Josiah Richard Perrett (25 February 1848 – 26 October 1918) was an English engineer who was chief naval architect of

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. His warship designs included the Brazilian s and ''Rio de Janeiro'' (later ), and the Chilean s. He was born at

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. He attended the

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and joined the admiralty. In 1887, he left the admiralty to join

as first assistant to Sir

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, whom he succeeded in 1902 as chief architect. He died at

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, Torquay.

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British naval architects 1848 births 1918 deaths People from Plymouth, Devon English civil engineers {{UK-architect-stub