Harland and Wolff Shipyards - Location of Titanic Construction site

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[The Ferry Man]

Okay here is a view of Harland and Wolff shipyards, from Google Earth:



Since I know there seems to be a few Titanic Experts here  , Can anyone tell me where the Titanic was built please.

The Ferry Man

[Bottman]

Am I right, there is a Stena HSS in the middle of the picture?
Ooops, off topic

[The Ferry Man]

Yes, that is the laid up HSS Stena Discovery. (which if you look at closely is very... warped..)

[The Ferry Man]

Excellent. Thanks for the info and the link, Diamant. Most appreciated.   

[Hudizzle]

I made a bit of a crude map overlay of that area, using info from the first volume of "Titanic: The Ship Magnificent."

Here:



The two biggest slips (green outlined areas with the yellow ship shapes) are, of course, where Titanic was built.
For the other colors:
Red: Mould Lofts, Plumbers Shop.
Orange: Mast Shed and joiners shop.
Yellow: Joiners Shop/Machine Shop.
Brown: Offices.
Black/White: Platers' Shed.
Pink: Platers' Shed, Smiths Shop.
Blue: Platers' Shed.

There were a few other buildings, too, and such... But this is just so you can get a picture of what used to be there.

[matt5674]

The second big ship spot near Titanic's(above hers) is her sister Olympic's slipway. Titanic's slipway was used to built not only Titanic but the Gigantic(now known as Britannic).

[matt5674]

With Google Earth 5.0, I used the time slider and this is what I found out of the shipyard:

Check out the dat on the top right.