Leonard Peskett

Leonard Peskett, OBE (1861 1924)[1] was the Cunard Line's Senior naval architect, designer[2][3] and the designer of the company's ocean liners RMS Mauretania, RMS Lusitania,[4] RMS Aquitania,[5] and the RMS Carmania.

Peskett between 1895-1915

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.[1]

He is the author of the paper "The design of steamships from the owner's point of view," published in Transactions of the Institution of Naval Architects, London, 1914 [1][6]

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