About Leonard Peskett
Lived 1861 – 1924 (aged 62–63). Leonard Peskett was a shipbuilder and author.
Leonard Peskett, OBE (1861 – 1924) was the Cunard Line's Senior naval architect, designer and the designer of the company's ocean liners RMS Mauretania, RMS Lusitania, RMS Aquitania, and the RMS Carmania.
Peskett came to Cunard in 1884 from H.M. Dockyard, where he had been an apprentice shipwright. He remained at Cunard until his death in 1924.
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naval architect and designer
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Leonard Peskett was born in 1861.
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Leonard Peskett died in 1924.
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Leonard Peskett was a shipbuilder and author.
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