Titanic Centenary

Good morning. We are here at the Titanic Belfast Visitor Centre to

commemorate the sinking of the famous liner, Titanic, 100 years

ago today. It sailed from here into history, into tragedy. A journey so

horrific, at first no one could believe the death toll. More than

1,500 perished in the North Atlantic when this huge vessel sank

on its maiden voyage us to New York. It was the most luxuriously liner

in the world and it was built it right here. This morning we will be

reflecting on the enduring impact of the tragedy. We will be talking

to many of those who have links to the ship and we will be bringing

you two memorial services. One from Belfast and one from the Atlantic

from the spot where she sank on this day in 1912. We will be

broadcasting until 10 am this morning.

We will be talking to Robert Ballard, the explorer who

discovered the Titanic. And then to be service at city hall where a new

memorial garden will be unveiled. But let's remind ourselves about

the story of the Titanic. Titanic was built in Belfast when

the city was at the height of its industrial powers. It was one of

three Lima's designed of Olympic class, designed to be the biggest

and most of curious of all transatlantic ships. The Titanic

left Belfast at the beginning of April in 1912, bound for

Southampton, the start of its first and last voyage. After calling at

Cherbourg and Cobh, it steam towards New York with more than

2000 passengers and crews. Four days into the crossing, not long

before midnight, she hit an iceberg. Over the next two two 1/2 hours,

she filled with water and sank. More than 1,500 people died. Just

over 700, mainly women and children made it to safety in the lifeboats.

They Titanic was reported to be unsinkable, so what happens shocked

the world. Over the next 100 years, this I can make symbol of ambition

and expertise never released its grip on the public's imagination. -

- iconic. Some of the pictures became from

Upholland and Wolf collection, courtesy of National Museums

Northern Ireland. If you would like to find out about more aspects

about the Titanic, we have a special website. With us all

morning, we have William Blair from National Museums Northern Ireland.

He chore rated its major Titanic exhibition and is head of human

history. We are in a building that has been built to commemorate the

100th anniversary. We have exhibitions, museums and plays,

what is it about this tragedy that still touches people?

Fundamentally, it is an incredibly powerful story. As a story it has

everything. Elements of great tragedy, over-confidence, nemesis,

retribution stop but it is an incredibly powerful human story. It

was a microcosm of the world at that time. We can seek lots of

human stories being played out. We make an emotional and imaginative

connection to those stories. Different aspects of the story

affect different people in different ways? Certainly, there

are families locally who have a personal connection, in terms of

their antecedents who were on the ship. One of the features of

Titanic is, people globally can connect with the story. It is an

incredibly powerful and in many ways, a cautionary tale. It carries

all sorts of meaning for us then, and now. What about in 1912? What

was the reaction to the disaster, given this was a ship that it was

reported to be unsinkable? reaction at the time it was one of

disbelief. An enormous shock. Titanic happened in an age when we

had a mass media. It was really the first global story of that kind of

significance and impact. The ripples went across the world.

Certainly Europe and America. People were simply stunned and

there was a tremendous outpouring of sorrow and grief at the time.

People could not get enough news in their appetite, they wanted to

understand every aspect of the story and the news media at that

time sought to meet that interest. Can you compare it to a modern

tragedy? The scale of the impact on people internationally? In many

respects it is almost reminiscent in what you might as term the Diana

effect. People made an emotional connection to the story. They felt

the terrible plight of those who perished at the time. Those

emotions, in many respects were very real. Of course, at the time

so sense of loss was so personal when there are so many grieving

families as well. It was an incredibly powerful story and one

which really made a huge impact. More of which we will explore this

morning. William will be staying with us all morning to share his

knowledge about the Titanic. During this special programme, we will be

bringing you to Southampton, Cobh and the Atlantic. But first let's

go to Marks and son at Belfast City Hall.

The stage is set for what promises to be an emotional morning right in

the heart of Belfast outside Belfast City Hall. With the

official opening of the new Titanic memorial garden. It is due to have

been just after 9 am and we will bring it to you live, a special

service attended by more than 300 people. They are coming to remember

the 1512 victims of the disaster, which happened 100 years ago. They

are being remembered in bronze, a brand new memorial is being

unveiled on the East side of Belfast City Hall. The names are

listed, not in terms of rank or class, but in alphabetical order.

Everyone was equal and they all died that night at 100 years ago,

almost to the hour we are speaking out. A big morning in Belfast, as

it is across the world. It is a morning, despite the romance

surrounding the Titanic, the people of Belfast will gather here to

remember the reality of the tragedy. I am in Cobh in County Cork. The

people here feel this time has a very special link to the Titanic

because this was its last port of call before it headed to America.

123 passengers joined the ship from here. Most of them were Irish and

travelling in third class, and most of them were leaving this country

for good and emigrating to a new life. But Nelly two thirds of them

did not make it. Late in the programme I will be reflecting on

how Cobh is remembering both them and the ship itself. I will also

have details of a story, the owners of the Titanic did not want you to

know. But for now, from the place that was once called Queenstown, it

is back to Queen's Ireland in Belfast.

The parish of Addergoole in County Mayo lost more people on the

Titanic than any other parish in Ireland. Francis Gorman has been to

see how local people are commemorating.

Afters relive the parts of local actors who left these parts 100

years ago today. They are known as the Addergoole 14, 11 women and

three men on their way to America on the Titanic. Only three of them

got there, Annie Kelly, and the MacGowan and Billy McDermott.

would have been an large group from any one area to leave. The fact

that 14 from one village left where there was already a small community

at the time, and the fact 11 of them went down with the ship and

only three survived was a massive loss to the village. Hundreds of

people, including the former President, Mary Robinson have come

to the village for a titanic Festival week. It is a chance for

some to re-enact the experience of their ancestors. It is a chance of

for some transatlantic family reunions. Are you Paul? I am.

you when you were a little boy. This is the man this family and

remembering. Pat Canavan. I am the niece of Patrick Canavan who

perished on the Titanic. He was the younger brother of my father,

Thomas, who left here with my mother. I had two will the sisters

who have now passed. This is the new, permanent memorial to the

Addergoole 14. Nothing is known about thousands of Irish immigrants,

but those who left his village on the Titanic will never be forgotten.

We will be crossing to the Atlantic to the memorial voyage, which is

now at anchor over the site. Joining me is a man who knows what

it is like to arrive there. You went to dive into 1005 on Titanic.

When you arrive, what was it like? It was very, very strange.

Everybody is expecting the moment. But when we drifted to a halt,

nobody said anything, but are we knew we were vert. I remember

looking out at the beautiful sides, but I could not believe my eyes,

because there were grown men leaning over the side of the ship

and crying. People were very upset about knowing that below was was

the Titanic. And in this beautiful Ocean, people had died. All the way

through the trip is did stay with you that we were on a hallowed site,

if you like. It suddenly hits you and you realised you were there and

it is in many senses, terrible place to be. And when you start to

the diet, that stayed with you? feel like you are a voyeur, looking

out of the tiny port holes of the submarine. And you do ask the

question, do I have a right to be there. So for me, being able to

tell first story from the wreck site, telling the public, helped me

get over it. This is a replica of the staircase

there would have been on the Titanic. They would have been used

by first class passengers. It gives you some idea of the opulence of

the liner. The rich and famous of 1912 were on the ship, 30

millionaires were on board. But we are remembering all of the people

on the liner, all of those who perished. Overnight on the airline

tick in the Memorial crews, they have held a special service to

Welcome to our memorial service on this very historic occasion. We

have come together in the spirit of Remembrance at to give thanks to

God, for the lives of over 1,500 men, women and children, lost to

the freezing Atlantic waters 100 years ago tonight, when the Titanic

met its end under the stars and on this very spot. The presence of

relatives and descendants of those on board, we mourn their loss and

take comfort in the developments of safety at sea which followed.

Darkness was on the face of the deep. We remember the families torn

apart by this tragedy. Mothers separated from their children,

husbands ball from their loved ones as calamity struck. We remember

with pride, the acts of courage, inspired selflessness and sacrifice

of those that gave their lives that others might live. Amidst the

sorrow, we find confidence in our Our reporter, Chris Buckler, has

been on the Balmoral since it left Southampton a week ago. We can join

him there now. Here in the middle of the Atlantic,

people have gathered to remember. For days, they have been travelling

at sea tracing that route taken by the Titanic in 1912 and they have

come to this spot where thousands of metres below the wreck of that

famous ship now lies. You can see that above the ship there is a flag

flying. It's the flag of the White Star Line. That flag was taken down

to the wreck of the Titanic around ten years ago. Now it's been

brought back here for this, a service, to mark 100 years since

the ship sank. Three wreaths will be cast out into the sea to

remember all of those who died on the Titanic. 1,500 victims who died

in the freezing waters of the Atlantic and, tonight, people have

gathered to remember each and every one of them. The three wreaths that

will be cast into the sea will follow a memorial service which

will be led by the Reverend Hugh Mossford and Commodore Ron Warwick.

It's a calm night as it was a century ago. Some have called it

eerily quiet. As you look out from the ship the only thing you can see

are the distant lights of another vessel. The Balmoral, of course,

has traced the exact route of the Titanic. Coming from Southampton,

stopping at Cobh, and then travelling on to this point in the

Atlantic where the Titanic sank 100 years ago. Among the passengers are

those who had relatives on board the Titanic, some who died, some

The service now begins on board the On your Order of Service, as we

remember on this night 100 years ago over 1,500 people perished as

the Titanic succumbed to the depths of this ocean. Tonight, we remember

each and every one of them. We give thanks for those who showed courage

and faith in the face of adversity. For those who give their lives so

that others might be saved and for their relatives and descendants in

whom their memory lives on. Oh Lord, lead us not into temptation, but

deliver us from evil. All your fountains of waters bless the Lord.

All you seas and waves bless the Lord. Our help is in the name of

the Lord. Lord, heed my prayer. The Lord be with you. Shall we say

together a portion of Psalm 107? Those who go down to the sea in

ships and occupy their business in great waters, these are the works

of God and his wonders in the deep. For he speak and raise the stormy

wind and it lifted high the waves of the sea. They go up to the sky

and down again to their depth. Their courage melts away in the

face of disaster. They cried to the Lord in their distress and he took

them out of their trouble. For he made the storm decease so that the

waves of the sea were still. Then they were glad because they were

quiet and he brought them to the haven where they longed to be. Let

us pray. Almighty and everlasting God, Father of incomprehensible

Majesty, whose invisible power can be glimpsed from your visible

creation, oh God whose spirit hovered over the waters in the

beginning of the world grant to us your servants that as often as we

behold with our bodily eyes, the mighty water swelling out in

billows on the heavenly horizons, we may be enraptured in

contemplation of your hidden mysteries. Let such a sight and the

thought it arouses prompt us to invoke and to glorify with due

praise your Holy Name and to render to you to whose Empire, all

creatures are subject the homage of our minds in true humility and

devotion through Christ our Lord. Lord, who said in the sweat of your

brow you shall eat your bread. Kindly heed our prayers and bestow

your blessing upon the sea and these wreaths. May we remember

those who lost their lives and may the God comfort you in your hour of

need with light, hope and peace. May God bless these wreaths. In the

name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, amen. In a

moment's silence, these deck boys will take the wreaths to their

positions and then the whistle will blow and the wreaths will be

launched. So in a moment's silence, we recall all who perished this

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 59 seconds

As the ship's whistle sounded, the wreaths were cast into the water

from three separate points at the back of the stern.

We will be returning to the Atlantic later in the programme. We

will also be bringing you the memorial service from Belfast City

Hall. Now, 100 years after the Titanic sank, it will be hard to

imagine any new stories emerging from the tragedy. When the BBC

reported on the dive to the wreck by Mike McKimm and Rory Golden, no-

one knew what was going to happen next. Mike McKimm set in sequence a

remarkable discovery. He takes up the story.

This grave was shown in a documentary about Titanic. Over 120

of the bodies found after the sinking are buried here. William

was a stoker. When news of the tragedy broke, his family were led

to believe he was lost at sea. The evening paper reported he had a

sailor's grave along with many of his colleagues. With no internet,

telephone or access to the outside world, the family had no way to

find out more and accepted their assumed he was one of the missing.

They didn't realise he was lying in the Titanic graveyard in Nova

Scotia. The bodies of the 22 other citizens of Belfast were not

recovered. His granddaughter rang the BBC and told us her story.

Until the programme, no-one in the family knew his body had been found.

All the relatives knew he was lost at sea. Some of your family went to

their graves not realising that William was buried in Canada?

That's correct. They have all passed away. Not one of them knew.

A few months later we took her to visit the grave in Halifax, the

first of the family ever to do so. This is your granddaughter,

Marjorie. We have found you at last. Excited and emotional. The thing

that excites me the most was seeing his name on the headstone. All the

emotion come out. It's sad. It is very sad. I'm lucky, I've found my

grandfather. There are others out there who don't know that these

could be their relatives. Goodbye, granddad. There is a curious twist

to the story. The official Titanic Inquiry heard from a ship's crew

member called Johnson. He had a problem with the ropes on the

lifeboat. He called out for a knife. A ship's fireman handed him a

shaving razor of the cut-throat variety and said, "Give it back to

me at Southampton." There was no- one aboard Titanic by that name.

When the body was found, there was a fireman union book which

identified him. But there was no razor. Was William the man who

handed over the razor 100 years ago and helped save the lives of those

in the endangered lifeboat? It is one of those mysteries that will

never be sold. The story one of one of those who perished. Not everyone

died on the Titanic. 705 people escaped with their lives. The BBC

has recorded interviewed with some of those survivors. One of the most

vivid accounts came from Frank We had orders to get the lifeboats

out. It was just for women and children. The first boats did not

have many passengers on board, they were afraid to go down, it was a 74

to drop to the water. They did not think she was going to sink. I met

a young couple. It was a Mrs Clark. They had spent their honeymoon in

France and we had picked them up at Cherbourg. She was having trouble

with her life belt. I fix that on to her and said, I think you had

better get into a lifeboat. I think there is one on the port side. She

said she did not want to leave her husband. It is just a precautionary

measure, you get in and your husband will follow later on. I

thought I had done all I could, help them all I could. Now I will

go up on the deck. I was getting higher and higher. I thought now I

will go, I dropped in and I hit the water with a terrific crack.

Luckily and did not hit anything when I dropped in, there were

bodies all over the place. Then I looked up at the Titanic. The

propellers were out of the water and I could see the bottom. And

then gradually, she glided away and that was that, the last of the

Titanic. And by the grace of God, I came across a lifeboat and they

pulled me in. I sat on a seat, and I sat next to Mrs Clark. The lady I

had put into a lifeboat. The first thing she said, have you seen my

husband? I said, they haven't, but I suspect he will be all right. I

was in a pretty bad way then, as you can imagine, frozen solid

almost. She had some sort of blanket or a coat and she wrapped

me up in it. Might think she probably saved my life, I don't

know. But I saved Hirst, at least I think I did. And she saved mind. --

mind. William Blair is with me again. Stories of the survivors are

so compelling. Survivors of all classes, which may surprise some

people? One of the features of Titanic's story which makes it so

compelling is we wonder what our chances of survival would have been.

There is the apparent injustice in why so many first-class passengers

survived, in relation to the other classes of passengers. It is ironic

in many respects, even after the sinking, the pecking order on board

seemed to be reflected in how those who perished were treated it when

they were recovered from the water. In what sense? Not all of the

bodies of the third-class passengers were recovered from the

water and buried on land, was that just a privilege of the first

class? The most important body to be retrieved was that of John Jacob

Astor. His body was contained in a special casket. Most first class

passengers, their bodies were kept him wooden coffins. It was the

third-class passengers whose bodies were kept in cambers body bags. And

many of them were buried at sea before the rescue ship got back to

Nova Scotia. In a way, Titanic was a reflection of society on land at

that time. And ironically, the hierarchy continued right through

as the tragedy unfolded. Let's go back to the dream of the Titanic.

It was the second of the Olympic class liners. So when it was

launched it did not have the blaze of publicity its sinking had?

is one of the ironies of the story. The Titanic was the middle sister

and the White Star Line took a bold decision to Commission three

identical ships. The first was a Olympic. The construction arm

Olympic started six about six to eight months ahead of Titanic. But

Olympic enjoyed enormous publicity at its launch and there were

special efforts are made for a limpet and there was the Titanic.

It is one of the ironies, given the focus is so much on Titanic when

the Olympic, at the time was the bigger story. So because of the

disaster, Olympic we would no more as a name to do with the shipyard,

as opposed to Titanic? This disaster overshadowed all the rest?

It did, it is important to remember with Titanic we recover at the

stories of Olympic and Britannic. They were also remarkable ships

with remarkable stories. When we look at the Olympic we see what

Titanic could have been and probably would have been, had it

not met its tragic fate. And of course, Britannic, which is the one

that is very much forgotten had its own remarkable story. It was

ultimately sunk when it hit a German mine in the Aegean Sea

during the First World War, it was a hospital ship and never entered

service as a liner. It was remarkable in its own right, it was

the largest British built at line until the Queen Mary was launched

in the 1930s. We must also remember in the building of these ships,

people died. People died even before the Titanic was launched.

The shipyard did not have the health and safety measured it would

have today and other shipyards would have? Absolutely, in many

ways it was a very dangerous place to work. The only thing that

mitigated against that danger was the degree of skill of the

employees, which often they were engaged in very dangerous work.

River to us, people working in high pantries. A symbol of industrial

accidents in Ulster at that time a concentrated on the shipyard. In

some ways it is remarkable there weren't even more accidents and

that is a testament to the scale of the workers. We will have more from

the later, but for now, William, find you.

You had just joined us, welcome to Titanic Belfast Visitor Centre

where we are commemorating the sinking of the Titanic 100 years

ago today with the loss of more than 1,500 lives. We are reflecting

on the enduring impact of the tragedy, talking to many of those

with links to the ship and later we will be bringing you a memorial

service from Belfast City Hall. One of the few floating links with

the Titanic is here, The Nomadic was built in Belfast by Holland and

Wolff and based in Cherbourg. Its job was to ferry first and second

class passengers out to the White Star Liners calling at the port,

including the Titanic. But it has had a chequered history and a

torturous route back to Belfast as Julian O'Neill explains.

This is a piece of Maritime history being restored to its former glory

after 100 years. The Steam Ship, a nomadic was built by Holland and

Walsh -- Harland and Wolff and launched into 1011 for the White

Star Line. It took French passengers on board the Titanic

which was too large to berth at Cherbourg. A during both world wars

it saw service as a troop carrier for Allied forces would continue to

be used as a tender until being sold into private ownership in the

1960s. Six years ago, The Nomadic was in danger of being lost for

ever. Its appearance had changed. The upper deck and Funnell had been

removed to enable it to pass under the bridges of Paris, were its last

roll had been as a restaurant. The scrapyard beckoned until then

Ireland -- Northern Ireland Executive bought The Nomadic and

transported to Belfast for a restoration job, now in its final

stages. The purchase price was 250,000 euros, but the bill for

removal and emergency repair pushed the outlay to around seven figures.

We spend nearly the best of �1 million between purchase,

transportation and some restoration. Does it feel like a good

investment? Of course, you cannot put a value on your heritage,

particularly your Maritime heritage. As this is the last White Star Line

vessel in the world, it has been very good value for money. Since

then, the costs have multiplied but the change has been dramatic. The

funnel, upper deck and superstructure transformed The

Nomadic which arrived from France in 2006. The interior still needs

refurbish, and there is a job of work is still to do, and around �6

million has been spent so far. He now sits in Hamilton dry .com or

its permanent resting place of away from the Titanic exhibition.

Still within the ship were a lot of the original wall panels. We can

trace them back and they are original. As well as that, we have

managed to get back a lot of the original panels that were stripped

out in the 1960s and 70s. We have been recording them, drawing them

up, measuring them and putting back the jigsaw puzzle. And the missing

pieces, we have to make you to fit in with that. But in the first

class area, a large proportion of what people will see will be the

original panelling from the ship and that is what makes it special

and interesting. The idea is to connect paying customers to an age

when Belfast was shipbuilder to the world. We were very lucky with the

doors because there were no real records of what they were like. But

when the ship was converted into a restaurant, a lot of the panelling

was taken off and put into storage. That was found and handed back to

the trust. Amongst the panelling was one of the original doors that

we were able to copy and recreate it. It has been done by specialist

would workers. The original port holes were cast by brass and were

by a company in England. They were reported to have the original mould

for the portholes. Some of the port lights in the lower deck were

stoned when the ship was in France being converted into a restaurant.

They will have to be converted during the next phase. For nomadic

is about a quarter of the size of Titanic and the restoration has

largely been paid for with grants. �2 million of European funds we

used to pay for the external facelift, carried out by Harland

and Wolff. The final phase will be covered by �3 million from the

Heritage Lottery funds. This is the most substantial bit of Titanic

Heritage, other than the Titanic, which is at the bottom of the ocean.

But this is as good as it gets as far as Belfast is concerned. It

gives a chance for you to touch an original bits of Titanic heritage

that is not in a museum, they can come and enjoy it. The lottery

grant it will be split evenly between its interior and the dry

duck where it is believed the ship was fitted out a century ago. The

idea is to create a dockside of 1912 and give visitors a snapshot

of the Titanic itself. With me now is Denis Rooney from

The Nomadic Charitable Trust, a man who has been involved from the

start. What a transformation? years ago, The Nomadic came here

and we have worked hard, particularly in fundraising. We

have got her to the stage where we can see the end product. We can get

a superstructure on and she looks wonderful from the outside. Over

the next six months we are involved in the restoration and refined work

to the time when she served the Titanic. It is hard to believe this

is the last White Star vessel in existence and it was going to be

sold for scrap? It was a courageous decision by the Department for

Social Development at the time. In some ways they did not know what

they were taking on but they appointed the trust. People have

criticised us for not being ready at this point in time, but these

restoration projects take a long time. This has been quite a fast

one. But it will be finished towards the end of the year and it

will be a wonderful attraction for Northern Ireland. You mentioned it

costs a lot of money to get this far, is it �6 million in grants?

it has been over �80 million to get it to this stage. It is in line

with the original estimates. -- �8 million. It is not just the funding

and the money, it is getting permission and going through audit

processes and so on. Nothing easy about restoration on heritage

projects. He said it will be open later this year, are you thinking

November? The project will be finished in November and we will

have to make a call as to whether it is the right time to open it. We

might hold off until early next year, but the drive is to get it

finished and get it ready. For anybody who has been to it so far

has loved it and the experience. What do you do with a dry doctor

afterwards? It is space scheduled monuments. We think it is going to

enhance the visitor experience. The dockside, we will create a time

capsule, 1911 time capsules. When visitors come on to The Nomadic,

they will walk on to the 1911 duck, go on to the last White Star vessel

which is beautifully restored and it will get the nearest, physical

Were there any plans to refloat the Nomadic? Yes, we wanted to keep all

eventualities possible. But realistically, I think the way she

is now, in a dry dock, that is probably more likely where she will

stay. The project has been dogged by criticism. It was not ready for

the opening and for the centenary. Do you think you have won your

critics over now? I think we have won most of them over. I think

really we will win them over when we open her up at the end of this

year, early next year. How much will it cost? We will do joint

ticketing with the other projects so it is very important that people

can get the whole range of experiences. The tickets probably

will be around �6-�7. This has been a labour of love for you? It's been

a frustrating journey at times. When you invest so much in a

project - we have a great team. When people get involved in a

project like this, it does grab them. They get really deeply

engrained in it and it becomes part of your DNA. What are your

sentiments now at this time? I mean, I think probably what watching the

concert last night - we are all getting a sense today more of the

human aspect of it. Perhaps we have been so focused in trying to

deliver a tourist attraction. Today is a day of reflection. From

tomorrow on, we can look forward to really what we are providing for

the people of Belfast. Thank you. This is a BBC Northern Ireland News

programme live from Belfast reporting on the commemorations on

the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. We welcome

viewers now from BBC Breakfast to Titanic Belfast, the new

interpretive centre in the city's shipyard area. Coming up: We will

be crossing to the North Atlantic where a memorial cruise liner has

been making its way across the ocean following the route of the

fateful maiden trip. At 7.45am, we will be hearing from the family of

Thomas Andrews, he went down with the ship. We will be live at

Belfast City Hall, Southampton and Cobh. Now, the fascination with the

wreck of the ship happened more or less immediately when the liner

sank in the North Atlantic four kilometres down below the memorial

service that was held today. It wasn't discovered until 1985 and

that was because of technological and cost difficulties. I will be

talking later to one of those who led that expedition in 1985. In the

dives since, there have been many. One in particular was in 2005 and

in the mini-sub was pro-diver Rory Golden and BBC correspondent, Mike

McKimm. I will be speaking to them in a few minutes. First, Mike takes

us on a remarkable journey. To dive to the depths of Titanic

you need special equipment - a mini-submarine capable of

withstanding the pressures that exist at the bottom of the Atlantic.

This is what I have got to get into. It is an amazing piece of equipment.

It is very small. It's a submarine deployed from a Russian ship.

Everything has to work. After every dive, the submarine is serviced by

specialist Russian engineers. On the surface, these pipes have to

keep pressure in at up to 600 pounds per square inch. They have

to keep pressure out at the bottom of the Atlantic. So it is a

delicate engineering balance. When boarding the sub, there's the

ritual of removing our shoes. The Russians launch their submarines

over the side of the ship. They say it makes it easier to recover the

vessel in bad weather. Storms are a real fear for divers. If the

weather is bad, the sub's surface time may be delayed. Remember, this

is far out in the North Atlantic, so night-time recoveries are

commonplace and very spectacular. Finding the wreck needs special

technology. These are transponders - there's four of them. The subs

use them for reference to find out where they are in relation to the

wreck. This is very -- space is very limited inside. Three people

share this space for up to 12 hours. Not everything works perfectly. It

is a very harsh environment. The red light was a water in craft

warning. Thankfully, the water was just our sweat on the inside of the

submarine and running under the floor. The interior lights failed,

too, leaving us in semi-darkness. Our cameras could see more than we

could. On the seabed, you have to find the ship. What looks like

rocks are lumps of coal that fell from one of the coal bunkers. Watch

very carefully. We managed to hit the bottom three times before we

could level the sub. Anxious moments and not the best thing to

do at this depth. It's pitch-black and lights can only manage to

illuminate a few dozen metres. With oxygen and battery power limited,

time can't be wasted looking for the wreck. But then our underwater

sonar picks up an astonishing sight - the bow of a ship.

Let's talk to Mike and Rory. You know the ship in ways that so few

of us can even imagine. You have been within inches of the Titanic.

Take us through from top to bottom of the Titanic then? When you come

to the ship, we approach the ship coming up to the bow because it is

the safest area. There's not much wreckage there. As you approach it,

you are seeing the bow and you think that is Titanic. You can not

make a mistake. Then we went up high. You can see the bow and all

the bits and pieces hanging from it. The railings are still in

remarkable condition. Just above us, there is a huge crane that is used

for lifting the Spain anchor. Then we move past that. -- Spare anchor.

Then we move past that. We are looking at the winches that would

have hoisted goods. This is the main mast. It fell right over when

the ship sank. Remarkably, we are about to see something that brings

back the memory of what happened on the evening. Now we are approaching

the crow's nest where the lookout saw through the dark at the last

minute the iceberg and picked up, rang the bell three times, picked

up a telephone and you can probably see the cable there - that is the

cable from the telephone - he rang the bridge and said, "Iceberg right

ahead!" Then the whole sequence of events happened and 30 seconds

later the ship sunk. We follow the mast on through. The red bit is all

that remains of the crow's nest. It fell on to the wheel house. In this

shot, you can see these plaques leaning against a piece of wood -

that is one of the few pieces of wood left and it was part of the

wheel house. The ship's wheel would have been fastened to that. That is

the plaque that I left in the summer of 2000 from the people of

Cobh and Queenstown. Remarkably, in the summer of 2005... If you look

across, we put the plaque down from the people of Belfast. It fell over.

You can see the hand turning the twisting from the sub. We spent 20

minutes tries to put that plaque back up again. You travelled across

the top from the officers' quarters? Yes. Rory? When you leave

the bridge area, you can see down here - remarkably, you can see some

of the windows are open. This whole area has different levels of

preservation and deterioration. It is quite good-looking there. Some

of the areas, you can see holes in the roof. This is - a lot of this

is natural decay. She is 100 years old. The water pressure and the

tiny microorganisms that are eating the steel - remarkably, you can see

a crab there. There is life down there at that depth. This is a tiny

crab crawling across the deck of the ship. We see life down there.

the ship. We see life down there. We see plants. Now we are going

back towards the bridge area. We are looking at Captain Smith's bath.

There were very few baths on the ship. That is the white portion?

Yes. We are back on to the wheel house. This is an expansion gap.

Titanic had a number of these. This is ten inches across. It was at one

of these gaps that the stern of the ship broke. This is where we had

the grand staircase. A replica we have hear? Yes. We had two

submarines - one lit it while we went up at 45 degrees. Way down...

It is very eerie. You can see six decks down - the pipes, the girders,

the wires. It was a very dangerous area. You are looking into the

centre of Titanic. Just out of sight, some chandeliers. You could

only see 30 feet at a time. You don't really understand what the

ship is about. Then we started to move on across the ship to the side.

This gives you an idea of the amount of wreckage around the ship.

amount of wreckage around the ship. This makes diving very dangerous.

The most recognisable part of the ship is the bow, but the side has

become recognisable. It has a story to tell. It has. We dropped down

the side of the ship and at one stage, we had a bit of a power

failure. We were dropping down the side of the ship. While things were

going on there, we were going down. What we didn't realise that the

cameras were running all the time. We got a remarkable shot along the

side of the ship. We are looking at the promenade deck looking in at

the open area where the first-class passengers would have walked along.

You can see a buckle, when the ship hit the bottom she bent back. Again,

we are looking at the side. It is remarkable to see what's happening

there in terms of the condition of there in terms of the condition of

the ship. You can see the rust. It is very sad. I mean, she's a ship

that is dead. But she is dying more. Just moving along there brings the

tragedy to you. These rusticles are the output of tiny micros that are

eating the steel structure of the ship. You can see in this picture

where the top deck has fallen on to the deck below. The ship is

collapsing down all the time. It is very sad when you get towards the

back of the ship because that is where a lot of the damage was

caused. You can see just at the end of it, the pulley block, they are

all gone. This is one of the dangers. We nearly hit that. You

can only see a few degrees out of We are actually rising back up the

side of the ship. It gives you in indications on the scale. Did you

see the light? That was a very scary moment. We are now creeping

back up the side of the ship again. It is in remarkable condition. Then

finally to the engines. This is the back part of the ship, it had

broken in two. Bishop imploded it on the way to the bottom. It is

very badly damaged. -- this ship imploded. We don't like going to

this part of the ship, because there are so many snags. When the

captain said, it is time to go I thought we had been short-changed.

But we had been there about five hours. It is an indelible mark on

your memory? It won't go away. bits of me was saying, you

shouldn't be here, you are invading people's space. But the Russians

who were there, all had the same feeling. It was total respect. And

being able to do this today helps pay that back. Thanks for sharing

your journey. your journey.

So many victims on the Titanic, those who died came from

Southampton. A third of the victims came from that city. Robert Hall is

there for us this morning. Morning from Southampton. Another

City with strong, emotional links to the Titanic and those who were

lost on board. You don't have to walk very far in Southampton to

find a memorial to those who were lost. This commemorates the

Engineer officers on board Titanic. A few hundred yards away is another

to the musicians, who we know played to the passengers leaving

the ship. Several hundred people gathered in the docks were Titanic

sailed to lay flowers and remember those who never returned. The Jean

Legg, your father was on board, what was he doing? He was 18, a

trainee Stuart and he was serving on the Olympic first of all. One of

the crew who was selected to go on to the Titanic. Your experience was

hearing his voice talking about it. Did he tell those stories at home?

He told them many times to his family. I had not heard his voice

since he died in 1983. So to hear his voice this week was quite

emotional. I want people watching to know a tiny bit of the story,

about 30 seconds, but the most dramatic point of his escape from

the ship. I was seeing the water coming up

the bridge like that. I thought, it is time to leave. I was up to my

knees in water, I jumped over the rail and into the water. I had no

work to swim to, but I had to get away from the suction of the vessel

which would have taken me down. In the distance, I could see something

black. This one to that and it was an upturned lifeboat.

The Titanic Society is all about keeping memories like that alight.

What has struck you most of all this week? The various ways we

commemorate. If you want to remember Titanic, there is a

roller-coaster of emotions, the joy of the ship and the hope that this

ship would sail and then it all turning to dust out on the Atlantic.

We should remember the whole thing, the people and the various places

in the UK and around the world that have a link with Titanic. We are

talking about an emotional week but people are saying it is a long time

ago. There are pieces of paper from little children remembering great

grandad. There is still that emotional bond which seems to go

through the generations? It does indeed and I go round talking to

schoolkids and give them a Titanic day and they do a project. The

greatest thing may get out of it, is when teachers tell me that

children, who had no interest in history, the spark has been lit by

Titanic. The interest in Titanic will go on for generations. Just a

final word from you, you sat on the quayside, listen to the words and

it all came back, listening to your father. This must have been a

difficult week for you? It has been a mixed, emotional week. The

celebration on Tuesday when it was the launch with the hopes and

dreams of people on board. And then today, the commemoration, the

tribute to all of those on the boat, to those who perished and I think

it will go down in history for ever. But it from Southampton for now, we

will be back later on, but let's now go to Cobh.

123 people travelled from all over Ireland to join the Titanic here.

Then this place was Queen's town, it did not become Cobh until after

Ireland gained independence. Those travellers would have gathered at

this building, the original White Star Line ticket office. Today it

is a museum, but in 1912 it was the gateway to a new life in America.

Here they are, the 123 people who joined the Titanic from Cobh.

Mostly Irish, mostly travelling in third class, most of them never

made it to their destinations. Yesterday, their relatives

travelled out to the Atlantic to hold a remembrance service at the

exact place they would have boarded the ship 100 years ago. It has a

profound effect on us and we are very grateful that Cobh had laid

this on for us. It is just a mountain top experience, if I can

say that, one I will never forget. I am so glad to be here. Back on

land and the mood was more upbeat. The Titanic is something this town

has been marketing for many years. And this year, they had stepped it

up a gear. 2012 is the centenary year and we want people to know

that Cobh was the last port of call and it is very important to us. In

1912, when ships like the Titanic came, it looked exactly the same

except for the cathedral did not have a Spider on it. At the

Heritage Centre, they have added a few new exhibits to their Titanic

collection. Like this letter found washed up in a water bottle from

19-year-old Jeremiah Burke, a man from Cork, who died in the tragedy.

It simply says "from Titanic, could buy all". For the families

travelling down here, they can step in the footsteps of their ancestors.

They can see what their last sight of Ireland was. And for the people

of the town, it is such a way of paying homage and respect and

remembering those who died. It is going to be a very sombre day

in Cobh. Later in the cathedral there will be a memorial service

and then down to the waterside were flowers will be laid. John Carney

takes trips out to the tide tannic were it was moored. Just behind us,

those passengers left 100 years ago and in Cobh it was a special

occasion. To have the Titanic visits Fakir, you had quite a lot

of visitors trouble here at the time. -- visit Cobh. It was a new

life for a lot of the 123 people who left Cobh 100 years ago.

did Cobh mock their departure? lighting fires along the heavens

for stomp there is a lot of watch out towers along the coast. That

will be the last point of land before they headed across the

Atlantic. So the fires that Willetts, they could see and that

was their mark of respect. It is a very emotional time, but also

emotional this week. You have been meeting a lot of relatives on boat

trips out to where the Titanic was anchored? Yes, listening to their

stories and the experiences their relatives had. It was very moving

this week, to feel what went on. It was very special for them to come

here and visits and lay them mark of respect. That was very

beneficial to them, I think. reporter, Chris Buckler has spent

the last week on a memorial voyage carrying descendants of Titanic

passengers and enthusiasts on a route of the maiden trip. This

morning, people on board came out to hold a service at the precise

moment the Titanic went down. Chris. We are standing hundreds of miles

from land. As you mention, the passengers travelled to be at the

exact point of Titanic's wreckage to pay tribute to those who died.

1,500 victims, and they were remembered in a special service on

the ship. Make God bless these reeds, In the

Name Of the Father, and in the name of the Sun, and of the Holy spirit.

Amen. In a moment's silence, the flowers will be taken and then

there were sold well below and they will be launched. So, in a moment's

silence, we recall all who perished this night, 100 years ago. Take

Stay there. You need to go up there. You need to go up there, don't you?

They were cast into the water as a sign of remembrance for those who

perished on the Titanic. On board, the passengers, some of them who

had relatives he did die in the disaster, and also others who have

come because they really believe in the story of the Titanic. With meat

are Valerie Bankend Boyd from County Down. Give me a sense of

what it was like, when the flowers were cast into the water? I felt

very emotional. I believe that those who went down would have felt

a presence. You could feel everybody's a motion. They were

going to cry like me! You could feel the emotion, I think everybody

did. I have never felt anything like that before. He very calm,

still night and it adds to the emotion? It does so. Everybody

overlooking the scene, the surface -- service was very well laid out

as well. It does not end for the passengers at this spot. So they

will be going to Halifax and Nova Scotia, where the graves of many of

those who died are still there. Then they will go to New York, the

destination Titanic never reached. The Titanic was built in Belfast

and in a way, the fate of the ship for told the fate of the city. This

area has just recently recovered from decades of decline, but in

1912, Belfast was booming. It was at the height of its industrial

prowess. We explain that a wife in the Titanic era, this was a boom

Belfast 1912. This is what it looked like and this is what people

were listening to. # It's a long way to Tipperary... #

They were travelling from further afield to get work in Ireland's

biggest city. Despite the prosperity, cracks were already

beginning to show. Belfast was in many ways a divided city and the

political temperature was rising in 1912. You had support for and

opposition to home rule and that was the political fault lines in

the city that were clearly defined. It did create - the atmosphere was

becoming more tense. These divisions spilled over into places

like the shipyard which was beginning to get a bit of a

reputation. Catholics did work here, many thousands of Catholics did

work here. My generation might have believed this was a Protestant

shipyard - it wasn't. The fact is you couldn't be evicted from

somewhere unless you were employed here. Nearly one million people

were leaving Europe each year to make a new life in the United

States. There was a demand for bigger and better ships. Ships like

the Titanic. A record-breaking piece of engineering that people of

Belfast could be proud of. The most famous ship in the world soon

became something this city and shipyard wanted to forget about.

There was not so much shame as shock and dented pride. It wasn't

talked about in the yard, or by the people of Belfast. We are not very

good at blowing our own trumpet. Here we have a global icon which

belongs to Belfast. We are taking pride in that. We must never forget

that over 1,500 people died. That is the only reason why we are

talking about it. Let us use the hook of Titanic to bring people, to

bring new life to this area which was the Cape Canaveral of its time.

This building will bring life back to what was a hiving place in 1912.

Harland & Wolff remained a hiving place for many years. The First

World War brought big orders for new ships and the yard remained one

of the main employers in Belfast. It's a different story today. While

once there were 30,000 people working here, now there are around

700. Looking down from one of the great cranes that stands here you

can see just how much this place has changed in the last century.

Although the company still carries out ship repairs, it hasn't built a

ship in nearly ten years. Unlike many of its contemporaries, it has

survived although in a different guise now making wind turbines. But

it will always be famous for shipbuilding and it will always be

famous for building one ship. It has taken 100 years for us to

accept that this is something to be proud of.

William Blair is still with us and we are joined by Dr Margaret

O'Callaghan from Queen's University. We heard in that report Cape

Canaveral of its day! Why was it such a hub of injury? Well, Belfast

was a global player at that time in 1912. It had - the industries were

competing on global markets and why that was, it is an interesting

question. I think one of the reasons is that a lot of our

leading industrial families were very interconnected and there were

social networks where it was easy to do business. I think access to

capital is an important part of it. We had our own local banks. There

was lots of liquidity in the economy. A lot of the wealth

created in Belfast stayed in Belfast. That helped. We can't

ignore the fact that Belfast had a sectarian division at that time as

well? It had sectarian divisions but it had political divisions, too.

In 1912, the big issue is home rule. What is going to happen? Is Ireland

going to remain within the United Kingdom? Obviously, the kind of

networks that William is talking about, the wealth of Belfast, they

see themselves as having won within the Union with Great Britain, they

are loyal to the Union. A city like Belfast has grown massively in the

second 50 years of the 19th Century. Limerick was in recession and going

nowhere. It's on all those main routes and it wins and it booms

through the Union. Belfast itself, of course, is a highly

sectarianised city. It mirrors the divisions between the loyal and the

disloyal or the Irish Nationalist. Belfast books a flashpoint for

those years from 1912 to 1914 because of changes to the

Parliament bill. It's - home rule has been possible since 1886. It's

passed in the Commons. It can be passed year after year but it is

always blocked by the Lords. Lord George has removed the veto of the

House of Lords through the Parliament Act. These are pressure

cooker years for Belfast from 1912 to 1914. What is going to happen to

Belfast? What will be excluded from the home rule settlement? How did

that division manifest itself in this particular area, in the

shipyard, which had Protestants working in it predominantly? Well,

politically, in those years, 1912 to 1914, you could say there was a

lack of sectarianism but in certain occupations and categories, there

are of course Catholics. James Connolly, Jim Larkin, big union

organisers coming in. The shipyard workers see this as their territory,

their world. They feel threatened by home rule, Irish Nationalism,

manifest in the Catholic working- class. Not all of the

industrialists were anti this form of home rule? Lord Perry was a

supporter of home rule. The majority of his workforce wouldn't

have agreed on that point. Perry was a leading light in the Ulster

Liberal Association. He was instrumental in organising a famous

public meeting in 1912 when Winston Churchill was invited to Belfast

and he shared a platform with John Redmond. It did make him unpopular.

But it does show the shipyard wasn't a complete monolith.

Margaret and William, thank you for sharing your thoughts on that era.

And also the time when it was politically divided.

Thank you for that. Now, in over an hour, a new

memorial garden will be unveiled at Belfast City Hall. It is being

billed as the first memorial to provide a definitive list of those

who died. Mark Simpson is there. We are about to get our first look at

this new Titanic Memorial Garden. You can see it now for the first

time right behind me at the moment. It's simple, it's dignified, it is

colourful and it is quite powerful as well. The first time anywhere in

the world that all 1,512 victims are remembered on the same monument

in alphabetical order. Finishing touches are being made for this

service which begins shortly after 9.00am. Those names are etched in

bronze, underneath the blue cloth on the plinth. The plinth is nine

metres long. So many names and so many tragedies. With me is the Sinn

Fein Lord Mayor of Belfast. You have had a chance to look around.

What do you think? You summed it up well when you said it is very

simple but very appropriate. This is the only monument anywhere. It's

become known as the Belfast List. They are not based on class or

grouping. So it is very appropriate we are remembering those who died.

The truth is that Belfast has been a divided city over the years and

Titanic was built mainly by Protestants. Do you get the sense

that it's becoming more of a shared history now? There's shared

potential in this story. I think what we are about trying to do as

political leaders is about writing a new history for all of our people.

It is appropriate that the human tragedy is remembered and I think

we are doing that well this morning. Thank you very much. The Lord Mayor

talks about the human tragedy. There are reminders for a lot of

families this morning. A lot of the descendants of those who died are

coming here, including my own extended family. My distant

relative Dr John Simpson was one of those 1,512 victims. Talking to

some of the families who have been arriving here this morning, it is

clear they have mixed emotions, sadness yes, a sense of grief and

mourning. But also a sense of pride at what Belfast is finally doing

for all of the victims of this disaster which happened 100 years

ago. From Belfast City Hall, it is back to Titanic Belfast and Sarah.

Thank you. For many, the Titanic is a story of heroes and villains, of

cowardice and of bravery. One of the acknowledged heroes was Thomas

Andrews. The young naval architect from County Down helped design the

Titanic and then perished as she sank. He left behind a young wife

and a child. I have had unique access to some of this family's

archives. He became the hero of all Titanic's

heroes, gallant to the end. Once he realised the ship was doomed,

Thomas Andrews met his fate bravely, giving up his own life to save

other men's lives and children. His own wife slept oblivious to the

horror unfolding that night. never spoke about it. She never

mentioned the tragedy but on one occasion I was talking to her and

she said that she hoped that the wreck would be left as a memorial

to all the people who died on the ship. 100 years on, I have come to

meet her youngest child. Now in her 80s, Vera Morrison can reveal

wonderful memories and stories ability the woman who not only

captured the heart of Thomas Andrews but also her father's.

Another giant in the world of shipbuilding, Henry Harland of

Harland & Wolff. I am sure as when she was young she would have been

very, very amusing, she was witty, she had a great sense of humour. I

am sure she was great fun. Nelly couldn't decide on which suitor to

marry until her mother made her choose. Nelly picked Thomas.

foupbgd it hard to believe that the -- I found it hard to believe the

story that my grandmother locked her up in her bedroom and told her

she wasn't allowed out until she made up her mind which of her

suitors she would marry. I found this very hard to believe. Her

choice was a true love match. Friday, the 24th March 1906, Thomas

proposed. By all accounts Nelly was stunned into silence and didn't

give him the answer he was hoping for. My dear Nelly, I cannot tell

you how much it grieves me to find out... I would never have placed

you in such an awkward position as I did. Don't think I was annoyed

with you last night for not giving me an answer. You acted wisely when

you had any doubt. I am alone to blame. Your ever affectionate and

loving friend, Thomas Andrews. quite sure that it was a love match

but maybe he took her by surprise. It gives you goosebumps when you

read how romantic he was? Very much so. Eventually, Nelly got over her

This is my mother's engagement ring. This is a priceless when it comes

to sentimental value. I think so. Two years after their wedding they

had a baby. Although Thomas was walking long hours at the shipyard,

too much time as far as Nellie was concerned. They had to let to male

or female during the winter months, the Starr Board Honour's room, Orly

those of a restful disposition need apply. The that is the sort of

thing that she would write, as a joke. That is wonderful to have her.

I never knew whether anyone would find it. However, little did either

of them know that very soon there have the world would come to an end,

shattered by Titanic and Thomas's loss. Nellie was heartbroken, but

chose not to focus on her own grief but on the grief of others. She was

totally devastated. Thomas's parents, she described them as

being her second mother and father. She was trying to console them.

was left with a two-year-old child, as well. Yes. Their child died in a

car accident in the 70s. But, the story does not end there, and

despite a broken heart, five years after the death of Thomas, nearly

would marry again to none other than our old Sotho, Henry Harland,

and they went on to her four children. It was only as an adult

that she began to realise the important connection to Titanic and

to her mother's first husband, Thomas Andrews. It was really

talked about, but one story sums up the kind of man that Thomas was.

The other thing that comes out so often is, his real affection for

the workers as was described in his notes. He told Nellie that when

they were driving at of the shipyard together, the workers were

all coming out and he was so very popular, Dili loved by so many

people. It is her grandchildren who loved to hear of the connection to

the man who built Titanic and to his great love for Nellie. Their

marriage lasted for years, but, like the story of Titanic, the tale

of their romance would be told for generations to come. Our sincere

thanks to Vera Morrison for that wonderful interview and insight

into the private world of Thomas Andrews. William Blair is with me

now. As Vera Morrison said, Thomas Andrews was loved by so many people.

The at very much appears to be the case. That is one of the features

of the story of Titanic that many of the people that were painted as

either hero or villain, sometimes unfairly, but with Thomas and his,

he was genuinely a hero, someone of whom we can be very proud. He

conducted himself in an exemplary manner as the tragedy unfolded. Of

course, has loss was not simply terrible loss for the and his

family, but also a loss for the shipyard. It is quite possible that

Thomas Andrews would have gone on to succeed William Perry as

chairman, so the loss of Thomas Andrews was a grievous blow, not

just on a personal level but also for the shipyard itself. Andrews

did come from one of Northern Ireland's most prosperous families.

And if we look at the passenger list on the Titanic, it e was a

good snapshot of society at that time, all classes were there.

was in many respects a perfect mirror reflection of society at

that time. You see the complex social hierarchies very much

reflected in the passengers and in the way in which the ship was

physically designed. We are standing here on a first class

staircase. It is interesting to note that, on Titanic, you could

upgrade, you could effectively travel first class plus. You could

dine in the dining room as part of your ticket for the whole voyage

with the absolute cream of society, the Guggenheims, the past ors. But

you would pay for that privilege. - - Astors. You watching a BBC

Northern Ireland new special live from Belfast commemorating the 100

anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. Coming up and the next

hour, we will be speaking to marine explorer, Robert Ballard, one of

the leaders of the expedition that found the Titanic. At around 8:40am

will be looking at how the Titanic story has been told and toured

again. Then be cross to Belfast City Hall for his service of

remembrance and the unveiling of a new memorial garden. The wreck of

the Titanic was finally found in 1985. It was a French-American

expedition at one of the leaders, Professor Robert Ballard, joins us

this morning. Was it like finding a needle in a haystack? Yes, it there

was a very large search your rear of 150 square miles -- search area.

Normally, you would search with sonar, but it was hiding in a

canyon, so we searched for the debris, and that is what led us to

find the Titanic. Initially it was for scientific reasons? Initially

we had a military operation at the time to draw the public's attention

away from us rather work. I was a naval intelligence officer during

the Cold War, so I had a double mission on the expedition. Even

though it was that sort of expedition, there must have been a

point at which there was an emotional attachment. I did not

expect to be emotionally tied to it. Let us have a look. The thing about

this the visitor centre is that we can see some of the pictures. When

you saw that, did you're heart stop? The air were two people

inside me that morning, first person was the person trying to

find it. My initial reaction was of joy and satisfaction. Somebody look

at the clock and it was to o'clock in the morning, and she had sank at

2:20am. My secondary reaction was as a person, and I felt embarrassed

that I was celebrating, almost, the loss of the Titanic. It was a mood

change. From professional excitement to personal sorrow, and

when I saw the shoes and the bodies of the people, after the ship sank,

people were struggling to survive, but the water was so cold, if they

were not in a life at best they which had fallen to the ocean floor

-- a life best. -- vest. What went through your mind at that time? I

know that other companies have salvage the wreck. Did you think it

was appropriate to leave it as it was? We made a promise, the moment

we found the Titanic, that we would leave the site as we found it. It

was like going to a cemetery. We have some other sides in America

like at Pearl Harbor when it was attacked. We wanted to treat the

Titanic, and when we found the Bismarck, we treated it, the same

way. It was not an archaeological site. When we talk to the British

Museum at the Smithsonian, both of them said that if we brought up

after facts they would not display them. And here, in Belfast, those

who went aboard representing Harland and Wolff, they all feel

the same. Those closest to the Titanic, not in it for the money,

but because they want to make a memorial of what happened, all

stand in the same place. Many people would argue they would like

to see the artifacts in a museum or whatever. Going back to your

discovery, was there anything that surprise you when you found the

wreck on the seabed, four kilometres below the surface?

high state of preservation. I was quite surprised. It did not look

like a wet you would see in shallow water, covered with choral, almost

to the point where you cannot recognise it. We were able to ride

the manufacturers' names on things. You could ride things, first-class

entrance, for crew use only. The deeper you went into the ship, the

more preserved it was. Light fixtures are still hanging from the

ceiling. You can look in mirrors, it is very much and museum and a

our goal is to protect the ship. As of today because it is 100 years

old, it falls under a UNESCO heritage site, so now that it has

survived 100 years, it has more protection, as of today. Because

you were in that privileged position to see the shipwreck up

close, do you now have the impetus to do other expeditions of ships

that are not quite so famous? the Titanic we found the German

battleship, the Bismarck. Even more recently we have been working in

the Black Sea, where we have found a tremendous number of ancient

shipwrecks. We found one, last summer, that sank in 500 BC, and it

is still there. We are finding ships that are 2500 years old. The

deep sea because of his great pressure and cold temperatures and

darkness places things in suspended animation. Thank you for joining us

today. We wish you luck in your Next Endeavours. Chris Buckler has

spent the last week on a memorial voyage tracking the final route of

the Titanic. Those on board came on deck to hold a memorial service at

the precise moment that the ship It has been a long journey to the

spot in the Atlantic where the Titanic sank 100 years ago. This

sees were extremely calm, reflecting perhaps what happened

100 years ago when the condition seems pretty much the same. It felt

almost eerie when people look out to sea and reflected on what it

would turbine like to be Warden to those icy waters and a light boat

and to reflect on those who died. Coming back to this but, today,

what has it meant to you? I have asked you what it would mean to you,

so what does it like standing here? It was like having a funeral

service for my great grandfather, Tommy, whose body was never

recovered. His name is on the memorial at Belfast City Hall. But

that is as good as it gets. In a way, this is like saying goodbye to

We saw three wreaths being cast off the back of this ship. 100 years on,

that gesture is quite important, isn't it, particularly to those who

don't have graves to go to? Definitely. What was good about

tonight was that there were 23 or 24 families represented who have

had people lost or people who have survived. I saw flags from Ireland,

South Africa, the Danish and Swedish flags. We were united in

common purpose. The other thing that struck me in terms of the

people here - all ages - we had children and babies, pensioners - a

real reflection of every part of society? I know. Those children,

some of whom were dressed in Victorian costume or Edwardian

costume - they don't probably think much about it now but they have

been involved in an historic moment. The period costumes - is that

appropriate? There has been a lot of dressing up during this voyage.

But tonight did feel different? There has been a celebration of

Titanic and what life would have been like on board Titanic. That's

fitting, that is fine. She was the most magnificent ship in the world.

Definitely, as night fell, there was an eerieness, the fact that the

stars were so bright and it was calm. It was like what it would

have been like 100 years ago. spoke to some of the relatives in a

private meeting this week. It was a chance to talk about what this

meant to you but to try and make those connections. What was that

like as a conversation? It was strange. We were of common mind.

Some had been first-class, some had been third class, some had survived,

some had not. We wanted to make sure that this was special, that we

had a chance to pay tribute to those people who were on board 100

years ago. And to just share our stories. It was like an off-loading,

really. For the first time they were opening up. It was incredibly

special. Somebody said to me they were looking to try and make

connections because they knew so little? Some people don't have

photographs of the relative that was lost here. Even now, although

this service is over, there are people still wanting to sit and

have conversations inside? Definitely. We have shared an

incredibly moving experience. It is like a funeral where people don't

want to break it up. What was the best bit for you? These people will

be up until dawn discussing what happened here earlier this morning.

Thank you very much. As you can imagine, for a lot of the people,

they are still taking in what did happen here today. But to be part

of this event meant an awful lot to them. Those families are continuing

to have this conversation as they will do right to Canada where they

are going to go and visit some of those graves. But tonight has been

special for them. A ghostly feeling. But at the same time one that was

incredibly important to these families.

It took three years to build the Titanic and three years to build

this new visitor centre in Belfast. There's so many references to the

ship and the White Star Liners here inside. Titanic's last port of call

was Cobh in County Cork where more than 100 passengers boarded. Julie

McCullough is in Cobh for us this morning.

Thanks. One of the passengers that came here looking for a new life in

America was Patrick Ryan. He was heading to New York to become a

police officer but like so many others, he didn't make it. Now his

story sounds no more remarkable than any other story. However, as a

result of his death, his father took a case against the owners of

the Titanic, sued them for negligence and won. With me are two

relatives. I have Fiona and Cormack and BBC Newsline has been following

this special story for a programme. Tell me what is it you have learned

over this time about your great- grandfather and your great uncle?

We have learned how a small farmer went to London to take on the

biggest shipping company in the world at the time. And the courage

and determinationed he showed to see things through to get justice.

He won the case which was remarkable. What I found most

remarkable is the fact he thought of taking the case. He was a small

farmer. He had no idea of going to London or anything like that. How

it came into his head to do it, I don't know. I presume it must have

been a lot of grief and anxiety over the loss of Patrick. Your

family knew nothing about this story. What a thing to discover?

Yeah. An amazing thing to discover. We hadn't a clue ourselves, apart

from the fact that the Titanic went down and one of our relatives was

on it. We didn't know much about it until last year until my dad

started blurting out the story which started a new train of story.

It turned out to be an amazing thing. We found out so much about

our family. It was a huge story that took legs. It has been an

amazing journey for us. It's also been an emotional journey. You

mentioned your dad there. We had hoped your dad would be involved in

this programme. But sadly he passed away since then. What has that been

like for you, Fiona? I suppose it has been an emotional rollercoaster.

It was a very difficult time for us. He had passed away so quickly. He

would have loved to have finished this journey and would have loved

to have got to the end of it. And the other side of it, we would have

loved to have had him here with us. He would have just, he would have

had a great time with this. He was so proud of his family. I imagine

he was so proud of his grandfather and his uncle for all the courage -

and I think that courage has come down the line. My father was a

courageous and determined person. It didn't fall too fall from the

tree. Finally, what does Titanic mean to you now? Titanic means a

whole lot Mr -- a whole lot more to me than it did six months ago. It

is a fabulous story. It's a true story. It's given our family a huge

sense of pride. It is fantastic. Thank you for that. You can watch

Ryan Versus The White Star Line on Tuesday night at 10.30pm on BBC One.

There is a radio drama next Sunday at 1.30pm. For now, it is goodbye.

It is over to Southampton, the city that suffered the greatest loss of

life on the Titanic. There for us is Robert Hall.

Good morning again from Southampton. Again, the family theme has been

something running through the whole broadcast this morning, certainly

something that I have been acutely aware of this week. You have to

look at some of the tributes here to see that in place. A couple of

tributes there from Ella and Charlie remembering their great-

grandfather. Another wreath was laid while we were waiting. Later

today, there will be a more formal Service of Remembrance at St Mary's

Church in Southampton. Jonathan Frost is the Bishop of Southampton.

The pictures from the Times illustrate that - there was a sense

of despair and frustration when the casualty lists were coming in?

pictures of the families waiting at the White Star office were really

moving. One of our schools, over 200 children lost their fathers.

You can see the extent of the impact. I have only learnt this

morning and this whole commemoration which has been

beautifully done in the city, beautifully done, understated, very

moving, we are all learning. Today, I learnt that over 50,000 gathered

when this memorial was dedicated and offered. 50,000 in 1914. It

gives you some indication of the deep communal sense of grief that

struck when the Titanic went down. One needs to say and Mark Cisco

joins us. This is felt in so many communities, not just the big

cities? Absolutely. This is felt widely in the New York City area,

the area I am most familiar with. One of the people ma they be our

next Mayor is -- that may be our next Mayor is a descendant of

somebody that survived the Titanic. People here were scrawling the

names on bits of paper? In some senses, it was one of the first

times we had real communication of a natural disaster. In New York

City there were all kinds of putting out the news and people

were gathering and they gathered around waiting to see what was

going to get off the Carpathian when it arrived. Jonathan, the

service you are having today, you are drawing together all the

strands. What will people take from it? I am hoping it will be one of

those culminating services which brings together the strands. The

city has done remarkably well. Southampton City Council, the

education team, the schools, the involvement of children and young

people has been staggeringly good and effective. I think many will

remember the two children at the opening of the Sea City Museum. We

- as the church in this place, we want to be alongside the city and

in the midst of it. We are very privileged and thankful for a place

and a part. But it's a part alongside a city that gives thanks

for its rich heritage. This is a marvellous city to be part of. The

port is at the heart of our life and economy here. It is a forward-

looking city. We are part of that. I hope the service will reflect

that, too. Gentlemen, thank you very much. Mark, thank you for

coming out on a cold British morning. That is it from

Southampton for now. Let's re-join Mark Simpson at Belfast City Hall.

What you are looking at now is the existing memorial here at Belfast

City Hall. You can maybe hear Brian Kennedy rehearsing for the memorial

service which is due to begin in just about 40 minutes' time. If you

look at that memorial, you can see the fourth name down there, Thomas

Millar, one of the Belfast men who died 100 years ago. This is the new

memorial garden that we are looking at. Isn't it splendid? Here to talk

about it are two people, Una Reilly and the granddaughter of Thomas

Millar. What are your emotions this morning? Very mixed. Very mixed. My

grandmother died and my grandfather decided to - he left and he moved

to the White Star and he started work on the Titanic. He then went

out on Titanic, leaving the two boys at the Quayside waving him

goodbye. My father went to live and one day he was sailing a paper boat

on the river. The boat hit a stone and sank. And Aunt Mary came along

and said, "You see that little boat that has just sunk? You remember

the big boat that your father went out on?" He said, "Yes." "Well,

that had sunk as well." My father turned round and said, "Where is

his gold watch?" Isn't it dreadful what children say? My father, that

was it, he went on to be a playwright, poet and an author. And

that is the story of the twopennys that he left with the boys as the

boat sailed off and asked them to keep these twopennys until he came

back again. -- two pennies until he came back again. What a wonderful

story. Una Reilly, the world is watching Belfast today. You are the

chair of Belfast Titanic Society. This began with a couple of dozen

people and here we are and this is happening? What do you think?

a wonderful day for Belfast. It's a day when we remember all of those

who died in the disaster. It is only fitting that this should be

the only place in the world, the city that gave birth to this ship.

As we compete with Brian Kennedy, it is a day of celebration as well

Today is for the families. They finally have somewhere to come with

all of the names on it because when the original memorial went up in

Belfast some of the names were left off, but we not only have that

addressed, we are remembering all those who died, and it doesn't

matter whether they were first, second, third class or crew, they

girl remembered in Belfast today. The splint stretches nine metres

long, such was the vast loss of life. -- this plinth. You will see

the name of your grandad in a few minutes' time on it. What will you

be thinking? Very proud that a man who worked on Titanic and who

sailed on it and died on it, I am very proud of Rhyl, it is very sad.

And what about what Belfast is now doing for the victims? It is

wonderful. It is about time. When I was a little girl, I knew nothing

about this because my father died before he had time to tell me the

story, and one day, I was walking in Belfast with my mother, and she

brought me to the memorial, and I saw this name, and I said, that is

my name, and she said, that his your grandfather, he went out in a

big boat, caught the Titanic, and it sank, and we do not want to talk

about it. And that was the way that it was. Things are different now. I

will let you take your seat for the memorial service which is due to

begin, shortly after 9 o'clock. Back now to Belfast Titanic, and

Yes, will come back to the visitors' centre in the docks area

of the city. I am inside for the special commemorative programme,

marking the sinking of the Titanic, 100 years ago today. At the moment

I am standing on the replica staircase made famous in the movie,

Titanic, starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio. It was just 29

days after the disaster that the first film appeared, his silent-

movie that featured one of the actual survivors. Over the years,

the story of Titanic has been told again and again, in film, in books

and on TV. Natasha Sayee looks back at our that story has been told in

the past, and she looks at how it is inspiring a new generation of

artists. Look! A Night To Remember. More than 50 years since it was

made and it is still praised by historians and film critics as the

best and probably most accurate movie about the Titanic. The

legendary ship has also inspired some very strange films, like this

Nazi propaganda movie. They saw the sinking of the Titanic as a

metaphor for the decline of the So we have had the good and the

ugly. Then there was just the downright bad. So on thing has

happened. There is a tsunami headed south and the Atlantic and it is

going to reach your ship in a matter of minutes. Titanic II is

one of these films we should not talk about because it was so

appallingly bad. The idea behind it is that there is supposed to be an

exact replica of Titanic and, lo and behold, it happens to encounter

an iceberg. Then there is the Titanic movie, James Cameron's

blockbuster which brought the story of the vessel to a new generation

and that has happened again, because it has been re-released, in

3D. It does not end there. This is the latest Titanic movie, filmed in

a documentary-drama style with a local actor in the lead role. Why

does he think the big ship has had such an influence on the big

screen? It is the horror of imagining yourself, what would you

have done if you were there, that is why there is an ongoing legacy,

a fascination about what happened that night, the shock of it at the

time, that the sting was supposed to be unsinkable, and it was a

reminder that man cannot beat Major. -- nature. All this mad talk, do

you think that it ever leave you behind? More on that theme, from

cinema to stage, where it seems that every actor of treading the

boards in Belfast is performing something Titanic-related. Here at

the Metropolitan Art Centre they are rehearsing a play that is

unique for many reasons. Did you exercise discretion as to whether

the board should go back or not? told you, yes. It has been

specially written for the opening of the city's new theatre and it is

a very different take on the story of the Titanic. The play that we're

doing is the court inquiries after the accident happened. Which I love,

because there was a lot that is quite shocking that went on but

there are some parts that are quite funny as if they had been written

to be funny those of it was just what normal people said and they

were naturally funny characters, some of the characters, and we have

to constantly remind ourselves that these were will people. -- real

people. The tragedy of what happened to those real people as

inspired music as well, like Requiem for the lost souls of the

Titanic by Belfast composer, Philip Hammond. All those, too, are

tapping into the Titanic legend. was writing a children's book set

on a huge, modern cruise ship and I thought, the Titanic was the

biggest share of its day, what would happen if they built a new

Titanic in Belfast and needed the most modern ship ever built?

Everybody has heard of the Titanic. Bishop has inspired artistss and

sculptors. Here, close to his birthplace, a monument to those who

built the Titanic. For at, and history and myth have been written

together and will always be written together, about the sea and the

Titanic. It is sad but it is inspirational, as well, but people

were saved on the Titanic, too. From the traditional to this, a

very modern 3D light show cause of the Titanic has inspired the arts

for more than 100 years, and it looks as though it will continue to

do so. And that old movie, and night to remember, is being shown

on BBC Two this afternoon at 3pm. With me here on the staircase Apley

rates, and a documentary maker and critic. You have a moody coming out,

about the apprentices are built the Titanic. What is it about the

Titanic that inspired you, as a rider? Belfast. I was asked by

Belfast City Council to write something about the Titanic for a

festival and I thought, no, there have been two movies and lots of

documentaries, what could I add to it? But they convinced me to try

and I did the research and it I found some stuff that I did not

know Larbert. Nine men, including Andrew's, four apprentices to were

selected a couple of weeks before, to go on the ship from Madrid

street and the normal road, young boys, aged 18-21, and it brings the