The Maritime Festival


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Published: July 8th 2007
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I am one of the avid fans of any festival celebration in Belfast City. Unfortunately, I was not able to attend the Maritime Festival last year (2006) since I was in the US to take my one month summer vacation in some areas of California. But this year, I did my best to attend this annual celebration of wooden ships, including the SS Nomadic which is the last ship that carry the passengers from Titanic during the disaster in 1912.

The festival was a 3-day event (30 June- 1 July) showcasing historical wooden tall ships/boats such as the following:
1. Zebu - built in 1938 from Sweden
2. Ruth - built in 1914 from Sweden
3. Kaskelot - built in 1948 from Greenland
4. Artemis - built in 1926 from Netherlands
5. Grand Turk - built in 1996 from Turkey
6. Thalassa - built in 1980 from Spain
7. Jeanie Johnston - built in 2002 from Ireland
8. SS Nomadic - built in 1911 from Belfast Northern Ireland
9. HMS Albion - built in 2001 from Barrow Aside from these interesting and fascinating boats, there were also food displays (The Continental Market) and entertainment activities during the 3-day programme. The venue of the festival was the popular Lagan River, fronting the Odyssey Arena and the Laganside Look-out.

I also took the opportunity to visit the Harbour Office area, and the historical Sinclair Seamen's Presbyterian Church - a 150 years old building which provided comfort to the seafarers or seamen during the Worldwar 1. There are several artefacts found inside the church with carry symbolisms to the parishioners.

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