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Thomas Andrews The Titanic's designer, Thomas Andrews.

Thomas Andrews

Irish ship designer
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Thomas Andrews (born February 7, 1873, Comber, near Belfast, Northern Ireland—died April 15, 1912, at sea, northern Atlantic Ocean) was an Irish shipbuilder who was best known for designing the luxury liners Olympic and Titanic. Andrews was born into a prominent family; his brother John later became prime minister of Northern Ireland, and his uncle William James Pirrie was head owner of the Belfast shipbuilding firm Harland and Wolff. From 1889 to 1894 Andrews worked...

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