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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!
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