Person

Clarkson, William (1859 - 1934)

Born
26 March 1859
Whitby, Yorkshire, England
Died
21 January 1934
Darling Point, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Naval officer

Summary

Sir William Clarkson was sent to visit Japan, the USA and the UK to study naval dockyards and ship construction in 1907. He remained in the UK 1908-1911 overseeing the building of destroyers for the Commonwealth Naval Forces, which became in 1911 the Royal Australian Navy Fleet Unit.

Published resources

Books

  • Coulthard-clark, Chris, Without Peer: Sir William Clarkson, KBE, CMG (1859-1934): Engineer, Vice-Admiral Royal Australian Navy (Sydney: Warren Centre for Advanced Engineering, 2002), 98 pp. Details

Book Sections

  • Primrose, B.N., 'Clarkson, Sir William (1859-1934), naval officer' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 8: 1891 - 1939 Cl-Gib, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1981), pp. 18-19. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080018b.htm. Details

Resources

See also

Rosanne Walker

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