Sir Robert Seppings of Fakenham: From Rural Messenger Boy to Surveyor of the King's Navy

by Peter Elphick

A boy, born in the small town of Fakenham in rural Norfolk, was an unlikely candidate to later hold the position of Surveyor of the Navy, the top shipbuilding post at the Admiralty. He first came to prominence when serving as Assistant Master Shipwright at Plymouth where he invented a system that did away with the back-breaking task of lifting a ship in dry-dock in order to repair the bottom strakes of the hull. After promotion to Surveyor, he...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 190979693X
• ISBN13: 9781909796935
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Poppyland Publishing
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"