Background
MITCHELL, Thomas was born in 1844 in Belfast.
manager of Constructive Department
MITCHELL, Thomas was born in 1844 in Belfast.
His (or Her) Majesty Dockyard, Chatham. Draughtsman, Chatham Dockyard, 1871. At Admiralty three years.
Foreman )f Portsmouth Dockyard during building of Trafalgar.
Admiralty overseer, Palmer’s Shipyard, Jarrow, 1889-1891, where he superintended the building of the Resolution and Revenge. Constructor, Hong-Kong Dockyard, 1891-1895.
Senior Constructor, Devonport Dockyard, 1895-1899.
Chief Constructor, Bermuda, 1899-1902. Sheerness, 1902-1903. Next at Chatham; manager of Constructive Department, Portsmouth, during building of Dreadnought (thanks of Admiralty) and Bellerophon (or.
Knight).
Retired 1907. C.V.0.1906.