William Barnard (1735–1795) was an 18th-century English shipbuilder serving the

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against F ...

and the British

East India Company The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (the Indian subcontinent and South ...

(EIC).

Life

He was born in

Ipswich Ipswich () is a port town and borough in Suffolk, England, of which it is the county town. The town is located in East Anglia about away from the mouth of the River Orwell and the North Sea. Ipswich is both on the Great Eastern Main Line ...

in 1735 the son of

John Barnard John Edward Barnard (born 4 May 1946, Wembley, London) is an English engineer and racing car designer. Barnard is credited with the introduction of two new designs into Formula One: the carbon fibre composite chassis first seen in with McLar ...

shipwright in

and his wife Ann Notcutt. In 1762 he entered into a partnership with William Dudman (d.1772). Together they appear to have had private commissions for smaller ships. Only following Dudman'd death in 1772 did Barnard begin building for the Royal Navy, partly taking on the role of his then elderly father. He created a new yard at Grove Street to build the hulls, which he then floated to his father's Thames Yard for fitting of masts and superstructure. William Barnard died suddenly in Deptford in March 1795.

Family

In 1760 he married Frances Clarke at Southwark church. They had eight children.

Ships of Note

* for the

launched at Barnard's Thames Yard in Deptford in 1772 * – 74-gun ship of the line launched at Barnard's Thames Yard in 1775 * – launched at Barnard's Thames Yard in 1777 for the EIC * – 30-gun Royal Navy packet launched at Barnard's Thames Yard in 1781 * – 64-gun ship of the line launched at Barnard's Thames Yard in 1781 * – famous 32-gun frigate launched at Grove St Yard in Deptford in 1781 * – 64-gun ship of the line launched at Barnard's Thames Yard in 1782 * – 36-gun frigate launched at Barnard's Thames Yard in 1783 * – 74-gun ship of the line launched at Barnard's Thames Yard in 1784 * – 74-gun ship of the line launched at Barnard's Thames Yard in 1785 * – 74-gun ship of the line launched at Barnard's Thames Yard in 1785 * – launched at Barnard's Thames Yard in 1786 for the EIC * – a 74-gun ship of the line launched at Barnard's Thames Yard in 1787 * – launched at Deptford in 1787 for the EIC * – launched at Barnard's Thames Yard in 1787 for the EIC * – made 15 voyages as a

whaler A whaler or whaling ship is a specialized vessel, designed or adapted for whaling: the catching or processing of whales. Terminology The term ''whaler'' is mostly historic. A handful of nations continue with industrial whaling, and one, Japa ...

in the British southern whale fishery. * – 26-gun ship for the

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 (crossing), ford of the River Ravensbourne. From the mid 16th century to the late 19th it was home ...

in 1789 * – 38-gun frigate launched at Grove Street Yard in 1794 * – 24-gun floating battery launched at Deptford in 1794, refitted as a hospital ship in 1795 * – launched at Deptford Green in 1794 for the EIC and infamously wrecked in 1815 * – 36-gun frigate launched at Deptford in 1795. * – launched at Deptford in 1811 for the EIC

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Barnard, William 1735 births 1795 deaths Businesspeople from Ipswich English shipbuilders