NOMADIC TIMELINE
December 22, 1910
Nomadic's keel is laid down at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
April 25, 1911
Nomadic is launched.
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| The launch of the SS Nomadic |
May 16, 1911
Nomadic completes sea trials.
May 27, 1911
Nomadic is delivered to the White Star Line.
June, 1911
Nomadic arrives in Cherbourg, France.
June 14, 1911
Nomadic services RMS Olympic at Cherbourg. This was Olympic's maiden voyage and first stop on her way to New York.
April 10, 1912
Nomadic ferries 142 first class passengers to Titanic. This was Titanic's maiden voyage and first stop on her way to New York.
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| Titanic and Nomadic at Cherbourg, France Image from James Cameron's 1997 film "TITANIC" |
June, 1912
Nomadic receives a covered bridge.
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| SS Nomadic with covered bridge. |
World War I Begins
1917
Nomadic is requisitioned by the French government, and is sent to Brest to serve as a troop ship for the U.S. 7th infantry division for nearly 2 years.
1919
Nomadic returns to commercial service. The first ship she tenders is the Cunard Line's Coronia.
1928
Nomadic is involved in a collision with the liner Orinoco.
1933
Cherbourg opens a deep water berth making tenders redundant.
1934
Nomadic is purchased by Societe Cherbourgeoise de Remorquage et de Sauvetage (SCRS) and is renamed Ingenieur Minard.
1936
She is dry docked in Cherbourg for essential repairs before continuing to serve some of the world's most famous liners.
World War II Begins
June 16, 1940
Nomadic helped to evacuate soldiers and workers from the French aviation company Amiot to escape the German army.
June 18, 1940
Nomadic sails to Portsmouth and is requisitioned by the British government. She spends five years as a troop ship, ferrying soldiers from Portsmouth to training camps in the Isle of Wight.
1945
Nomadic is saved from scrapping by her former owner SCRS.
1945-1952
Nomadic is busy working at Cherbourg due to the harbor being virtually destroyed by the German army during the war. When the quays are restored, she becomes redundant and is kept for times when vessels can not berth.
1952
She also continues to service some visits of RMS Queen Mary and RMS Queen Elizabeth, the two largest liners in the world when they can not tie up at the quay.
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| Cunard White Star's RMS Queen Elizabeth with Nomadic in the lower left corner. At this point in her career Nomadic was named Ingenieur Minard. |
November 4, 1968
Nomadic serves the RMS Queen Elizabeth for the last time.
1969
French businessman Roland Spinnewyn purchases Nomadic and tows her from Cherbourg to Conflans Sainte Honorine with the intention of transforming her into a floating restaurant.
1974
Spinnewyn decides his dream is not practical, so Nomadic is sold to entrepreneur Yvon Vincent.
1977
Vincent opens Nomadic as a floating restaurant and function space on the River Seine in Paris where she plays host to many events and concerts over the following 22 years. Details of her internal layout are changed by each new tenant.
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| Nomadic on the River Seine in Paris serving as a floating restaurant. |
March, 1999
Nomadic is closed due to Health and Safety regulations requiring annual inspections of her hull in dry docks.
April 1, 2002
Nomadic is towed out of Paris and down the River Seine to Le Havre.
January 26, 2006
Nomadic is purchased by the Department of Social Development.
July 12, 2006
After 95 years Nomadic returns to Belfast for restoration.
Harland and Wolff continue the restoration project of Nomadic. While the restoration is on going, Nomadic serves as a museum and is part of the new Titanic Quarter and Titanic Belfast attraction in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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| Nomadic as she currently looks today in Belfast, Ireland. |