Sir Charles Swift Lillicrap, KCB, MBE (12 November 1887 – 17 June 1966) was a British naval architect. A member of the

Royal Corps of Naval Constructors The Royal Corps of Naval Constructors (RCNC) is an institution of the British Royal Navy and Admiralty for training in naval architecture, marine, electrical and weapon engineering. It was established by Order in Council in August 1883, on the ...

, he was

Director of Naval Construction The Director of Naval Construction (DNC) also known as the Department of the Director of Naval Construction and Directorate of Naval Construction and originally known as the Chief Constructor of the Navy was a senior principal civil officer res ...

from 1944 to 1951. During the first world war, he served as secretary on the

Landship Committee The Landship Committee was a small British committee formed during the First World War to develop armoured fighting vehicles for use on the Western Front. The eventual outcome was the creation of what is now called the tank. Established in Febr ...

, for which he received an MBE in 1918.

References

* https://www.ukwhoswho.com/display/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-49128

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* {{NPG name, 79146, Sir Charles Swift Lillicrap 1887 births 1966 deaths Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath British naval architects Graduates of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich Officers of the Legion of Honour Grand Officers of the Order of Orange-Nassau Members_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire