SS Nomadic - Titanic's Tender

The SS Nomadic was built in Belfast’s Harland and Wolff shipyard to serve as a tender to the White Star Line’s Olympic class ships. She served in Cherbourg and took 1st and 2nd Class passengers out to both the Olympic and the Titanic. This is the little ship that carried Molly Brown, the Astors and the Duff-Gordons out to the Titanic in April 1912.

Recently she was put up for auction and she was purchased by the DSD in Northern Ireland with the intention to bring her home and restore her. Many of her original features are still in place, the on-board bar, carved panels, staircases and benches and the elegant design reflects that of her much larger “relatives”.

As the last of the White Star Line still afloat she is worthy of a place in history, but it is as tender to the Titanic and Olympic and later Cunard ships that she is best remembered.

To fully restore her will cost money which is why the Nomadic Preservation Society has been set up to raise the needed funds.

For more details or to join the Society please see http://www.savenomadic.com



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