William Pirrie
person
3 mentions
1 recordings
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 14 Jul
↑3 vs the 6 months before
Chairman of Harland and Wolfe and industrialist
Trend
Peak in the week of 14 Jul — 3 mentions across 1 series.
Moments
newest first · ▶ plays the momentJeremy BamberBoring History for Sleep · Britannic 🚢⚓ | The Forgotten Sister Ship of the Titanic... · 39:30 · 14 Jul
…With Andrews gone and Pirrie still convalescing, the design office was leaderless at the very moment it most needed direction.…
Jeremy BamberBoring History for Sleep · Britannic 🚢⚓ | The Forgotten Sister Ship of the Titanic... · 38:33 · 14 Jul
…Lord Pirrie recovered enough from his surgery to attend a smaller memorial held inside the yard itself, where the employees who had worked directly on Titanic gathered in the main drawing office.…
Jeremy BamberBoring History for Sleep · Britannic 🚢⚓ | The Forgotten Sister Ship of the Titanic... · 3:04 · 14 Jul
…The host was William Pirrie, the chairman of the Harland and Wolfe shipyard in Belfast, and one of the most powerful industrialists in the British Empire.…
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