Shipyard that built the Titanic is in perilous seas
Workers call for Harland and Wolff to be become state-owned as it is put into administration
05 August 2019 - 16:59
Belfast — Harland and Wolff, the Belfast shipyard that built the Titanic, will be put into administration on Monday after its bankrupt Norwegian owner failed to find a buyer, as a union supporting its workers called for the yard to be renationalised.
The shipyard, whose towering yellow cranes dominate the Northern Irish city’s skyline, has been occupied by workers fearful for their jobs since last week. They said on Monday they would block administrators from entering the site...
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