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The Belfast-based shipyard has struggled to keep up with competition

Harland & Wolff warns about future prospects

Shipbuilder Harland & Wolff has said it will not be able to finalise its accounts for 2023 on a going concern basis and has suspended work to complete its unpublished accounts, as it seeks out options to stay afloat.

Business • 12 Aug 24

Images showed a crane unloading the wreckage from the Horizon Arctic ship in the city's harbour

'Presumed human remains' found in Titan sub wreckage

Experts have recovered "presumed human remains" from the remains of the Titan sub that imploded during a dive to the Titanic wreck killing five people, according to the US Coast Guard.

World • 28 Jun 23

The Polar Prince arrives at the Port of St John's in Newfoundland, Canada

Ships return as Titan sub recovery operations wind down

The main support ship for the Titan submersible has returned to St John's harbour in Canada following the deep-sea vessel's fatal implosion.

World • 24 Jun 23

James Cameron has accused OceanGate Expeditions of ignoring safety warnings

OceanGate co-founder insists safety a priority

The former business partner of Titanic submersible pilot Stockton Rush has said that they put safety first when they co-founded their deep-sea exploration company.

World • 23 Jun 23

Flowers placed at an anchor at King's Beach in the port of St John's in Newfoundland, Canada

Canada begins safety investigation over sub implosion

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has said it is launching a safety investigation into the implosion of the Titan submersible in the North Atlantic in which five people died.

World • 23 Jun 23

Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son Suleman were on board the vessel

5 people who died on board missing sub near Titanic

Five people on a tourist submersible that went missing near the wreck of the Titanic in the North Atlantic are believed to be dead, after the US Coast Guard said that debris had been found after a frantic days long hunt for the vessel.

World • 22 Jun 23

Rear Admiral John Mauger speaks to reporters in Boston to confirm the recovery of debris

Crew on missing sub died in 'catastrophic' event

The five people aboard a missing submersible died in a "catastrophic" event, a US Coast Guard official has said, bringing an end to the search for the vessel that was lost during a voyage to the Titanic.

World • 22 Jun 23

The Bahamian research vessel Deep Energy arrives for the search for the OceanGate Titan submersible

'You always have hope' - Search widened for missing sub

The US Coast Guard has said that it had not identified the source of underwater noises detected by sonar in the search for a missing submersible near the wreck of the Titanic.

World • 21 Jun 23

Rescuers are in a race against time to find the missing submersible

What we know about the missing Titanic sub

Five men are on board a submersible vessel taking tourists to the site of the Titanic in the Atlantic Ocean. Here is what we know about those on board.

World • 20 Jun 23

An image provided by the OceanGate Expeditions shows a submarine on a tourism expedition to explore the wreckage of the Titanic

Less than 40 hours of air left in missing Titanic sub

The five people inside a tourist submersible that went missing during a dive to the wreck of the Titanic have less than 40 hours of breathable air left, the US Coast Guard has said.

World • 20 Jun 23

(Image Courtesy Atlantic Productions / Magellan)

Titanic shipwreck visualised in first full 3D scan

The first full-sized 3D scan of the Titanic shipwreck may reveal more details about the ocean liner's fateful journey across the Atlantic more than a century ago.

World • 17 May 23

The postcard was written just 36 hours after the Titanic had sunk, and is expected to fetch between £2,000 and £3,000

Earliest postcard to discuss Titanic sinking for sale

A postcard thought to be the earliest discussing the sinking of the Titanic is being sold at auction.

News Lens • 10 Apr 23

The ill-fated ship was found off the coast of Canada in September 1985 (Pic: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution/Reuters)

Rare footage of Titanic wreckage shot in 1986 released

Rare video footage showing the Titanic ocean liner on the floor of the Atlantic has been released, decades after the discovery of the wreckage and more than a century after the ship hit an iceberg and sunk.

World • 16 Feb 23

The ship's structure has been worn away by salt corrosion and metal-eating bacteria (Pic: Atlantic Productions)

Titanic dive reveals 'shocking' deterioration of ship

Explorers making the first manned voyage to the Titanic wreckage in 14 years said they have uncovered a partial collapse of the ship's hull.

World • 21 Aug 19

Workers have vowed to continue their occupation of the shipyard

Harland and Wolff officially in administrator's hands

Administrators have officially taken control of the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.

Ulster • 06 Aug 19

Lusitania wreck gifted to Kinsale museum

The operators of a not-for-profit museum which has taken ownership of the wreck of the Lusitania has called on the Government to make it easier for licensed divers to recover artefacts from it.

Ireland • 07 May 19

Panelling from the Britannic's first-class lounge and the second-class library dating from 1914 are up for auction

Sale on: Titanic sister ship's panels could hit €650k

The panelling from two luxurious state rooms on Titanic's sister ship, the Britannic, will take centre stage at a two-day auction in Co Laois next month.

Ireland • 24 Apr 19

The Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg on its maiden voyage in 1912, resulting in the deaths of more than 1,500 people

Bid launched to secure collection of Titanic artefacts

A £14m bid to buy a collection of more than 5,500 artefacts from the Titanic wreck site and bring them to Northern Ireland has been launched.

Titanic • 24 Jul 18

More than 1,500 passengers and crew died when the ship struck an iceberg in the Atlantic in 1912

Menu for meal on Titanic sells for €113,000

A menu for the first meal ever served on the Titanic has sold for €113,000 at auction in the UK.

World • 22 Apr 18

Items from the ill-fated Titanic are up for auction this weekend

Unique letter written on Titanic up for auction

A letter written on board the Titanic in April 1912 is being sold at auction this weekend.

World • 20 Oct 17

Titanic Belfast welcomed its three millionth visitor last month

Titanic Belfast wins European tourism award

Titanic Belfast has been named Europe's leading visitor attraction - the first time a visitor centre in Northern Ireland has won the award.

News • 05 Sep 16

Fashion designer Lady Lucy Duff-Gordon wrote the letter after the disaster

Titanic survivor letter sells for nearly $12,000

A letter from a British aristocrat who survived the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 has sold for $11,875 in New England said today.

News • 23 Jan 15

Violin played as Titanic sank fetches record price at auction

Ill-fated Titanic ship's violin sold for £900,000

The violin reputedly played by the Titanic's bandmaster as the ill-fated liner sank, broke a world record today when it sold for £900,000 (€1.09m).

News • 19 Oct 13

Billionaire to build ''unsinkable'' Titanic II

An Australian billionaire plans to build an ''unsinkable'' version of the Titanic, 100 years after the original sank after hitting an iceberg.

Special Reports • 30 Apr 12

A minute's silence was observed after wreaths were laid at the memorial

Centenary of Titanic's sinking marked

A number of events have been held across Ireland and around the world to mark the centenary of the Titanic's sinking.

News • 16 Apr 12