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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 82. Chapters: Canals in Ireland, Marinas in Ireland, Maritime history of Ireland, Ports and harbours of Ireland, Shipping companies of Ireland, Ships of Ireland, Lightvessels in Ireland, RMS Titanic, Irish Mercantile Marine during World War II, Banagher, Irish maritime events during World War II, SS Irish Oak, RNLB Mary Stanford, Dun Laoghaire, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, MV Kerlogue, Irish Shipping, Fenit, The Sinking of the Rochdale and the Prince of Wales, ST Leukos, Jeanie Johnston, Grand Canal, Ouzel Galley, Commissioners of Irish Lights, SS Irish Pine, Drogheda Steam Packet Company, Asgard II, Boyne Navigation, SS Sirius, Kingstown Lifeboat Disaster, Royal Canal, Mariners' Church, Dun Laoghaire, City of Dublin Steam Packet Company, Aud, Shannon-Erne Waterway, Ulster Canal, Innisfallen, History of the Irish Naval Service, National Maritime Museum of Ireland, Le Batofar, Dunbrody, Waterford Steamship Company, Waterways Ireland, Belfast Steamship Company, Irish Continental Group, Dundalk and Newry Steam Packet Company, Dundalk Steam Packet Company, Kilrush Marina, Dublin Shipping, List of ports in Ireland, Dingle Marina, The Galway Line, List of canals in Ireland, Maid of Malin, Carlingford Marina, SS Lady Wicklow, Dublin City Moorings, Arklow Marina. Excerpt: RMS Titanic was a passenger liner that struck an iceberg on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City, and sank on 15 April 1912, resulting in the deaths of 1,517 people in one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history. The largest passenger steamship in the world, the Olympic-class RMS Titanic was owned by the White Star Line and constructed at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Ireland. After setting sail for New York City on 10 April 1912 with 2,223 people on board, she hit the iceberg four days into the crossing, at...