London Branch Webinar: "Vittorio: Savoy's Lost Deptford Warship"

On behalf of the RINA London Branch we would like to invite you to the following event. This event is by WEBINAR only.

“Vittorio: Savoy's Lost Deptford Warship”

By Dr. Jaime Pérez-Martínez PhD, CEng, MRINA, Strategic Projects Director, Altadia Group

Date:                  Wednesday, 14^th January 2026

Time:                 18:00-19:15 hours (duration approximately 1 ¼ hours)

Organiser:         RINA London Branch

Meeting Type:   Webinar Only.

This presentation explores how an apparently anonymous 60-gun Navy Board-style model in the National Maritime Museum’s Chatham collection can be reconnected to a specific historical vessel through close technical and archival analysis. Beginning with the traditional catalogue attribution of the model as a mid-eighteenth-century Spanish ship, it examines British Establishment dimensions and contemporary 60-gun plans, showing that while the construction technique and proportions are English, particular features are incompatible with standard Royal Navy practice but highly appropriate for Mediterranean warfare. By correlating principal dimensions, operational requirements, and heraldic motifs, the talk proposes that it is the only surviving physical witness to a short-lived but politically significant ship.

Speaker:

Dr. Jaime Pérez-Martínez Ph.D CEng MRINA, Strategic Projects Director, Altadia Group

Dr. Jaime Pérez-Martínez is a Naval Architect and Marine Engineer (CEng, MRINA) and the Strategic Projects Director at Altadia Group, where he leads growth initiatives and portfolio management in building materials. He also serves as Secretary of the Madrid Branch of the Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros Navales, Spain´s Naval Engineers Association. His previous positions include Technical Assurance Manager at RINA, as well as roles as a contractor, project engineer, Naval Architect, and service in the Spanish Marines. Jaime holds Chartered Engineer status, is a RINA member, and is the recipient of the 2021 Austin Farrar Award.

His academic work, which earned him a PhD from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, bridges engineering, history, and diplomacy, with over 18 publications, and he has participated in numerous maritime events worldwide.

ALL are welcome to attend

CPD certificates will be available upon request.

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