Thomas Andrews

Thomas Andrews, Jr was born the7 February 1873 and died on April 15 1912. He was an Irish businessman and shipbuilder. He was the managing director and head of the draughting department for the shipbuilding company Harland and Wolff in Belfast, Ireland.

"Andrews was the shipbuilder in charge of the plans for the ocean liner RMS Titanic. He was traveling on board the Titanic during its maiden voyage when it hit an iceberg on 14 April 1912 and was one of the 1,517 people lost in the disaster.


In 1907, Andrews began to oversee the plans for a new superliner, the RMS Olympic for the White Star Line. Later, he designed the plans and the interior of the Titanic.
On 14 April at 11:40 PM, the Titanic struck an iceberg on the ship’s starboard side. Andrews had been in his stateroom sleeping at the time, and barely noticed the collision. Captain Edward J. Smith had Andrews summoned to help examine the damage. Andrews determined that there was nothing that could be done and that the Titanic would sink".

Before starting the work on the Titanic, Thomas Andrews and other designers had a conversation about, " how big the three ships must be?" the answer was, " the biggest ships in the world". After the meeting Andrews started to draw the plans ( see above in the first part of the video). when he finished his work, it was clear that the ships are the biggest and the safest at that time. the Titanic's keel was laid on March 22, 1909.