Shipwrights

[MaryA]

Thanks to Tom Ball on the Facebook Group

Shipwrights could have easily moved around the Naval bases in the UK for work, or even other Naval bases around the world. I have found several people I was looking for in Portsmouth that have travelled from all over England and Scotland to work in Portsmouth Naval Base. Look for his name here https://portsmouthdockyard.org.uk/employment-records

Other Dockyards may have similar records. Also search here for his name as if he was appointed as a shipwright in a Naval base it was probably announced as again I found a few appointments mentioned here.https://www.thegazette.co.uk/

On the Portsmouth Dockyard Historical Trust site there are several Chronological timelines so you would have a good idea of what ship/ships he would have worked on. So you could then check the other major Naval shipyards of the time to see if they hold similar records. I also noticed that the Shipwrights I was looking for nearly all had a will as they seemed to do well and were relatively well paid (just my assumption) so look for his will if he had one.

Have a read of this as well.
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hel ... r4Hfvm0Cao