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An experienced shipwright recounts his life and professional career in the royal dockyards, tracing apprenticeship, advancement to leadership, and the construction of notable vessels. The narrative combines technical detail on ship design and dockyard practice with personal anecdotes, family and professional lineage, interactions with patrons and court figures, and episodes of financial, legal, and administrative concern. Organized as diary-based sections compiled over many years, the account offers chronological entries, genealogical notes, and practical observations that illuminate the everyday work and institutional context of early modern naval shipbuilding.

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Title: The Autobiography of Phineas Pett

Author: Phineas Pett

Editor: William Gordon Perrin

Release date: March 4, 2016 [eBook #51357]
Most recently updated: October 23, 2024

Language: English

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As noted in the Preface, some [missing words] in the text have been added inside brackets [ ] in this edition. Many archaic and nautical terms are explained in the Footnotes.

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PUBLICATIONS

OF THE

NAVY RECORDS SOCIETY

Vol. LI.

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF PHINEAS PETT

THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF


PHINEAS PETT

EDITED BY

W. G. PERRIN

PRINTED FOR THE NAVY RECORDS SOCIETY

MDCCCCXVIII

THE COUNCIL

OF THE

NAVY RECORDS SOCIETY

1917-1918

PATRON
THE KING

PRESIDENT
THE RIGHT HON. LORD GEORGE HAMILTON, G.C.S.I.

VICE-PRESIDENTS

Corbett, Sir Julian S., F.S.A.

Custance, Admiral Sir Reginald N., G.C.B., K.C.M.G., C.V.O., D.C.L.

Firth, Professor C. H., LL.D., F.B.A.

Gray, Albert, K.C., C.B.

COUNCILLORS

Atkinson, C. T.

Bethell, Admiral Hon. Sir A.E., K.C.B., K.C.M.G.

Brindley, Harold H.

Callender, Geoffrey A. R.

Dartmouth, The Earl of, K.C.B.

Desart, The Earl of, K.C.B.

Dewar, Commander Alfred C., R.N.

Gough-Calthorpe, Vice-Admiral The Hon. Sir Somerset A., K.C.B., C.V.O.

Guinness, Captain Hon. Rupert E. C., C.B., C.M.G., M.P., R.N.V.R., Ad. C.

Kenyon, Sir Frederic G., K.C.B., D.Litt., F.B.A.

Leyland, John

Marsden, R. G.

Milford Haven, Admiral The Marquess of, P.C., G.C.B., G.C.V.O., K.C.M.G., LL.D., Ad. C.

Murray, John, C.V.O.

Newbolt, Sir Henry

Ottley, Rear-Admiral Sir Charles L., K.C.M.G., C.B., M.V.O.

Parry, Sir C. Hubert, Bt., C.V.O.

Pollen, Arthur H.

Richmond, Captain Herbert W., R.N.

Robinson, Commander Charles N., R.N.

Sanderson, Lord, G.C.B., K.C.M.G., I.S.O.

Slade, Admiral Sir Edmond J. W., K.C.I.E., K.C.V.O.

Smith, Commodore Aubrey C. H., M.V.O., R.N.

Tanner, J. R., Litt.D.

SECRETARY
Lieut.-Colonel W. G. Perrin, O.B.E., R.A.F., Admiralty, S.W.

HON. TREASURER
Sir W. Graham Greene, K.C.B., Ministry of Munitions, S.W.

The Council of the Navy Records Society wish it to be distinctly understood that they are not answerable for any opinions or observations that may appear in the Society's publications. For these the responsibility rests entirely with the Editors of the several works.