The SS Nomadic ferried first-class passengers to the Titanic over 101 years ago. It was brought back to Belfast 7 years ago and was finally opened to the public on June 1st after a lengthy restoration. According to the Irish Times, the vessel’s renewal cost approximately Ł9m ($13.8m), mostly to restore the upper decks which were missing – the ship bore little resemblance to her original condition and had been looted of many parts.

As the last remaining vessel of the White Star Line, the Nomadic has more than a hundred years of history. According to Sky News, the Nomadic was built beside the Titanic in the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast. She is affectionately known as the Titanic’s “little” sister because they were built using the same design characteristics, differing only in size – the Nomadic is merely one quarter of the legendary ship’s length. Her first voyage was to sail to Cherbourg, France and transfer passengers to the Titanic on its one and only disastrous journey in April 1912. Through the years it has served as a tender to several cruise liners, such as the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth. On these expeditions, the Nomadic has carried many famous passengers, including: Benjamin Guggenheim, Marie Curie, Charlie Chaplin, and Elizabeth Taylor.

Today, visitors can pay Ł8.50 for a tour that lasts at least an hour. The tour includes a walk along various decks and a reception at the first-class bar. They can chose to sit where 142 first-class passengers awaited to embark on the doomed journey more than 100 years ago, or where 30 second-class passengers, still doomed, stood in a separate lounge.