Sir Anthony Deane (1670)
THE LIFE AND TIMES
1638 Birth
1660 Apprenticed (Woolwich Shipyard)
1662 Meets Samuel Pepys
1664 Appointed Master Shipbuilder, Harwich Yard
1668 Harwich Yard Closes
Appointed Master Shipbuilder of Plymouth Yard
1673 Knighted
1674 2 yachts (X and X) delivered to Louis XIV
1676 Mayor of Harwich
1678 Elected Minister to Parliament
1679 Imprisoned in Tower of London
1680 Released from Tower of London
Samuel Pepys Retires
1688 William of Orange assumes English Crown
1798 Instructs Peter the Great in Shipbuilding Techniques (unconfirmed)
1703 Death of Samuel Pepys
1721 Death
METHODOLOGY
Determining Stem/Sternpost height & Rake A-D given (length of Keel) Rake of Stempost = ¾ of Breadth Rake of Sternpost = 1/6 breadth * 11/12
Figure 1 Sternpost, Keel, Stempost
Determining Lower Wale Sweep
Figure 2 Determining the shape of the lower Wale
Determining Displacement and Waterline
Determine weight of ship (from scantling list)
Add stores and crew weight
Determine against amount of water displaced
(64 pounds per cubic foot of salt water)
Figure 3 Determining Hull Volume
THE SHIPS Table 1 Deane compared to Contemporary designers Designer 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Unrated total Deane 3 4 3 6 9 25 P. Pett 2 2 2 13 19 Shish 2 12 16 C. Pett 2 2 1 1 3 7 Tippets 2 2 3 5 Other 1 1 2 5 3 10 22 Total 8 5 10 8 7 6 50 94
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Johns, A.W. 1925. Sir Anthony Deane. The Mariner's Mirror 11 (2):29.
Lavery, B. (1981). Deane's Doctrine of Naval Architecture. London, Conway Maritime Press.
Pritchard, James. 1987. From Shipwright to Naval Constructor: The Professionalization of 18th-Century French Naval Shipbuilders. Technology and Culture 28 (1):25.
