Mathew Baker (mai rubutun jirgin ruwa)

Mathew Baker (1530–1613)  yana ɗaya daga cikin shahararrun marubutan jiragen ruwa na Tudor, kuma na farko da ya sanya aikin gina jiragen ruwa a kan takarda.

Jerin farko na 'Master Shipwrights' da Henry VIII na Ingila ya naɗa sun haɗa da 'John Smyth, Robert Holborn, Richard Bull da James Baker,' a shekara ta 1537. James Baker ne ke da alhakin ƙira da gina rundunar jiragen ruwa ta Sarki Henry. James ya tsara hanyar hawa bindigogi a ƙananan matakan jirgi, maimakon a saman bene, ra'ayin da Sarki Henry ya amince da shi.

Bayan ya yi aiki a matsayin ubansa James,  kuma ya girma a kewayen tashar jiragen ruwa, an naɗa Mathew a matsayin 'Master Shipwright' a shekara ta 1572. Yayin da gwamnatin John Hawkins mai gyaran jiragen ruwa ta fara kawo horo ga fasahar gina jiragen ruwa, Mathew Baker wataƙila ya zama babban mai tsara jiragen ruwa a zamanin Tudor, wanda aka san ya gina, tsakanin sauran jiragen ruwa, kamar <i id="mwHg">Dreadnought</i>, <i id="mwIA">Vanguard</i>, <i id="mwIg">Merhonour</i> da <i id="mwJA">Repulse</i> .

 Ci gaba a cikin ƙirar jirgin ruwa 
An san Mathew Baker da son abokin hamayyarsa Phineas Pett, ya yi takara don zama babban injiniyan rundunar sojojin ruwa ta Elizabeth ta ɗaya . Nasarar ta samu ne lokacin da ya zama sanannen marubucin jiragen ruwa na farko da ya haɓaka aikin 'shirya layukan' jirgin ruwa, ba kamar yadda aka saba ba, a wurin gini, amma a kan takarda. Don haka, samfuran sikelin ba su kasance kawai hanyar fahimtar sirrin labarin marubucin jiragen ruwa ba kuma ya zama mai yiwuwa a tattauna da gyara tsare-tsaren tare da mai kula da su.

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BBC – History – British History in depth: Armada Gallery