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5 unusual facts about Harland and Wolff


Alaska Packers' Association

Shortly after the turn of the 20th century, the APA began to replace its wooden ships with iron-hulled vessels by purchasing a number of ships built by Harland & Wolff Co. for James P. Corry and Co.'s Star Line.

Campile

Arthur O' Connor's book Campile is a personal tale of German spies engaged in counter-espionage to stop the building of Harland and Wolff's proposed and recently declassified deep-sea port just outside Campile.

Harland

Harland and Wolff, a British heavy engineering company specializing in shipbuilding and bridge construction

Luna Nera

The former Drawing Offices of Harland and Wolff, Belfast, once the largest shipyard in the world, where the RMS Titanic was designed and built.

Wendy Millar

Just as the marchers set out for the Harland and Wolff shipyard, furious members of the Shankill Road women's unit arrived on the scene and proceeded to pelt Murray with flour, eggs and other objects.


A20 heavy tank

The A20 heavy tank was a British Harland and Wolff tank which did not enter production but of which a downsized version by Vauxhall Motors became the A22 Churchill tank.

FPSO Noble Seillean

The vessel was designated as a single well oil production ship (SWOPS) when constructed for BP by Harland and Wolff in 1990.

SS Amerikanis

She was the second of a trio of sister ships built between 1950-1953 at the Belfast yards of Harland and Wolff, for the Union-Castle Line of London England; the others being Rhodesia Castle and Braemar Castle.


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GNRI Class V

Displayed here until 1976, she was moved to Harland and Wolff for a comprehensive overhaul organised by the Museum, the RPSI and Lord Dunleath.