George Parsons

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George Parsons (died 1812), was a prolific shipbuilder in Bursledon, Hampshire for the Royal Navy between 1780 and his death.

He built his ships at the same Bursledon Point shipyard on the river Hamble as previously used by the 'master' shipbuilder Philemon Ewer.

The warships he built were:


1780 HMS Fox
HMS Quebec (32-gun)
1782 HMS Ardent (64-gun)
1783 HMS Phoenix (36-gun)
1786 HMS Elephant (74-gun)
HMS Dover (44-gun)
1793 HMS Diligence
1797 HMS Galatea
HMS Cambrian
1798 HMS Penelope (36-gun)
HMS Jason
HMS Resistance
HMS Tribune
HMS Fly
1805 HMS Apollo (38-gun)
1807 HMS Horation