NYE, JOSEPH [SSNE 4315]

Surname

NYE

First name

JOSEPH

Nationality

ENGLISH

Text source

Joseph Nye entered Russian service as a Royal shipbuilder in 1698 along with his countryman John Deane. He was recommended to the Tsar by Carmarthen. By 1698, Nye was working on a 60 gun ship and by 1710 had completed 6x 70 gun ships. 

Source: A. G. Cross, By the Banks of the Neva (Cambridge, 1997), pp.161-2.

Service record

RUSSIA,

Arrived 1698-01-01

Departed 1712-12-31

Capacity SHIPBUILDER, purpose NAVAL