Peirson Lock (c.1690–1755) was a shipbuilder and designer for the

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who was Master Shipwright of

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from 1726 to 1742, and of

Portsmouth Dockyard His Majesty's Naval Base, Portsmouth (HMNB Portsmouth) is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy (the others being HMNB Clyde and HMNB Devonport). Portsmouth Naval Base is part of the city of Portsmouth; it is loc ...

from 1742 to 1755.

History

He was born around 1690. In 1716 he was as Assistant Master Shipwright at

under John Phillips, Master Shipwright. In 1718 he transferred to

before returning to Plymouth in December 1726 to replace Phillips as Master Shipwright. Thereafter the Royal Navy records his works. In July 1742 he transferred from Plymouth to

. In 1749 he designed the Wasp-class sloop and in 1752 designed the Fly-class sloop. He died on 15 December 1755 at Portsmouth Dockyard. His will was read on 22 January 1756 and is now held at the National Archive in Kew.

Ships built

* HMS Mary Galley (rebuilt in 1726) 40-gun ship at Plymouth *Drake (1727), 2-gun yacht at Plymouth * HMS Experiment (rebuilt 1727) 20-gun frigate at Plymouth *Betty smack (1728) at Plymouth *Mary (1728) yacht at Plymouth * HMS Lichfield (1730) 50-gun

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at Plymouth *HMS Saltash (1732), 8-gun sloop at Plymouth * HMS Swallow (1732) 60-gun

at Plymouth *

HMS Warwick (1733) HMS ''Warwick'' was a 60-gun fourth-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built to the 1719 Establishment at Plymouth by Peirson Lock. The keel was laid down on 1 April 1730, and the ship was launched on 25 October 1733, and completed on 24 ...

60-gun

at Plymouth (sister to HMS Swallow) * HMS Weymouth (1736) 60-gun ship of the line at Plymouth *

HMS Jersey (1736) HMS ''Jersey'' was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment of dimensions at Plymouth Dockyard, and launched on 14 June 1736. She saw action in the War of Jenkins' Ear a ...

60-gun ship of the line at Plymouth (sister to HMS Weymouth) * HMS St Albans (1737) 50-gun ship of the line at Plymouth * HMS Severn (1739) 50-gun ship of the line at Plymouth * HMS Kingston (1740) 60-gun ship of the line at Plymouth *

HMS Royal Oak Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Royal Oak'', after the Royal Oak in which Charles II hid himself during his flight from the country in the English Civil War: * was a 76-gun second rate launched in 1664 and burnt by the Dutch ...

(rebuilt 1741) 70-gun ship of the line at Plymouth * HMS Solebay (1742) 20 gun ship at Plymouth * HMS Princess Mary (1742) 60-gun ship of the line at Portsmouth * HMS Sunderland (1744) 60-gun ship of the line at Portsmouth * HMS Mediator (1745) refit of a captured American ship *

HMS Tilbury (1745) HMS ''Tilbury'' was a 58-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, ordered from Portsmouth Dockyard on 17 December 1742 and built by Peirson Lock to the dimensions laid down in the 1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment. She wa ...

58-gun ship of the line at Portsmouth *Wasp, 8-gun sloop (1749) *Hazard, 8-gun sloop (1749) * HMS Grafton (1750) 68-gun ship of the line at Portsmouth * HMS Newcastle (1750) 50-gun ship of the line at Portsmouth *Fly, 8-gun sloop (1752) * HMS Chichester (1753) 68-gun ship of the line at Portsmouth * HMS Gibraltar (1754) 20-gun ship at Portsmouth

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lock, Peirson 1755 deaths People from Portsmouth English shipbuilders Year of birth uncertain