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Clarkson, William (1859 - 1934)

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Naval officer

Born: 26 March 1859 Whitby, Yorkshire, England. Died: 21 January 1934 Darling Point, New South Wales, Australia.

(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 1908-11 overseeing the building of destroyers for the Commonwealth Naval Forces, which became in 1911 the Royal Australian Navy Fleet Unit.

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Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=P003442. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: Rosanne Walker
Created: 25 May 2001
Modified: 26 July 2006

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