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Titanic’s little sister has celebrated one year back in Belfast with a party.

Almost 16,000 people have visited SS Nomadic in Belfast since Easter while hundreds of volunteers have transformed the ship back to its original glory.

A new exhibition will take place focusing on Titanic’s other sister ship Olympic and many artefacts from the liner have already arrived, including a deck bench, two first-class state room beds, china and the original plans for the Arrol Gantry which was used to build both vessels.

Nomadic will undergo more extensive renovations later this year at the Hamilton Dock, one of Belfast’s oldest docks where Nomadic was originally fitted out.

The dock has been derelict for 20 years and will itself undergo some restoration.

Nomadic was saved from the scrapyard by the Department for Social Development at auction in Paris last year after her plight was highlighted by the Save Nomadic campaign and the Belfast Industrial Heritage.