Thomas Phillips (engineer)
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Thomas Phillips was a Royal Navy officer and engineer who worked with some of the leading naval figures of his period, and was involved in military operations against the French during the Nine Years'
c. 1692 portrait of Phillips
Murray's full portrait. Alongside Phillips (left) are John Benbow (centre) and Sir Ralph Delaval (right). The three had been important figures in British fleet operations against the north coast of France during 1692–93.
Painting in the UK government collection which has Phillips replaced by the Earl of Orford.
Sovereign of the Seas was a 17th-century warship of the English Navy. She was ordered as a 90-gun first-rate ship of the line, but at launch was armed with 102 bronze guns at the insistence of the kin
Thomas Phillips (engineer)
…in April 1691. He had also spent his time in designing a new gun carriage for naval warships, and in 1690 his design was adopted for all the guns of HMS Royal Sovereign. He had also developed a mould to cast large cannon. He had hoped to establish a company to supply ordnance to the crown, but died before this was…
Ship model of Sovereign of the Seas
The Morgan-Drawing by Willem van de Velde the Younger
'The true portrait of His Majesty's royal ship the Sovereign of the Seas', a contemporaneous engraving by J. Payne
Medal on Sovereign of the Seas