The career of Sir William Edward Simf.ii, Director of Naval Construction at the Admiralty, reads like n romance Sir William began life in a Portsmouth rope-making factory at the age of 11The rope-walk: 440 yards long, and he tramped this 112 times every day—a walk of 28 miles for a boy of 11. Alter four years of this lie became an apprentice in the Royal .Dockyard at Portsmouth. ultimately entering the Naval Construction Department after spending some, years at the Royal' School of Architecture at South Kensington. In the early ’eighties his lectures'on the armouring or battleships, published by the Admiralty, became the recognised text-book on the subject, and later Sir William was appointed superintendent' of the building of battleships in private yards all over the country. Greco holds the earthquake record with 3187 shocks jn five years.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3458, 24 February 1912, Page 9
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138Page 9 Advertisements Column 3 Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3458, 24 February 1912, Page 9
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