John J. Welch
John J Welch D.Sc., M.Inst.C.E., M.I.N.A., F.N.E.C.Inst.
1876 shipwright apprentice at Chatham Dockyard
1881 Royal Naval College, Greenwich
1884 Asst. Constructor, Chatham Dockyard
1886 Junior Instructor in Naval Architecture, R.N. Coll., Greenwich
1890 Senior Instructor in Naval Architecture, R.N. Coll., Greenwich
1895 Admiralty Inspector of Contract Work (Torpedo Boat Destroyers)
1899 Manager of Shipbuilding Dept., Messrs. Cammell, Laird and Co., Birkenhead
1907 Professor of Naval Architecture, Armstrong College, Newcastle-on-Tyne,
1928 Became Emeritus Professor
Books: "Text-Book of Naval Architecture", for the use of officers of the Royal Navy.