The oceanic, a liner built in belfast by harland and wolff for the white star line, is launched

The first White Star Line ship under the Ismay ownership. Often referred to as The Mother of Modern Liners. First ship to have promenade decks and running water with bathtubs for its passengers. Involved in a collision with the City of Chester (which sank) at the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco in 1882. Eventually scrapped in 1896.

Harland and Wolff Heavy Industries began as a shipyard located in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Harland and Wolff was formed by Edward James Harland and Gustav Wilhelm Wolff in 1861. Harland had bought the small shipyard on Queens Island, in which he was employed as general manager, from Robert Hickson in 1858. The shipyard has built many types of ships continuously since then, the most famous being the RMS Titanic. Their main business today is ship repair and conversion work, ship design and bridge building.