Joseph Allin was an 18th century shipbuilder to the
Royal Navy
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. His works merge with those of his namesake son who was also a Master Shipwright at
Portsmouth Dockyard
His Majesty's Naval Base, Portsmouth (HMNB Portsmouth) is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy (the others being HMNB Clyde and HMNB Devonport). Portsmouth Naval Base is part of the city of Portsmouth; it is l ...
and later
Surveyor to the Navy at which point he became Sir Joseph Allin.
Joseph Allin the elder, first appears as "Assistant Master Shipwright" in Portsmouth in December 1700 as assistant to Elias Waffe. Typically this position followed at least seven years on a ship training and a further period serving as a ship's carpenter, bringing his probable age to around 30. As his son was born around 1690 it may be assumed that Joseph Allin the elder was born around 1670.
From 1701 to 1705 he served as Master Shipwright at
Sheerness Dockyard
Sheerness Dockyard also known as the Sheerness Station was a Royal Navy Dockyard located on the Sheerness peninsula, at the mouth of the River Medway in Kent. It was opened in the 1660s and closed in 1960.
Location
In the Age of Sail, the R ...
and also dis some work overseeing
Woolwich
Woolwich () is a district in southeast London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
The district's location on the River Thames led to its status as an important naval, military and industrial area; a role that was maintained throu ...
before settling as Master Shipwright of
Deptford Dockyard
Deptford Dockyard was an important naval dockyard and base at Deptford on the River Thames, operated by the Royal Navy from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries. It built and maintained warships for 350 years, and many significant events a ...
in November 1705.
Joseph Allin the elder died in 1716.
His son had a parallel career but as Master Shipwright of different yards:
Portsmouth
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Portsmouth is the most dens ...
1726 to 1742 (in place of
John Naish
John Naish, PC (Ire), QC (15 August 1841 – 17 August 1890) was an Irish lawyer and judge, who held a number of senior offices, including Lord Chancellor of Ireland.
Early life
Born in Limerick on 15 August 1841, son of Carroll Naish of Ball ...
) and then
Deptford
Deptford is an area on the south bank of the River Thames in southeast London, within the London Borough of Lewisham. It is named after a ford of the River Ravensbourne. From the mid 16th century to the late 19th it was home to Deptford Dock ...
from 1742 to 1746. Thereafter he served as
Surveyor to the Navy initially with
Jacob Ackworth
Sir Jacob Ackworth or Acworth (1668–1748) was an English shipbuilder and ship designer employed by the Royal Navy. As a designer he adopted Newtonian theories to create lighter and faster ships but this approach marginalised him with the ver ...
and then alone, designing ships and arranging harbour improvements. As Surveyor to the Navy, he was knighted around 1750. Sir Joseph Allin retired in 1755 and died in 1759.
Ships built by Allin the Elder
*
HMS Newcastle
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Newcastle'', after the English city of Newcastle upon Tyne:
* was a 50-gun fourth-rate ship launched in 1653. She was rebuilt in 1692 and wrecked in 1703.
* was a 54-gun fourth rate launc ...
50-gun ship of the line launched at
Sheerness
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in 1704
*Rebuild of
HMS Ruby 50-gun ship of the line relaunched at
Deptford
Deptford is an area on the south bank of the River Thames in southeast London, within the London Borough of Lewisham. It is named after a ford of the River Ravensbourne. From the mid 16th century to the late 19th it was home to Deptford Dock ...
in 1706
*
HMS Restoration 70-gun ship of the line launched at
Deptford
Deptford is an area on the south bank of the River Thames in southeast London, within the London Borough of Lewisham. It is named after a ford of the River Ravensbourne. From the mid 16th century to the late 19th it was home to Deptford Dock ...
in 1706
*
HMS Colchester 54-gun ship of the line launched at
Deptford
Deptford is an area on the south bank of the River Thames in southeast London, within the London Borough of Lewisham. It is named after a ford of the River Ravensbourne. From the mid 16th century to the late 19th it was home to Deptford Dock ...
in 1707
*
HMS Portsmouth 42-gun ship of the line launched at
Deptford
Deptford is an area on the south bank of the River Thames in southeast London, within the London Borough of Lewisham. It is named after a ford of the River Ravensbourne. From the mid 16th century to the late 19th it was home to Deptford Dock ...
in 1707
*
HMS Resolution
Several ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Resolution''. However, the first English warship to bear the name ''Resolution'' was actually the first rate ''Prince Royal'' (built in 1610 and rebuilt in 1641), which was renamed ''Resol ...
70-gun ship of the line launched at
Deptford
Deptford is an area on the south bank of the River Thames in southeast London, within the London Borough of Lewisham. It is named after a ford of the River Ravensbourne. From the mid 16th century to the late 19th it was home to Deptford Dock ...
in 1708
*
HMS Ruby 54-gun ship of the line launched at
Deptford
Deptford is an area on the south bank of the River Thames in southeast London, within the London Borough of Lewisham. It is named after a ford of the River Ravensbourne. From the mid 16th century to the late 19th it was home to Deptford Dock ...
in 1708
*Remodelling of
HMS Mary Galley 42-gun
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 ...
launched at Deptford in 1708
*
HMS Fortune
Twenty-two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Fortune'':
* was a ship in service in 1512.
* was a ship in service in 1522.
* was a ship, formerly the French ''Fortunee''. She was captured in 1627 and last appears on navy lists in 1 ...
24-gun storeship (to his own design) launched at Deptford in 1709
*Yacht "Dublin" launched in Deptford in 1709
*
HMS Success 24-gun transport ship (to his own design) launched at Deptford in 1709
*
HMS Margate 14-gun ship launched at Deptford in 1709
*
HMS Jamaica 10-gun
sloop
A sloop is a sailboat with a single mast typically having only one headsail in front of the mast and one mainsail aft of (behind) the mast. Such an arrangement is called a fore-and-aft rig, and can be rigged as a Bermuda rig with triangular sa ...
launched at Deptford in 1710
*
HMS Trial 10-gun
sloop
A sloop is a sailboat with a single mast typically having only one headsail in front of the mast and one mainsail aft of (behind) the mast. Such an arrangement is called a fore-and-aft rig, and can be rigged as a Bermuda rig with triangular sa ...
launched at Deptford in 1710
*
HMS Cumberland 80-gun
ship of the line
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launched at Deptford in 1710
*
HMS Ferret
Fifteen ships and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Ferret'', after the domestic mammal, the Ferret:
* was a 10-gun sloop launched in 1704 that the French captured in 1706.
* was a 10-gun sloop launched in 1711 ...
10-gun
sloop
A sloop is a sailboat with a single mast typically having only one headsail in front of the mast and one mainsail aft of (behind) the mast. Such an arrangement is called a fore-and-aft rig, and can be rigged as a Bermuda rig with triangular sa ...
launched at Deptford in 1711
*
HMS Shark
Thirteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Shark'' (or HMS ''Sharke'') after the shark:
* was an 8-gun brigantine launched in 1691 and sold in 1698.
* was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1699 and captured by French forces in 1703.
* was a ...
10-gun
sloop
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launched at Deptford in 1711
*
HMS Ossory a huge 90-gun ship of the line launched at Deptford in 1711
*
HMS Gloucester a 54-gun ship of the line launched at Deptford in 1711
*
HMS Gibraltar
Seven ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Gibraltar'', after the British overseas territory of Gibraltar.
* The first was a 20-gun sixth rate built in 1711, rebuilt in 1727, and sold in 1748. It was the first command of John B ...
42-gun ship launched at Deptford in 1711
*
HMS Port Mahon 42-gun ship launched at Deptford in 1711
*
HMS Bideford 24-gun ship launched at Deptford in 1712
*
HMS Advice 54-gun ship of the line launched at Deptford in 1712
*
HMS Rippon 60-gun ship of the line launched at Deptford in 1712
*
HMS Shrewsbury 80-gun ship of the line launched at
Portsmouth
Portsmouth ( ) is a port and city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. The city of Portsmouth has been a unitary authority since 1 April 1997 and is administered by Portsmouth City Council.
Portsmouth is the most dens ...
in 1713
*Remodelling of
HMS Worcester
Eight ships and a training establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Worcester'', after the English city of Worcester:
* was a 48-gun ship launched in 1651. She was renamed HMS ''Dunkirk'' in 1660.
* was a 50-gun ship launched i ...
54-gun ship of the line relaunched at Deptford in 1714
Ships built by Allin the Younger
*Rebuilding of
HMS Oxford
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Oxford'', after the city of Oxford:
* (i) was a 26-gun fifth-rate ship launched at Deptford in 1656. The ship was given to Colonel Sir Thomas Modyford, the Governor of Jamaica, in March 1667 an ...
50-gun
ship of the line
A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed during the Age of Sail from the 17th century to the mid-19th century. The ship of the line was designed for the naval tactic known as the line of battle, which depended on the two colu ...
rebuilt at
Portsmouth
Portsmouth ( ) is a port and city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. The city of Portsmouth has been a unitary authority since 1 April 1997 and is administered by Portsmouth City Council.
Portsmouth is the most dens ...
(1727)
*Rebuilding of
HMS Ipswich 70-gun
ship of the line
A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed during the Age of Sail from the 17th century to the mid-19th century. The ship of the line was designed for the naval tactic known as the line of battle, which depended on the two colu ...
rebuilt at Portsmouth (1730)
*
HMS Centurion
Eight ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Centurion'', after the centurions of ancient Rome. A ninth ship was planned but never built.
Ships
* was a 34-gun ship launched in 1650 and wrecked in 1689.
* was a ...
60-gun ship of the line built at Portsmouth (1732)
*Rebuilding of
HMS Dunkirk 60-gun ship of the line rebuilt at Portsmouth (1734)
*
HMS Worcester
Eight ships and a training establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Worcester'', after the English city of Worcester:
* was a 48-gun ship launched in 1651. She was renamed HMS ''Dunkirk'' in 1660.
* was a 50-gun ship launched i ...
60-gun ship of the line built at Portsmouth (1735)
*
HMS Bedford
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Bedford'', named initially after William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford, William Russell, created Duke of Bedford in May 1694 and ''not'' after the town of Bedford:
* was a 70-gun third rate ...
70-gun ship of the line built at Portsmouth (1741)
*Rebuilding of
HMS Monmouth 70-gun ship of the line rebuilt at Portsmouth (1742)
*
HMS Berwick 70-gun ship of the line built at
Deptford
Deptford is an area on the south bank of the River Thames in southeast London, within the London Borough of Lewisham. It is named after a ford of the River Ravensbourne. From the mid 16th century to the late 19th it was home to Deptford Dock ...
(1743)
*Remodelling of
HMS Hampton Court 64-gun ship of the line built at
Rotherhithe
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(1744)
*
HMS Yarmouth
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Yarmouth'' after the Norfolk town and port of Great Yarmouth:
* was a 50-gun ship launched in 1653 and broken up in 1680.
* was a 70-gun third rate launched in 1695. She was rebuilt in 1709 ...
64-gun ship of the line built at Deptford (1745)
*
HMS Kent 64-gun ship of the line built at Deptford (1746)
Ships designed by Allin the Younger
*
HMS Yarmouth
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Yarmouth'' after the Norfolk town and port of Great Yarmouth:
* was a 50-gun ship launched in 1653 and broken up in 1680.
* was a 70-gun third rate launched in 1695. She was rebuilt in 1709 ...
64-gun ship of the line designed in 1742
*
Hind-class sloop
The ''Hind'' class was a class of four sloops of wooden construction built for the Royal Navy between 1743 and 1746. Two were built by contract with commercial builders to a common design prepared by Sir Joseph Allin, Surveyor to the Navy and for ...
, designed in 1743
*
HMS Mermaid designed in 1748
*
HMS Peggy 1749
*Yacht "Royal Caroline" 1750
*
HMS Chichester 68-gun ship of the line designed in 1750
*
HMS Princess Amelia 80-gun ship of the line designed in 1751
*Yacht "Dorset" 1752
*
HMS Rippon 60-gun ship of the line designed in 1752
*
HMS Chatham 50-gun ship of the line designed in 1752
*
HMS Pembroke
Nine ships and a number of shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Pembroke''.
Ships
* was a 28-gun fifth rate launched in 1655 and lost in a collision off Portland in 1667.
* was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1690, captu ...
60-gun ship of the line designed in 1753
*
Hawk-class sloop designed in 1755
*
HMS Cambridge 80-gun ship of the line designed in 1755 (later built by
Adam Hayes
Adam Hayes (1710–1785) was an 18th century shipbuilder to the Royal Navy. A great number of his models survive.
He was responsible for the selection of the ship the "Earl of Pembroke" and was the wright who converted it into HMS Endeavour ...
)
References
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1716 births
People from Portsmouth
English shipbuilders