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Originally Posted by SoYank
Are you saying, then, that the TITANIC was built in 1909-12 by the British?
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the formal name and the state form of the United Kingdom from 1 January 1801 until 12 April 1927. It was formed by the merger of the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland.
Following Irish independence on 6 December 1922, when the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty came into effect, the name continued in official use until it was changed to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland by the Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act of 1927.
So no, technically not British but were part of the United Kingdom. Today of course you have the 'Orange men' who class themselves as British.