Titanic dream takes shape

Harland and Wolff drawing office where Titanic was designed.

Their Chief Naval Architect, Alexander M. Carlisle, was to draw up the plans, and on 17th September 1908 the Directors gave orders for both the shipyard and the engine works to begin preparations for construction.

Over the next few months various consultations took place between Harland & Wolff and the White Star Line. Carlisle completed the original designs and when he retired in 1910 he was succeeded by his cousin Thomas Andrews Jr. who completed the work on Titanic.