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John Tippetts
John Tippetts (1622–1692) was a British shipbuilder and harbour designer who rose to be Surveyor of the Navy, the highest position in British naval architecture. Life He was born in Dursley in Gloucestershire in 1622 the son of Richard Tippetts (1600–1663). He was probably apprenticed as a ships carpenter in Bristol.ODNB: John Tibbetts He is first recorded as a Royal Navy employee in April 1650 as a Master Shipwright at Portsmouth Dockyard. In 1668 he was appointed Resident Commissioner at Portsmouth Dockyard, a role overseeing dock improvements and repairs, and an intermediary between the Admiralty (Surveyor of the Navy) and the shipwrights. In 1672 he was appointed Surveyor of the Navy, noted in the diary of Samuel Pepys. He died in 1692 with his will being probated on 28 July 1692. His position at the Admiralty was filled by Edmund Dummer who had been an apprentice shipwright under him at Portsmouth. Family Around 1656 he was married to Margaret Stephens, sister of Ant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surveyor Of The Navy
The Surveyor of the Navy also known as Department of the Surveyor of the Navy and originally known as Surveyor and Rigger of the Navy was a former principal commissioner and member of both the Navy Board from the inauguration of that body in 1546 until its abolition in 1832 and then a member Board of Admiralty from 1848-1859. In 1860 the office was renamed ''Controller of The Navy'' until 1869 when the office was merged with that of the Third Naval Lord's the post holder held overall responsibility for the design of British warships. History The office was established in 1546 under Henry VIII of England when the post holder was styled as ''Surveyor and Rigger of the Navy'' until 1611. Although until 1745 the actual design work for warships built at each Royal Dockyard was primarily the responsibility of the individual Master Shipwright at that Royal Dockyard. For vessels built by commercial contract (limited to wartime periods, when the Royal Dockyards could not cope with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Gloucestershire
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1692 Deaths
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1622 Births
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HMS Chichester (1695)
HMS ''Chichester'' was an 80-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Chatham Dockyard on 6 March 1695. She underwent a rebuild in 1706 at Woolwich Dockyard. ''Chichester'' served until 1749, when she was broken up. Tobias Smollett, later to become a well-known writer, served as a naval surgeon A naval surgeon, or less commonly ship's doctor, is the person responsible for the health of the ship's company aboard a warship. The term appears often in reference to Royal Navy's medical personnel during the Age of Sail. Ancient uses Speciali ... on the ''Chichester''. Notes References *Lavery, Brian (2003) ''The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850''. Conway Maritime Press. . Ships of the line of the Royal Navy 1690s ships {{UK-line-ship-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS St Michael (1669)
HMS ''St Michael'' was a 90-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by John Tippetts of Portsmouth Dockyard and launched in 1669. ''St Michael'' was rebuilt at Blackwall Yard in 1706, at which time she was also renamed HMS ''Marlborough''. On 5 April 1725 ''Marlborough'' was ordered to be taken to pieces and rebuilt at Chatham. She was relaunched on 25 September 1732. On 11 February 1744 during the Battle of Toulon. ''Marlborough'' and ''Namur'' bore the brunt of the Spanish fire, her captain James Cornewall, and 42 crew were killed and 120 wounded out of her crew of 750 men. Command passed to his distant cousin, Frederick Cornewall, the First Lieutenant, who was severely wounded and lost his right arm. Cornewall was buried at sea. ''Marlborough'' was reduced to a 68-gun ship in 1752. She formed part of Sir George Pocock's fleet at the taking of Havana from the Spanish in 1762. Whilst making her way back to Britain Britain most often refers to: * The Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Portsmouth (1667)
Numerous ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Portsmouth'', after the English port city and home of a naval base. * , ''Portsmouth'' during the English Commonwealth, a 38-gun fourth-rate frigate launched in 1650 and exploded after being captured by the French ship ''Marquis'' 1689. * , a 14-gun ketch launched in 1665 and captured in 1673 by the Dutch Navy. * , a 6-gun sloop launched in 1667 and captured in 1672 by the Dutch Navy. *, an 8-gun yacht launched in 1674 and wrecked in 1703. *, a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1690 and captured by the French Navy in 1696. *, a 6-gun yacht launched in 1702, rebuilt and renamed HMS ''Medina'' in 1772 and broken up in 1832. *, a 42-gun fifth rate launched in 1707, converted to a hospital ship in 1720 and broken up in 1728. *, a storeship launched in 1741 and wrecked in 1747 off Longsands. *, a 6-gun yacht launched in 1742 and broken up in 1869. *, a transport purchased in 1747 and sold in 1767. *, a 6-gun busse purchased ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frigate
A frigate () is a type of warship. In different eras, the roles and capabilities of ships classified as frigates have varied somewhat. The name frigate in the 17th to early 18th centuries was given to any full-rigged ship built for speed and maneuverability, intended to be used in scouting, escort and patrol roles. The term was applied loosely to ships varying greatly in design. In the second quarter of the 18th century, the 'true frigate' was developed in France. This type of vessel was characterised by possessing only one armed deck, with an unarmed deck below it used for berthing the crew. Late in the 19th century (British and French prototypes were constructed in 1858), armoured frigates were developed as powerful ironclad warships, the term frigate was used because of their single gun deck. Later developments in ironclad ships rendered the frigate designation obsolete and the term fell out of favour. During the Second World War the name 'frigate' was reintroduced to des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Constant Warwick
''Constant Warwick'' was a 32-gun privateer, built in 1645 as a private venture between the Earl of Warwick and Sir William Batten. Hired for service in the Parliamentarian navy during the First English Civil War, her captain William Batten defected to the Royalists during the 1648 Second English Civil War. After her crew mutinied in November 1648, she returned to England and was purchased by Parliament on 20 January 1649. Described as an "incomparable sailer", she was noted for her sharpness and fine lines, and is considered by some as the first true frigate of the Royal Navy. Mainly used for patrolling, she was captured by the French in 1691.Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 159. ''Constant Warwick'' was the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear that name. Construction and specifications She was started as aprivate venture contracted to Peter Pett I of Ratcliffe and launched in 1645. Her dimensions were keel keel for tonnage with a breadth of and a depth of hold of . Her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Portsmouth (1665)
Numerous ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Portsmouth'', after the English port city and home of a naval base. * , ''Portsmouth'' during the English Commonwealth, a 38-gun fourth-rate frigate launched in 1650 and exploded after being captured by the French ship ''Marquis'' 1689. * , a 14-gun ketch launched in 1665 and captured in 1673 by the Dutch Navy. * , a 6-gun sloop launched in 1667 and captured in 1672 by the Dutch Navy. *, an 8-gun yacht launched in 1674 and wrecked in 1703. *, a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1690 and captured by the French Navy in 1696. *, a 6-gun yacht launched in 1702, rebuilt and renamed HMS ''Medina'' in 1772 and broken up in 1832. *, a 42-gun fifth rate launched in 1707, converted to a hospital ship in 1720 and broken up in 1728. *, a storeship launched in 1741 and wrecked in 1747 off Longsands. *, a 6-gun yacht launched in 1742 and broken up in 1869. *, a transport purchased in 1747 and sold in 1767. *, a 6-gun busse purchased ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Royal Oak (1664)
HMS ''Royal Oak'' was a 100-gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched in 1664 at Portsmouth Dockyard. ''Royal Oak'' was built by John Tippetts, Master-Shipwright at Portsmouth 1660-8, who later became Navy Commissioner and subsequently Surveyor of the Navy (Knighted 1672). Historian Brian Lavery quotes an entry in the "Calendar of State Papers, Domestic" series (CSPD; the records of the English, and later, the British, governmental proceedings, dating back to the reign of Henry VIII; also known as the "British State Papers", and now held by the National Archives) from 9/3/1665 that reports: the King (i.e., Charles II) "...is very much pleased with the new frigate built at Portsmouth, the ''Royal Oak'', and has ordered Tippetts, the shipwright who built her, to build just such another, and not to mend her in any part, being assured that anything which is not just so cannot be so good..." The career of ''Royal Oak'' in the Royal Navy was brief, but highly e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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