José Romero y Fernández de Landa

José Romero y Fernández de Landa (27 May 1735 – 5 August 1807) was a Spanish military officer and shipwright who was the Spanish Navy's first official ship designer. He designed several ships of the line in the late 18th and early 19th centuries which fought at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent and the Battle of Trafalgar. He is also notable as the writer of Reglamento de maderas necesarias para la fábrica de los baxeles del Rey (Rules for the wood necessary for building the King's ships), published in 1784, and which specified the number and dimensions of the hulls, equipment, masts and rigging for ships of 100, 74, 64 and 34 guns.