,…
Calls for Titanic Grave Site To Be Left in Peace After Submersible Loss of Life
27th June 2023 Titanic
A number of calls have been made for the Titanic shipwreck and grave site to be left alone following the recent loss of five lives in the Titan submersible implosion. Pakistani businessman and son Shahzada and Suleman Dawood; British businessman…
Rescuers are racing against the clock to locate and retrieve a tourist submarine that’s gone missing while on a dive to view the Titanic wreck site. According to The Irish Times, prominent maritime experts and explorers are among the five…
The first full-size digital scan of the Titanic shipwreck lying 3,800 metres down in the Atlantic has been created using deep sea mapping. As BBC News reports, the scan was carried out in the summer of 2022 by Magellan Ltd,…
New Video Show Rare and Previously Unseen Footage of the Titanic From 1986
17th February 2023 Titanic
A remarkable video including rare and previously unreleased footage reveals some of the first ever views of the wreck of the Titanic. As the Belfast Telegraph reports, the feature-length posting on the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s YouTube channel comprises uncut…
The ship which sent an iceberg warning to the RMS Titanic, before the ocean liner sank, has been identified lying in the Irish Sea by researchers from Bangor University in Wales. In 1912 the merchant steamship SS Mesaba was crossing…
RMS Carpathia’s Role in Rescuing 705 Titanic Survivors Told by Belfast Author Flora Delargy
17th September 2021 Wavelength Podcast
Harold Cottam was a 21-year old radio operator who was on duty on the night of April 14th, 1912 on board passenger ship RMS Carpathia when he received a Morse code message he would never forget. Nor would the world,…
