The Titanic Memorial stands in the grounds of Belfast City Hall, on Donegall Square in Belfast. Sir Thomas Brock designed it, and Field Marshal Viscount French unveiled it on June 26, 1920. A memorial committee, formed at a meeting on May 3, 1912, arranged it.
The memorial is 22 feet (6.7 meters) tall, with figures 12 feet (3.7 meters) high carved in Carrara marble. A central female figure, thought to represent Fame, holds a black laurel wreath over three figures. Two mermaids at her feet bear a dead seaman above the waves. The names of 22 Belfast men who died are on the plinth.
It was moved in 1959 from the middle of Donegall Square North to its present spot. The two bronze fountains vanished in the move and were replaced in a 1994 restoration. A memorial garden opened on April 15, 2012, with plaques listing all 1,512 victims.
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