Less than a year after the White Star Line-owned vessels left the city, the Nomadic was employed to transport first and second class passengers from the French port of Cherbourg to the Titanic ahead of its ill-fated maiden Atlantic voyage.

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It detected a string of defects and offences on vessels owned by the company between November 2009 and June 2011.

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Six vessels, including a British-owned one, have been seized in the previous week or so.

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