SS Nomadic (Titanic's Tender) 1911

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Nomadic was one of two vessels commissioned by the White Star Line in 1910 to tender for their new ocean liners RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic , which were too large to dock in Cherbourg Harbour . She and her running mate SS Traffic ferried passengers, their baggage, mail and ship's supplies to and from large ocean liners anchored offshore. [​2] The keel of Nomadic was laid down in the Harland and Wolff shipyards, Belfast in 1910 (yard number 422). [​3] She was built on slipway No. 1 alongside RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic , [​4] which were constructed on slipways 2 and 3, of the Arrol Gantry , respectively. She was launched on 25 April 1911 and delivered to the White Star Line on 27 May, following sea trials. [​2] [​3]