William Rule (Surveyor of the Navy)

Sir William Rule (c. 1750–1816) was a shipbuilder and designer to the Royal Navy who rose to be Surveyor of the Navy.

Designing during the Napoleonic Wars, many of his ships took place in the critical battles: Nile, Trafalgar, Copenhagen, etc.

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