Philip Watts (naval architect)

Sir Philip Watts
KCB FRS
Philip Watts caricatured by Spy in Vanity Fair, 1910
Born(1846-05-30)30 May 1846
Deptford, Kent, England
Died15 March 1926(1926-03-15) (aged 79)
Chelsea, London, England
OccupationNaval architect
Known forWarship design
Spouse(s)Elise Isabelle Simonau, daughter of Chevalier Gustave Simonau, of Brussels
Children2 daughters

Sir Philip Watts KCB FRS (30 May 1846 – 15 March 1926) was a British naval architect, famous for designing numerous Elswick cruisers and the revolutionary battleship HMS Dreadnought.

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