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Jul 08, 1854 Ballymena, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Died on 05 Mar 1926 (aged 71)
British naval architect
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About Alexander Carlisle
- Alexander Montgomery Carlisle, PC (8 July 1854 – 6 March 1926) brother-in-law to Viscount Pirrie, was one of the men involved with designing the Olympic class ocean liners in the shipbuilding company Harland and Wolff.
- His main area of responsibility was the ships' safety systems such as the watertight compartments and lifeboats.
- As a Privy Councillor, he was known as "The Right Honorable".
- He ended his involvement in the Olympic class liners and retired in 1910 due to an argument with Lord Pirrie over the number of lifeboats required for a vessel of this size.
- Pirrie, the chairman of Harland and Wolff, was satisfied that the number of lifeboats supplied more than met the board of trade regulations.
- Carlisle then retired and did not have anything more to do with shipbuilding.
- Thomas Andrews, Pirrie’s nephew, was then made master shipbuilder.
- The Olympic class liners were the last ships that Carlisle was involved with.
