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George Parsons

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For the former professional ice hockey player, see George Parsons Trophy.

George Parsons (died 1812), was a prolific shipbuilder in Bursledon, Hampshire for the Royal Navy between 1780 and his death. He built his ships at the same Bursledon Point shipyard on the river Hamble as previously used by the 'master' shipbuilder Philemon Ewer. The warships he built were:

1780 HMS Fox
1781 HMS Quebec (32-gun)
1782 HMS Ardent (64-gun)
1783 HMS Phoenix (36-gun)
1786 HMS Elephant (74-gun)
  HMS Dover (44-gun)
1795 HMS Diligence
1797 HMS Galatea
  HMS Cambrian
1798 HMS Penelope (36-gun)
1800 HMS Jason
1801 HMS Resistance
1803 HMS Apollo (38-gun)
  HMS Tribune
1804 HMS Fly
1807 HMS Horatio

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