Oswald Martin Watts
Born(1901-03-18)March 18, 1901
Streatham, London, United Kingdom
DiedNovember 1, 1985(1985-11-01) (aged 84)
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Master mariner, ships chandler, author, yacht designer
Known forCaptain O M Watts chandlery and brokerage

Oswald Martin Watts, FRAS, FIN[1] (18 March 1901 – 1 November 1985) was a master mariner and nautical author who founded the ship chandlers and yacht brokerage Captain O. M. Watts.

Early life and family

Oswald Watts was born in Streatham on 18 March 1901[2] to Alfred Ernest Watts, a chartered accountant, and his wife Lilian.[3]

Career

Small plaque used by Capt. O. M. Watts Ltd on goods or designs supplied

Watts was a master mariner and nautical author who founded the ship chandlers and yacht brokerage Captain O. M. Watts.[4][5] During the Second World War and before Watts trained a large number of sailors to their then Yacht Master's (Coastal) certificate.[6] He was also a yacht designer.[7]

Personal life and death

Watts lived in Norbury, London, SW16 and died on 1 November 1985.[8][2] He was married and had a daughter.

Watts was commodore of the City Livery Yacht Club from 1966 to 1980.[9]

Selected publications

  • Lockwood's Manuals. Ship Stability & Trim Made Easy Including The Construction And Use Of Tipping . Scale And Slip Table, Etc. Published 1 January 1926 by Crosby Lockwood & Son
  • The Sextant Simplified A Practical Explanation of the Use of the Sextant at Sea, Published 1 January 1973 by Thomas Reed Publications
  • Coastal & Ocean Seamanship, (Ed.) Thomas Reed Publications, 1971 ISBN 978-0901281265
  • Log Book for Yachts (Ed.) ISBN 978-0900335426
  • Practical Shipmasters' Business, Published 1 January 1927 by Imray
  • Hints to Up-to-date Navigators, published 1 January 1927 by Crosby Lockwood

As editor

  • Reed's Nautical Almanac[10]

References

  1. ↑ Coastal & Ocean Seamanship. Thomas Reed Publications. 1971. p. frontispiece. ISBN 978-0901281265.
  2. 1 2 "FamilySearch: Sign In".
  3. ↑ "FamilySearch: Sign In".
  4. ↑ McKay, Sinclair (18 September 2014). Dunkirk: From Disaster to Deliverance - Testimonies of the Last Survivors. Aurum Press. ISBN 9781781313848 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ Bell, Bethany (12 August 2017). "'I've come to rescue you': My grandfather at Dunkirk". BBC News. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  6. ↑ Sharp, Nigel (15 October 2015). Troubled Waters: Leisure Boating and the Second World War. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 978-1445651606. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  7. ↑ "Yacht designs database". National Maritime Museum - Yacht designs database. National Maritime Museum. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  8. ↑ "1986". probatesearch.service.gov.uk. p. 8727. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  9. ↑ "About Us | CLYC". City Livery Yacht Club. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  10. ↑ "Captain William Harry Coombs 1893–1969" (PDF). navandgen.zurich.co.uk. p. 9. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
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