William Barnard (shipbuilder)
{{Short description|English shipbuilder}}
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William Barnard (1735–1795) was an 18th-century English shipbuilder serving the Royal Navy and the British East India Company (EIC).
Life
He was born in Ipswich in 1735 the son of John Barnard a Royal Navy shipwright in Ipswich and his wife Ann Notcutt.{{cite web|url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_crewman&id=23465|title=William Barnard (1735-1795)|accessdate=6 October 2022}}
In 1762 he entered into a partnership with William Dudman (d.1772). Together they appear to have had private commissions for smaller ships.{{cite web|url=https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1846784|title=William Barnard, shipbuilder of Deptford, 1735-1793|website=FamilySearch |accessdate=6 October 2022}} 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
- {{ship||Alfred |1772 EIC ship|2}} for the East India Company launched at Barnard's Thames Yard in Deptford in 1772
- {{HMS|Sultan|1775|6}} – 74-gun ship of the line launched at Barnard's Thames Yard in 1775
- {{ship||Royal Admiral|1777 ship|2}} – launched at Barnard's Thames Yard in 1777 for the EIC
- {{HMS|Antelope|1781|6}} – 30-gun Royal Navy packet launched at Barnard's Thames Yard in 1781
- {{HMS|Africa|1781|6}} – 64-gun ship of the line launched at Barnard's Thames Yard in 1781
- {{HMS|Andromache|1781|6}} – famous 32-gun frigate launched at Grove St Yard in Deptford in 1781{{cite web|url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&a1Order=Sorter_ship_list_bld_ref&a1Page=6&ref=232115|title=Sailing Vessel ANDROMACHE built by William Barnard in 1782 for the Admiralty - Royal Navy, Naval|accessdate=6 October 2022}}
- {{HMS|Scipio|1782|6}} – 64-gun ship of the line launched at Barnard's Thames Yard in 1782
- {{HMS|Inconstant|1783|6}} – 36-gun frigate launched at Barnard's Thames Yard in 1783
- {{HMS|Tremendous|1784|6}} – 74-gun ship of the line launched at Barnard's Thames Yard in 1784
- {{HMS|Majestic|1785|6}} – 74-gun ship of the line launched at Barnard's Thames Yard in 1785
- {{HMS|Zealous|1785|6}} – 74-gun ship of the line launched at Barnard's Thames Yard in 1785
- {{ship||Bridgewater |1786 EIC ship|2}} – launched at Barnard's Thames Yard in 1786 for the EIC
- {{HMS|Orion|1787|6}} – a 74-gun ship of the line launched at Barnard's Thames Yard in 1787
- {{ship||Airly Castle|1787 EIC ship|2}} – launched at Deptford in 1787 for the EIC
- {{ship||Boddam|1787 EIC ship|2}} – launched at Barnard's Thames Yard in 1787 for the EIC
- {{ship||Venus|1788 ship|2}} – made 15 voyages as a whaler in the British southern whale fishery.
- {{ship||Hindostan |1789 EIC ship|2}} – 26-gun ship for the East India Company launched at Deptford in 1789
- {{HMS|Diamond|1794|6}} – 38-gun frigate launched at Grove Street Yard in 1794
- {{HMS|Spanker|1794|6}} – 24-gun floating battery launched at Deptford in 1794, refitted as a hospital ship in 1795
- {{ship||Arniston|East Indiaman|2}} – launched at Deptford Green in 1794 for the EIC and infamously wrecked in 1815
- {{HMS|Dryad|1795|6}} – 36-gun frigate launched at Deptford in 1795.
- {{ship||Asia|1811 EIC ship|2}} – launched at Deptford in 1811 for the EIC
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