Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,357 pages of information and 244,505 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Frederick W. Young

From Graces Guide

1906 Presented a Paper on the salvage of ships to Liverpool Engineering Society

1919-20 Commodore Young was in charge of the salvage of the wreckage of the submarine HMS Vindictive from Ostend harbour[1]

Post-WWI: Sir F. W. Young was awarded £5000 by the Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors for the "Standard Patch"[2]

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Sources of Information

  1. The Engineer 1920
  2. The Times, Jan 13, 1925