Victor Shepheard
British naval architect
About Victor Shepheard
Lived 1893 – 1989 (aged 95–96).
Sir Victor George Shepheard KCB (21 March 1893 – 8 December 1989) was a British naval architect. He served as Director of Naval Construction at the Admiralty from 1951 to 1958.
Biography Shepheard trained in ship building and design at the Dockyard School, Devonport and the Royal Naval College, Greenwich. After graduating in 1915, he joined the Royal Navy as an Engineer Lieutenant and in 1916 was present at the Battle of Jutland.
Awards and honours In 1947, Shepheard was made a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur He was admitted to the Order of the Bath as a Companion in 1950, and advanced to Knight Commander in 1954.
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British naval architect
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Victor Shepheard was born in 1893.
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Victor Shepheard died in 1989.
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