Once one of Northern Ireland's flagship companies, Harland and Wolff has slipped into decline over the past two decades.
Established in 1861, the H&W yard on Queen's Island in east Belfast has produced more than 1,700 ships - including the Titanic - and during the war years, built an average of a ship per week.
By the 1950s, it employed around 35,000. Its two massive yellow cranes, Samson and Goliath, are probably Belfast's best-known landmark. Shipbuilding remains the core industry, but the firm has lately been constructing oil rigs and other vessels used in off-shore exploration.