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William Rule (Surveyor of the Navy)
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Sir William Rule (c.ā1750ā1816) was a shipbuilder and designer to the Royal Navy who rose to be Surveyor of the Navy.
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Designing during the Napoleonic Wars, many of his ships took place in the critical battles: Nile, Trafalgar, Copenhagen, etc.