谁有泰坦尼克号的总设计师托马斯·安德鲁的详细资料？

托马斯·安德鲁斯（Thomas?Andrews）

Born7?February?1873?(1873-02-07)

Comber,?County?Down,?Ireland?

Died15?April?1912?(1912-04-16)?(aged?39)

Thomas?Andrews,?Jr.?(7?February?1873?–?15?April?1912)?was?an?Irish-born?businessman?and?shipbuilder;?managing?director?and?head?of?the?draughting?department?for?the?shipbuilding?company?Harland?and?Wolff?in?Belfast,?Ireland.?Andrews?was?the?shipbuilder?in?charge?of?the?plans?for?the?ocean?liner?RMS?Titanic.?He?was?travelling?on?board?the?Titanic?during?its?maiden?voyage?when?it?hit?an?iceberg?on?14?April?1912?and?was?one?of?the?1,517?people?who?perished?in?the?disaster.

托马斯·安德鲁斯生于爱尔兰，是一个商人，也是船的设计师，是Harland?and?Wolff[位于北爱尔兰首府贝尔法斯特]造船公司的制图部门的负责人和经理，负责泰坦尼克号的设计，他参加了泰坦尼克号的处女航，在泰坦尼克撞上冰山的时候他也在船上，并死于这场灾难。

Early?life

Thomas?Andrews?was?born?at?Ardara?House,?Comber,?County?Down,?Ireland,?to?Thomas?Andrews,?a?member?of?the?Privy?Council?of?Ireland,?and?Eliza?Pirrie.?The?younger?brother?to?future?Northern?Ireland?Prime?Minister?John?Miller?Andrews,?Thomas?Andrews?lived?with?his?family?in?Ardara,?Comber.?In?1884,?Andrews?began?attending?the?Royal?Belfast?Academical?Institution?until?1889?when,?at?the?age?of?sixteen,?he?began?a?premium?apprenticeship?at?Harland?and?Wolff?where?his?uncle,?the?Viscount?Pirrie,?was?part?owner.

Harland?and?Wolff

At?Harland?and?Wolff,?he?began?with?three?months?in?the?joiners'?shop,?followed?by?a?month?in?the?cabinetmakers'?and?then?a?further?two?months?working?on?the?ships.?The?last?eighteen?months?of?his?five-year?apprenticeship?were?spent?in?the?drawing?office.?In?1901,?Andrews,?after?working?his?way?up?through?the?many?departments?of?the?company,?became?the?manager?of?the?construction?works.?That?same?year,?he?also?became?a?member?of?the?Institution?of?Naval?Architects.?In?1907,?Andrews?was?appointed?the?managing?director?and?head?of?the?draughting?department?at?Harland?and?Wolff.?During?his?long?years?of?apprenticeship,?study,?and?work,?Andrews?had?become?well-liked?in?the?company?and?amongst?the?shipyard's?employees.

On?24?June?1908,?he?married?Helen?Reilly?Barbour,?daughter?of?John?Doherty?Barbour?and?sister?to?Milne?Barbour.?Their?daughter,?Elizabeth?Law?Barber?Andrews?(known?by?her?initials,?"ELBA"),?was?born?on?27?November?1910.?The?couple?lived?at?"Dunallan",12?Windsor?Avenue,?Belfast.[1]?It?is?known?that?Andrews?took?Helen?to?view?the?RMS?Titanic?one?night,?shortly?before?Elizabeth?was?born.?After?Thomas's?death,?Helen?married?Henry?Peirson?Harland?(of?the?Harland?and?Wolff?family)?and?died?22?August?1966?in?Northern?Ireland.

RMS?Titanic

In?1907,?Andrews?began?to?oversee?the?plans?for?a?new?superliner,?the?RMS?Olympic?for?the?White?Star?Line.?The?Olympic?and?its?sister?ship?the?RMS?Titanic,?which?began?construction?in?1909,?were?designed?by?William?Pirrie?and?general?manager?Alexander?Carlisle?along?with?Andrews.?As?he?had?done?for?the?other?ships?he?had?overseen,?Andrews?familiarized?himself?with?every?detail?of?the?Olympic?and?Titanic,?in?order?to?ensure?that?they?were?in?optimal?working?order.

Andrews?headed?a?group?of?Harland?and?Wolff?workers?who?went?on?the?maiden?voyages?of?the?ships?built?by?the?company,?to?observe?ship?operations?and?spot?any?necessary?improvements.?The?Titanic?was?no?exception,?so?Andrews?and?the?rest?of?his?Harland?and?Wolff?group?travelled?from?Belfast?to?Southampton?on?Titanic?for?the?beginning?of?Titanic's?maiden?voyage?on?10?April?1912.?During?the?voyage,?Andrews?took?notes?on?various?improvements?he?felt?were?needed.?However,?on?14?April,?Andrews?remarked?to?a?friend?that?Titanic?was?"as?nearly?perfect?as?human?brains?can?make?her."

On?14?April?at?11:40?PM,?the?Titanic?struck?an?iceberg?on?the?ship’s?starboard?side.?Andrews?had?been?in?his?stateroom?sleeping?at?the?time,?and?barely?noticed?the?collision.?Captain?Edward?J.?Smith?had?Andrews?summoned?to?help?examine?the?damage.?Andrews?and?Captain?Smith?discussed?the?damage?to?the?ship?shortly?after?midnight,?after?Andrews?had?toured?the?damaged?section?of?the?ship?and?received?several?reports?of?the?vessel's?damage.?Andrews?determined?that?the?first?five?of?the?ship's?watertight?compartments?were?rapidly?flooding.?Andrews?knew?that?if?more?than?four?of?the?ship's?compartments?flooded,?it?would?inevitably?sink.?He?relayed?this?information?to?Captain?Smith,?adding?that?in?his?opinion,?the?vessel?had?only?about?an?hour?before?it?completely?sank.?He?also?informed?Smith?of?the?chronic?shortage?of?lifeboats?on?board?the?ship.

As?the?evacuation?of?the?Titanic?began,?Andrews?searched?staterooms?telling?the?passengers?to?put?on?lifebelts?and?go?up?on?deck.?Fully?aware?of?the?short?time?the?ship?had?left?and?of?the?lack?of?lifeboat?space?for?all?passengers?and?crew,?he?continued?to?urge?reluctant?people?into?the?lifeboats?in?the?hope?of?filling?them?as?fully?as?possible.?According?to?John?Stewart,?a?steward?on?the?ship,?Andrews?was?last?seen?staring?at?a?painting,?"Plymouth?Harbour",?above?the?fireplace?in?the?first–class?smoking?room.?The?painting?depicted?the?entrance?to?Plymouth?Sound,?which?Titanic?had?been?expected?to?visit?on?her?return?voyage.?The?painting?is?often?incorrectly?shown?on?television?and?in?movies?as?depicting?the?entrance?to?New?York?Harbor.?Another?reported?last?sighting?was?of?Thomas?Andrews?frantically?throwing?deck?chairs?into?the?ocean?for?passengers?to?use?as?floating?devices.?Andrews'?body?was?never?recovered.

Finally,?on?19?April,?his?father?received?a?telegram?from?his?mother's?cousin,?who?had?spoken?with?survivors?in?New?York,?searching?for?news?of?Andrews.?The?telegram?was?read?aloud?by?Andrews?Sr.?to?the?staff?of?the?home?in?Comber:?"INTERVIEW?TITANIC'S?OFFICERS.?ALL?UNANIMOUS?THAT?ANDREWS?HEROIC?UNTO?DEATH,?THINKING?ONLY?SAFETY?OTHERS.?EXTEND?HEARTFELT?SYMPATHY?TO?ALL."

Legacy

Newspaper?accounts?of?the?disaster?labelled?Andrews?a?hero.?Mary?Sloan,?a?stewardess?on?the?ship,?who?Andrews?persuaded?to?enter?a?lifeboat,?later?wrote?in?a?letter:?"Mr.?Andrews?met?his?fate?like?a?true?hero,?realizing?the?great?danger,?and?gave?up?his?life?to?save?the?women?and?children?of?the?Titanic.?They?will?find?it?hard?to?replace?him."?A?short?biography?was?produced?within?the?year?by?Shan?Bullock?at?the?request?of?Sir?Horace?Plunkett,?a?member?of?Parliament,?who?felt?that?Andrews'?life?was?worthy?of?being?memorialised.

In?his?home?town,?Comber,?one?of?the?earliest?and?most?substantial?memorials?for?a?single?victim?of?the?Titanic?disaster?was?built.?The?Thomas?Andrews?Jr.?Memorial?Hall?was?opened?in?January?1914.?The?architects?were?Young?and?McKenzie?with?sculpted?work?by?the?artist?Sophia?Rosamond?Praegar.?The?hall?is?now?maintained?by?the?South?Eastern?Education?Board?and?used?by?The?Andrews?Memorial?Primary?School.