HISTORICAL FACTS: 2 - The Untold Story

‘New Spanish Armada’ will result from £1.6bn shipbuilding contract, Labour says

Labour shadow defence minister Chris Evans claimed that 6,000 jobs would have been created.

The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2022

Shipbuilding returns to Belfast with £1.6 billion Harland & Wolff deal

The deal is expected to see 900 jobs created at the Belfast yard

Birmingham Post · Nov 18, 2022

Harland and Wolff boss hails Royal Navy deal as return of shipbuilding to Belfast

"Belfast will have an engineering history again"

Belfast Live · Nov 17, 2022

Harland & Wolff reports £25.5m loss as expenses from growth swell

The shipbuilder’s parent company bought Devon’s Appledore shipyard in August 2020 in a £7m deal

Birmingham Post · Aug 16, 2022

Devon shipyard wins £55million contract supporting 100 jobs

Appledore Shipyard will renovate former mine hunter HMS Quorn for use by the Lithuanian navy

Birmingham Post · Jul 18, 2022

Revamp for mothballed ex-Royal Navy minesweeper to help fight Russian aggression

HMS Quorn will get a £55million makeover having been sold to NATO member Lithuania, which shares a border with a Russian exclave

Daily Mirror · Jul 14, 2022

Harland & Wolff acquires former Royal Navy mine hunting ship

The engineering firm, whose parent company own Devon’s Appledore shipyard, will refurbish the former HMS Atherstone for non-military uses

Birmingham Post · Jun 1, 2022

Harland & Wolff's Belfast shipyard wins first UK cruise ship contract in 20 years

One of the vessels will be the largest cruise ship ever to have dry docked in a UK yard

Birmingham Post · Apr 15, 2022

Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast wins UK's first cruise ship contract in 20 years

One of the vessels will be the largest cruise ship ever to have dry docked in a UK yard

Belfast Live · Apr 12, 2022

Titanic life jacket to be displayed in visitor centre in island of Ireland first

The artefact, which is one of only six remaining life jackets from the ill-fated liner, will go on display at Titanic Belfast.

The Independent UK · Apr 7, 2022