TURNER, ROBERT [SSNE 4203]

Surname

TURNER, TERNER

First name

ROBERT

Title/rank

MASTER SHIPBUILDER

Nationality

ENGLISH

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

Robert Turner was an Englishman who came to Sweden with Francis Sheldon [SSNE 2523] in 1659. He initially served as Sheldon's apprentice at Gothenburg from 1659-1665. He then worked in Stockholm from 1666-1672. He served as master shipbuilder at Skeppsholmen from June 1673 until 1680, where he built Frederika Amalia, Maria, Delfinen, Carolus XI, Stenbocken and Hedvig Eleonora. In December that year he moved to Karlskrona and worked there until his death in May 1686.

Sources: Riksarkivets ämnessamlingar. Personhistoria https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/A0074139_00084#?c=&m=&s=&cv=83&xywh=1541%2C3345%2C2430%2C1401

E. Wendt, Amiralitetskollegiets Historia part 1 1634-1695, (Stockholm, 1950), p.292, 304, 333, 428; A. Zettersten, Svenska Flottans Historia Aren 1635-1680 (Norrtelje, 1903), p.630; T. Fischer, The Scots in Sweden, (Edinburgh, 1907), p.31.

Service record

SWEDEN, NAVY

Arrived 1659-01-01

Departed 1686-05-30

Capacity MASTER SHIPBUILDER, purpose NAVAL