Thompson Dock

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dry dock historic site

Thompson Dock is a historic dry dock in Belfast, Northern Ireland, best known as the site where the RMS Titanic was fitted out.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Titanic Slipways	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	dry dock ⓘ historic site ⓘ
access	Belfast Lough ⓘ
associatedCity	Belfast ⓘ
associatedIndustry	shipbuilding ⓘ
associatedWith	HMHS Britannic ⓘ surface form: RMS Britannic RMS Olympic ⓘ RMS Titanic ⓘ
category	Titanic-related site ⓘ maritime infrastructure ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
currentUse	heritage attraction ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
designedFor	Olympic-class ocean liners ⓘ
era	early 20th century shipbuilding ⓘ
hasFeature	granite dock walls ⓘ massive caisson gate ⓘ pump-house ⓘ
hasStructureType	graving dock ⓘ
heritageStatus	industrial heritage site ⓘ
historicalUse	servicing large ocean liners ⓘ
locatedIn	Port of Belfast ⓘ surface form: Belfast Harbour Queen's Island ⓘ
location	Belfast ⓘ Northern Ireland ⓘ
namedAfter	Robert Thompson ⓘ
near	Titanic Belfast museum ⓘ surface form: Titanic Belfast Hamilton Dock ⓘ surface form: Titanic Pump-House
notableEvent	final fitting out of RMS Titanic before sea trials ⓘ
notableFor	fitting out RMS Titanic ⓘ
operator	Harland and Wolff ⓘ
partOf	Harland and Wolff ⓘ surface form: Harland and Wolff shipyard Titanic Quarter ⓘ
region	County Antrim ⓘ
significance	largest dry dock in the world at time of construction ⓘ
tourism	Titanic heritage tourism ⓘ
usedFor	ship construction ⓘ ship fitting out ⓘ ship repair ⓘ
waterType	saltwater ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Titanic Quarter → contains → Thompson Dock ⓘ

Hamilton Dock → near → Thompson Dock ⓘ

Titanic Belfast museum → nearbyAttraction → Thompson Dock ⓘ

subject surface form: Titanic Belfast

this entity surface form: Titanic Slipways