Christopher Pett (1620–1668) was an English shipbuilder for the Royal Navy and part of the Pett dynasty of shipbuilders. He is mentioned in the Diary of Samuel Pepys.[1]

HMS St Andrew

History

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HMS Royal Katherine

He was born on 4 May 1620, the eleventh child of many children to Phineas Pett, shipbuilder to the King, and his wife Ann Nicholls.[1]

In 1647, he was appointed Master Shipwright at Deptford Dockyard in place of Peter, who moved to be Commissioner of Chatham Dockyard.[2]

In the 1660s, he began building private yachts, over and above his Royal Navy commissions, as part of a current fashion, including a yacht for Sir William Batten.[1]

He died suddenly in March 1668.[1]

Ships built

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Family

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His widow Ann Pett wrote to Samuel Pepys to help her gain a pension from the King. She later married shipwright Daniel Furzer.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Christopher Pett (The Diary of Samuel Pepys)".
  2. ^ "Christopher Pett (1620-1667/68)".