NOMADIC / INGENIEUR MINARD

BUILT BY HARLAND AND WOLFF AT BELFAST IN 1911. NOMADIC WAS DESIGNED AND USED AS A TENDER, SHE REPLACED THE AGEING 'GALLIC ' AT CHERBOURG. SHE WAS SIMILAR IN APPEARANCE TO TRAFFIC. IN 1912 SHE CARRIED PASSENGERS OUT TO THE ILL FATED TITANIC. IN 1927 SHE WAS  SOLD TO THE COMPAGNIE CHERBOURGEOISE DE TRANSBORDEMENT, IN 1933 SHE WAS SOLD TO SOCIETIE CHERBOURGEOISE DE REMORQUE ET DE SAUVETAGE ( CHERBOURG TOW & RESCUE SOCIETY ) AND WAS RE-NAMED 'INGENIEUR MINARD'. IN 1940 SHE WAS USED BY THE ROYAL NAVY AS A PATROL VESSEL. IN 1968 SHE FINISHED HER WORK AS A TENDER ( THE LAST VESSEL SHE SERVED WAS THE QUEEN ELIZABETH ) AND WAS SOLD PRIVATELY.1974 SAW HER SALE TO ANOTHER BUYER, WHO RE-NAMED HER 'NOMADIC' ONCE AGAIN. SHE WAS OPENED TO THE PUBLIC IN 1977 AS A RESTAURANT, SHE NOW LIES UN-USED ON THE RIVER SEINE, AND MOST LIKELY WILL BE SCRAPPED SHORTLY.THE SITUATION HAS NOW ( DECEMBRE 2004 ) BECOME QUITE CRITICAL.