SS Nomadic

Tucked into the Hamilton Dock beside Titanic Belfast, SS Nomadic is the only White Star Line vessel left in the world. Built in the same yard in 1911, she carried Titanic's passengers and mail from the harbour at Cherbourg out to the great liner.

Nomadic lived a long second life as a French naval ship, a troop transport and a floating restaurant on the Seine before being rescued, brought home to Belfast and painstakingly restored to her 1911 appearance. Walking her decks you see the same panelling, fittings and class divisions that passengers would have known in the handful of hours before they stepped aboard Titanic.

She sits in a restored Victorian dry dock, which is itself part of the visit — you walk down to the dock floor and look up at the hull the way the shipwrights did. For a small ship she packs an unusual amount of maritime and social history.

Visitor tips

• Included on the combined Titanic Belfast ticket.
• The open decks are exposed — bring a layer even in summer.