Check the listing for details. Titanic Builder Thomas Andrews Doll. Condition: New. Listed at 90.00 USD. Andrews was born to a fairly prominent family in Belfast, Ireland in 1873. His father was a local politician, and his mother was the sister of William Pirrie, the controlling owner of the Harland & Wolff shipyard. Pirrie had worked his way up through the shipyard starting as an apprentice, but was a partner at age 27. Pirrie was made a Baron in 1906 and a Viscount in 1921. His nephew, Andrews, also started as an apprentice at the yard at age 16. He spent his whole career at Harland & Wolff, eventually working his way up to head of the drafting shop and managing director. A lot of the design on “Titanic” and her sister ship, “Olympic”, was done by the previous director, Alexander Carlisle, but Andrews was responsible for the final fit-out and much of her decor.