Explore the fascinating life of Thomas Andrews, the brilliant architect behind the RMS Titanic. Discover his contributions to shipbuilding and the tragic events that unfolded on that fateful night.
Nicknamed Elba by her father, only child to Thomas Andrews Jr., chief designer of Titanic & Helen Reilly Barbour of Dunallan, 12 Windsor Avenue, Belfast North Ireland. Later of Conway-Dunmurry. Never married. Elba went on to become the first woman ever to receive a pilot's license in Northern Ireland. She helped in...
Thomas Andrews was the designer and oversaw the building of RMS Titanic and her sister ship, RMS Olympic. He was familiar with every detail of these two vessels. After the collision, Captain Smith summoned him to survey the damage. He had the overwhelming job of informing the Captain of the ship’s imminent sinking. As the evacuation began, Andrews searched for passengers and encouraged them to put their lifebelts on. He went down with the ship he helped create and his body was never found.
Thomas Andrews was a naval architect and the head of the drafting department of Harland and Wolff, on which function he served as the Head Designer of the RMS Titanic. He boarded the ship for the maiden voyage to New York. Andrews was reporteldy last seen in the Smoking Room although this has been disputed; this story, which was published in a 1912 book (Thomas Andrews: Shipbuilder) and therefore perpetuated, came from John Stewart, a steward on the ship who in fact left the ship in boat n…