The Titanic was owned by the British shipping company White Star Line.
White Star Line
The company that BUILT Titanic was Harland & Wolff - but the managing director of the company that OWNED her (The White Star Line) was Bruce Ismay.
JP Morgan was an American financier who had a controlling interest in the IMM: the International Mercantile Marine. This was a consortium of shipping interests that owned, among other things, the White Star Line, which in turn owned Titanic. As a foreigner, JP Morgan could not directly own Titanic, but he could own the COMPANY that owned Titanic.
J.P Morgan owned it but it was a company in Belfast, Ireland who built
JP Morgan, the American financier, had a controlling interest in the IMM; the International Mercantile Marine, which was a consortium of shipping interests that owned, among other things, the White Star Line, which in turn owned Titanic. As a foreigner, JP Morgan could not directly own Titanic, but he could own the COMPANY that owned Titanic.
It was likely British currency was used, as the Titanic is owned by the White Star Line, which is a British shipping company.
The White Star Line owned the Titanic, which was one of three sister ships. The White Star Line was owned at the time by Bruce Ismay. The three ships that were all built within 8 years of each other (in order of build date) Olympic, Titanic, Britannic.
"White Star Line was the company that built the Titanic, and was owned by J.P. Morgan, an American tycoon."
The White Star Line
The Titanic had no-one specific Manager it was owned by the White Star shipping company. The chairman of the company was Chairman, J. Bruce Ismay. The ship was Captianed by Captain Edward John Smith.
The White Star Line is the company who owned the Titanic