Thomas Andrews

Thomas Andrews Jr.  was an Irish employee for Harland and Wolff, who designed and helped build the RMS Titanic. Mr. Andrews was one of the first people who was certain the Titanic would indeed sink before it became obvious. In Haunted, he is often described as being quite rude towards Chloe Dixon when she asked him a question regarding the number of lifeboats on the ship. However, Andrews' attitude changed when he decided to give her his life jacket to save herself from the sinking.

However, Mr. Andrews was quite friendly towards Jack Flynn and greeted him a few times despite it being uncommon with first class passengers to talk to third class passengers.

Early Life
Thomas Andrews was born to Thomas Andrews, Sr. and Eliza Pirrie at Adara House in Comber, Ireland. As a boy, he was educated privately by a tutor until eleven, after which he attended the Royal Belfast Academy Institution. He wasn't good in school, preferring athletics over his academic curriculum.

After leaving school at 16, he began an apprenticeship at Harland and Wolff. His apprenticeship gave him expert knowledge of all aspects of shipbuilding. During this time, he attended night classes at the Belfast College of Technology, specializing as a ship designer. At 28, he became head of the Designing Department. Soon afterward, he was then appointed as managing director at Harland and Wolff by 1907.

The following summer in June 1908, Andrews wed Helen Reilly Barbour, who was the daughter of textile industrialist, John Doherty Barbour. They made their home on Windsor Avenue in South Belfast. Two years later, his wife gave birth to a daughter they named Elizabeth Law Barbour Andrews on November 27, 1910.

When the Titanic set sail in 1912, Andrews was considered to be a key member of the Harland and Wolff "guarantee group" and his role was to oversee the maiden voyage of the Titanic.

Haunted
When the ship hit the iceberg on the night of April 14, Andrews was in his stateroom, already planning changes he wanted to make to the ship. He barely noticed the collision due to where his stateroom was located on the ship. It was Captain Smith who had summoned Andrews to assess the damage that was caused by the iceberg.

It is believed the men discussed the ship's damage shortly after midnight when Andrews determined the first five of the ship's watertight compartments were rapidly flooding. Unfortunately, he also miscalculated the time of Titanic 's descent into the Atlantic, saying she'd be at the bottom within the hour. In reality, it's estimated that Titanic actually held on for approximately two and a half hours, which was 118 minutes longer than Andrews anticipated.

As the evacuation began, Andrews searched staterooms and told passengers to put their life jackets on and go up on deck. Fully aware of the short time the ship had left and the lack of the lifeboat space for everyone aboard, he continued to urge even the most reluctant passengers to get to the lifeboats with the hope of filling them with many people as possible.

Appearances

 * Haunted 
 * The Timekeeper Saga Official Companion