Mr. William A. Baker

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  www.maritimeone.com/id102.htm - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 2/3/2006    Last Visited: 3/22/2008  

  The Dove was designed by the noted naval architect William Baker.Since no plans of the original Dove are known to exist, his design was based on careful examination of all available 16th and 17th century records.Based on this extensive research, Mr. Baker designed a small three masted square ship with a full bow and high square stern typical of a 17th century Pinnace that sailed the seas in the 1630's.

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  In 1951, the museum commissioned plans for a Mayflower II from naval architect William A. Baker, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Mr. Baker's meticulously accurate plans had already been completed by the time Project Mayflower's intentions became known.A waterline model of the hull had been built, but no further action had been taken.
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  In exchange for the use of Mr. Baker's design and advice, and a guarantee to permanently maintain and exhibit the vessel, Project Mayflower agreed to build Mayflower II, sail it across the Atlantic and turn the ship over to Plimoth Plantation, after she had been exhibited in various East Coast ports.
  
  Construction of Mayflower II was undertaken at Upham shipyard in Brixham, Devonshire.Her keel was laid on July 27, 1955, and William A. Baker was sent by Plimoth Plantation to consult with the builders and observe the progress of the construction of the ship.
  
  The Mayflower II project captured the imagination of English and Americans alike.No pains were spared to make the ship as accurate as possible, from the carefully selected English oak timbers to the hand-sewn linen canvas sails and true hemp cordage.Traditional skills of elderly workmen were employed to build a vessel that would not only reflect Mr. Baker's painstaking research, but which also could sail the Atlantic as securely as the original Pilgrim ship had.
  
  Mayflower II was launched on a rainy September 22, 1956.The ceremony was based on what was known about the christenings of 17th-century vessels.She was toasted from a golden loving cup which was then pitched into the water, as was the 17th-century practice, and from which it was quickly retrieved by a diver, in the traditional manner.

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  In 1951, Plimoth Plantation commissioned plans for Mayflower II from naval architect William Baker.

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  Published on: 2/16/2006    Last Visited: 6/21/2007  

  William Baker, designer of the shallop exhibited next to Mayflower II in Plymouth harbor, compiled a great deal of research regarding the characteristics of the 17th-century boat type.His work lead him to the conclusion that in most cases a shallop was an open rowing and sailing vessel built to carry cargo, used for fishing, or just traveling on the water.
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  Since the shallop Plimoth Plantation Inc. owns is not available to be sawn in half, and it did not make sense to saw in half a newly-built boat, we settled on building a larger version of the 33' shallop William Baker designed in 1957.

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  Published on: 9/12/2004    Last Visited: 7/2/2008  

  Although little technical information is known about the original ship, the designer, William A Baker used contemporary accounts of the ship's voyage to produce a merchant vessel as close to the original as possible.
  
  She sailed from Plymouth, England on 20 April 1957 with a crew of 33 men, and completed the Atlantic crossing of more than 5,000 miles in 53 days, arriving in Plymouth, Massachusetts on 13 June.

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  William Baker, famed Ship Historian and consultant for the National Trust, prepared a Sail Plan for Historic Preservation.

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  Behind the Scenes articles - "Maritime Programs at... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 9/1/2008    Last Visited: 9/1/2008  

  William Baker, a naval architect and maritime historian, had been doing research for Plimoth Plantation on the question of what Mayflower actually looked like.

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  By-The-Sea - Boating News and Events - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 5/11/2002    Last Visited: 5/11/2002  

  In association with the famous naval architect William A. Baker, Mr. Ronnberg has built several authoritative models of colonial sailing vessels for museums and special exhibitions.

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  English Culture Express #122 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 3/15/2006    Last Visited: 1/26/2007  

  Bill Baker, Clerk of Works for the National Trust said:

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  Erik Ronnberg, MS-Ayer - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 5/26/2006    Last Visited: 12/9/2007  

  Mentored by William A. Baker, curator of the Hart Nautical Museum, Erik apprenticed at the Newark Museum in Newark, NJ and spent four years as Associate Curator of Maritime History at New Bedford Whaling Museum.

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