| Keel Laid |
22nd December 1910 |
| Launched |
25th April 1911 |
| Sea trials |
16th May 1911 |
| Handed Over |
27th May 1911 |
| Gross tonnage |
1273 tons |
| Maximum passangers |
1,000 Passengers |
| Maximum speed |
12 Kts |
| Arrived Cherbourg |
3rd June 1911 |
| Commanded by |
Captain Boitard |
| Nomadic carried 142 first class to the Titanic |
10th April 1912 |
| Nomadic was requisitioned by the French Government and sent to Brest |
On 25th April 1917 |
| Served as a troop ship for the U.S. 7th Infantry division |
12th November for two years. |
Involved in a collision with the Liner "Orinocco".
|
1928 |
| German army invaded Cherbourg. Nomadic evacuated British soldiers |
On 18th June 1940 |
| Last trip as tender to The Queen Elizabeth |
4th November 1968 |
| Nomadic was towed from Cherbourg to Le Havre, |
On 26th April 1969 |
| Her twin, four cylinder, compound steam engines removed |
|
| Arrived in Paris |
17th October 1974 |
| Opned as a floating resturaunt. |
26th June 1977 |
| The Paris harbour authorities seized Nomadic |
2002 |
| Towed out of Paris stripped of the superstructure. |
1st April 2003 |
| First auction took place the reserve price of Euro 500,000 was not met. |
10th November 2005 |
Another auction with the reserve lowered to to €250,000
Belfast City Council offers £100,000 it was refused. |
26th January 2006 |
| Auction held, only one bid was placed, by the government Department for
Social Development for £171,320 |
26th January 2006 |
| Loaded onto a 91.46 metre long submersable barge. |
12th July 2006 |
| Arrived back in Belfast after 95 years. |
15th July 2006 |
| Official reception at the Queens quay. |
17th July 2006 |
