William Froude
(1810-1879)

marine craft pioneer

Died aged c. 69

William Froude (/ˈfruːd/; 28 November 1810 in Devon – 4 May 1879 in Simonstown, South Africa) was an English engineer, hydrodynamicist and naval architect. He was the first to formulate reliable laws for the resistance that water offers to ships (such as the hull speed equation) and for predicting their stability.

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D.R.A. Maritime Division. Within this site, established in 1886, is the Ship Tank which was developed from the work of William Froude (1810-79) who carried out the world's first experiments in a tank on ship models.

Haslar Road, Gosport, United Kingdom where they worked