William Burrell (c.1570-1630)

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William Burrell

NationalityBritish
RolesDesigner, Ship Builder
Date of Birthc.1570ref:1029
First Known Service1607CSORN
Last Known Service1630CSORN
Date of Death1630ref:1029

Related Ship Yards

FromToPositionYardSource
16171630Yard ManagerBlackwall Yard - Blackwall ref:655
31.12.1620 LesseeBlackwall Yard - Blackwall ref:1649

Event History

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
1607	1630	Appointed Master Shipwright to the East India Company	ref:1029
1619		Launched Constant Reformation (40) 1619-1648 British 40 Gun 2nd Rate Great Ship , Great Ship at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	BWAS-1603
1619	1623	Appointed Master Shipwright at Deptford Dockyard	BWAS-1603
1620		Launched Victory (42) 1620-1666 British 42 Gun 2nd Rate Great Ship , Great Ship at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	B028
1620		Launched Garland (28) 1620-1652 British 28 Gun 3rd Rate Middling Ship , Middling Ship at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	B065
1621		Designed Bonaventure (28) 1621-1653 British 28 Gun 3rd Rate Middling Ship , Middling Ship
1621		Launched Swiftsure (46) 1621-1654 British 46 Gun 2nd Rate Great Ship , Great Ship at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	B028
1621		Launched Bonaventure (28) 1621-1653 British 28 Gun 3rd Rate Middling Ship , Middling Ship at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	BWAS-1603
1622		Launched Saint George (60) 1622-1697 British 60 Gun 2nd Rate Great Ship 1650 Renamed "George" 1660 Renamed "Saint George" , Great Ship at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	B028
1623		Launched Triumph (44) 1623-1688 British 44 Gun 2nd Rate Great Ship , Great Ship at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	BWAS-1603
1623		Launched Mary Rose (26) 1623-1650 British 26 Gun 4th Rate Ship , Ship at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	BWAS-1603

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

B028J. J. Colledge, Book

B065Brian Lavery, Book

BWAS-1603Rif Winfield, Book

CSORNDavid Bonner-Smith, Robert L. DiNardo, David Syrett, Web Site

ref:1029Lance Day, Ian McNeil, Digital Book

ref:1649Henry Green, Robert Wigram, Digital Book

ref:655 Web Site

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