See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

CHARLES See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

HENRY See also:

• CRAMP
• CHARLES HENRY CRAMP (1828— )

CRAMP (1828— )  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• SHIP

ship-builder, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia, See also:

• PENNSYLVANIA
• PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Pennsylvania, on the 9th of May 1828, of See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German descent, his See also:

• FAMILY

family name having been Krampf . He was the eldest of eleven See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children of See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• CRAMP
• CRAMP, CHARLES HENRY (1828— )

Cramp (1807—1869), a See also:

• PIONEER

pioneer American shipbuilder, who in 183o established shipyards on the See also:

• DELAWARE

Delaware See also:

• RIVER

river near Philadelphia . The son was educated at the Philadelphia Central high school, after which he was employed in his See also:

• FATHER

father's shipyards and made himself See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of every detail of ship construction . He showed especial aptitude as a See also:

• NAVAL

naval architect and designer, and after becoming his father's partner in 1849 it was to that See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch ofthe See also:

• WORK

work that he devoted himself . His inventive capacity and resourcefulness, together with the See also:

• COMPLETE

complete success of his innovations in naval construction, soon gave him high See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank as an authority on See also:

• SHIPBUILDING

shipbuilding, and made his See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence in that See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry widely, See also:

• FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt . In the Mexican See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War he designed surf boats for the landing of troops at See also:

• VERA, AUGUSTO (1813-1885)

Vera Cruz; during the See also:

• CIVIL

Civil War he designed and built several ironclads for the See also:

• UNITED

United States See also:

• NAVY

navy, notably the " New See also:

• IRONSIDES

Ironsides " in 1862, and the See also:

• LIGHT

light-See also:

• DRAUGHT (from the common Teutonic word " to draw "; cf. Ger. 7'racht, load; the pronunciation led to the variant form " draft," now confined to certain specific meanings)

draught monitors used in the Carolina sounds ; and after 1887 constructed wholly or in See also:

• PART

part from his own designs 'many of the most powerful See also:

• SHIPS

ships in the " new " navy, including the cruisers " See also:

• COLUMBIA

Columbia," " Minneapolis " and "See also:

• BROOKLYN

Brooklyn," and the battleships " See also:

• INDIANA

Indiana," " See also:

• IOWA

Iowa," " See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts," " See also:

• ALABAMA

Alabama " and " See also:

• MAINE
• MAINE, ANNE LOUISE BENEDICTE DE BOURBON
• MAINE, SIR HENRY JAMES SUMNER (1822–1888)

Maine." In every progressive step in ocean shipbuilding, in the transformation from See also:

• SAIL

sail to See also:

• STEAM
• STEAM (0. Eng. steam, vapour, smoke, cf. Du. steam; the origin is unknown)

steam, and from See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood to See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron and See also:

• STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel, Cramp had a prominent part . His fame as a shipbuilder extended to See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, and he built war-ships for several See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign navies, among others the " Retvizan " and the " Variag " for the See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government . He also constructed a number of See also:

• FREIGHT, (pronounced like " weight "; derived from the Dutch vracht or vrecht, in Fr. fret, the Eng. " fraught " being the same word, and formerly used for the same thing, but now only as an adjective= " laden ")

freight and passenger steamships for several trans-See also:

• ATLANTIC

Atlantic lines . See A . C . Buel, See also:

• MEMOIRS

Memoirs of C . H .

Cramp (Philadelphia, 1906) .