SS Nomadic Timeline

1910 1911 1912 1917 1919 1928 1933 1934 1936 1945 1968 1969 1974 1977 1999 2002 2006

December

1910

December 22, 1910 The keel of Nomadic is laid down in the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast (Harland and Wolff yard number 422)

April - June

1911

April 29, 1911 Nomadic is launched from slipway No.1 in Harland & Wolff shipyard, Belfast

May 16, 1911 Nomadic completes sea trials

May 27, 1911 Nomadic is delivered to the White Star Line

May 31, 1911 Olympic and Nomadic leave Belfast bound for Cherbourg (the same day that RMS Titanic is launched)

June 14, 1911 Nomadic tenders RMS Olympic of the White Star Line when she calls into Cherbourg on her maiden voyage to New York

Year

1912

April 10 1912 Nomadic transfers 172 first and second-class passengers to the ill fated RMS Titanic

June 1912 Nomadic receives a covered bridge

Year

1917

1917 Nomadic is requisitioned by the French Government. Nomadic is sent to Brest to serve as a troopship for the U.S. 7th infantry division for nearly two years.

Year

1919

1919 Nomadic returns to commercial service tendering ships starting with Caronia of the Cunard Line

Year

1928

1928 Nomadic is involved in a collision with the Liner Orinoco

Year

1933

1933 Cherbourg opens a deep water berth so making all the tenders redundant

Year

1934

1934 Nomadic is purchased by Societe Cherbourgeoise de Remorquage et de Sauvetage (SCRS) and is renamed Ingenieur Minard

Year

1936

1936 Nomadic is dry docked in Cherbourg for essential repairs before continuing to serve some of the world's most famous liners

Year

1940

June 16, 1940 Nomadic helps 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 Goverment. She spends five years as a troop ship, ferrying soldiers from Portsmouth to training camps in the Isle of Wight.

Years

1945-1952

1945 Nomadic is saved from scrapping by her former owner SRCS

1945-1952 Nomadic is busy working at Cherbourg due to the harbour being virtually destroyed by the German army during the war. When the quays are restored she becomes redundant and is kept for times when the vessels cannot berth

From 1952 Nomadic also continues to service some visits of RMS Queen Mary & RMS Queen Elizabeth, the two largest liners in the world when they can not tie up at the quay

Year

1968

1968 Nomadic services the Cunard Liner Queen Elizabeth for the last time

Year

1969

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

Year

1974

1974 Spinnewyn decides his dream is not practical and so Nomadic is sold to entrepreneur Yvon Vincent

Years

1977-1999

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. Her internal layout is changed to suit each new venture

Year

1999

March 1999 Nomadic is closed due to health and safety regulations requiring annual inspections of her hull in dry docks

Year

2002

April 1, 2002 Nomadic is towed out of Paris and down the River Seine to Le Havre

Year

2006

January 26, 2006 SS Nomadic is purchased by the Department of Social Development

July 12, 2006 Over 95 years after leaving Belfast Nomadic finally returns home and plans for her restoration begin!