Lusitania documentary

Stagecrew riggers in Belfast assist on Lusitania documentary

Our Belfast riggers have been on board HMS Caroline assisting with one of the latest film projects in the city's Titanic Quarter.

360 Production have been filming a dramatic reconstruction of the sinking of ocean liner RMS Lusitania. Torpedoed by a German U-boat, Lusitania was briefly the world's largest passenger ship. She was sunk on Friday 7th May 1915 with the loss of 1198 passengers. The drama / documentary follows the lives of the crew on Lusitania.

HMS Caroline is the last survivor of the Battle of Jutland 1916. The Heritage Lottery Fund has just awarded a large sum to restore and preserve it as another tourist attraction in the Titanic Quarter.

Stage Crew riggers were hired to assist the TV / film crews in moving around the ship safely, and to install fall arrest systems on the internal ladders and stairwells.