Thomas Pitcher
English shipbuilder
About Thomas Pitcher
Lived 1745 – 1837 (aged 92). Thomas Pitcher was a shipbuilder.
Thomas Pitcher (1745-1837) was an English ship-builder who had a shipyard in Northfleet.
Pitcher founded the Northfleet Shipyard in 1788, which he owned until 1816, when the business was taken over by his sons Henry Jones Pitcher and William Pitcher. The Northfleet Shipyard was one of the largest on the Thames, where Pitcher and Sons built East Indiamen and warships for the Royal Navy. The business also had a shipyard in Blackwall, where repairs were carried out.
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English shipbuilder
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Thomas Pitcher was born on 17 January 1745.
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Thomas Pitcher died on 17 January 1837.
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Thomas Pitcher was a shipbuilder.
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