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Thomas Andrews was the chief naval architect at Belfast's Harland and Wolff shipyard, repsonsible for the plans of Titanic and leader of the firm's 'Guarantee Group' on its maiden voyage. Sadly, he was one of the victims of the ship's sinking.

Michael McCaughan of National Museums and Galleries Northern Ireland suggests that Thomas Andrews represented the human face of Harland and Wolff. In his opinion, Andrews was the personification of Titanic and everything that was best about that ship and industrial Belfast.

Author Stephen Cameron tells us that Andrews was the chief naval architect in Harland and Wolff and was therefore the man who drew out the first plans for the Olympic class liners conceived by William Pirrie.

Johnny Andrews, the great great nephew of Thomas Andrews, describes how he was brought up in a family that was involved in industry and engineering, his father having built up a linen mill almost single-handed.

Irish Times journalist Kevin Myers talks of Andrews as being an engineering genius, at that time the leading marine engineer in the world and closely associated with Titanic.

Stephen Cameron concludes that Andrews knew every nut, bolt and rivet on the ship and was, as such, was given the job of leading the Harland and Wolff 'Guarantee Group' on Titanic's maiden voyage. The role of the group was to repair any small snags on the ship right away.

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