1860 Institution of Naval Architects
Note: This is a sub-section of the Institution of Naval Architects
Institution of Naval Architects. (1860 January 18th).[1]
This institution has, it appears, been in course of formation for several months past, during which period it has obtained the support of many eminent persons. Sir John Pakington, while Lord of the Admiralty, was one of the first to afford it the weight of his influence by accepting a vice-presidentship, and with him are associated the Earl of Ellenborough, the Earl of Hardwicke, Sir Francis Baring, Sir James Graham, Mr. Sidney Herbert, Lord Clarance Paget, and Mr. H. T. L. Corry, all of whom have likewise accepted vice-presidentships.
With these noblemen and gentlemen are also associated as vice-presidents several professional and scientific gentlemen, including Messrs Watts and Lloyd, of the Surveyor of the Navy's Department of the Admiralty; Mr. Abethall, master shipwright of Portsmouth Dockyard; Mr. John Laird, of Birkenhead; Mr. Scott Russell, the Rev. Dr. Woolley, and the Rev. Canon Moseley, the two latter gentlemen being the authors of valuable writings on the theory of naval architecture; and Mr. John Penn, the eminent marine engineer.
The managing council of the institution consists exclusively of professional gentlemen, and comprise the master shipwrights of all her Majesty's dockyards and several of their assistants. Messrs. Martin and Ritchie, the principal surveyors of Lloyd's Shipping Register-office; ' Mr. John White, of Cowes; Mr. J. R. Napier, of Glasgow ; Mr. Grantham, of Liverpool; and some others, Mr. J. D'Aguilar Samuda, shipbuilder, of Millwall, has been nominated treasurer. With the council are connected Mr. Joseph Maudslay, the eminent marine engineer, and Mr. J. Macgregor, of the Temple; and to these names were last evening added those of Sir W. Armstrong, Captain E. P. Halsted, R.N., end Captains Sulivan and Walker, of the Board of Trade, who will be invited to become associates of the council. Mr. R. J. Reed, who has acted as the organising honorary secretary of the institution, has been elected secretary.
The design and prospects of the new institution will be gathered from the following explanatory statement drawn up by the secretary:- "The objects of the Institution of Naval Architects are wholly comprised under three heads: First, the bringing together of those results of experience which so many shipbuilders, marine engineers, naval officers, yachtsmen, and others are acquiring quite independently of each other in various parts of the country, and which, though almost valueless while unconnected, will doubtless tend much to improve our navies when brought together in the printed transactions of the institution. Secondly, the carrying out by the collective agency of the institution of such experimental and other inquiries as may be decreed essential to the promotion of the science and art of shipbuilding, but are of too great magnitude for private persons to undertake individually. Thirdly, the examination of new inventions, and the investigation of those professional questions which often arise and are left undecided because no public body to which professional reference can be made now exists....
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- ↑ Morning Chronicle - Wednesday 18 January 1860