Douglas Bennet

Douglas Bennet was born in 1916 to a Cheshire farming family. He was to form a close attachment to the last trading coastwise schooners and joined the Alert in 1934 and the Brooklands in 1939. After the War he always maintained his close interest in the few remaining craft and never missed an opportunity to record their finer details in his meticulous drawings. David Clement, who has carefully edited Bennet's work, has nurtured a deep interest in ships and the sea since an early age. He was a...See more

Douglas Bennet was born in 1916 to a Cheshire farming family. He was to form a close attachment to the last trading coastwise schooners and joined the Alert in 1934 and the Brooklands in 1939. After the War he always maintained his close interest in the few remaining craft and never missed an opportunity to record their finer details in his meticulous drawings. David Clement, who has carefully edited Bennet's work, has nurtured a deep interest in ships and the sea since an early age. He was a founder of the Southwest Maritime History Society, and is editor of its journal. Amongst other maritime associations he is a council member of the Society for Nautical Research, and Chairman of the Topsham Museum. See less