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Thomas Pollard (1731 – 1799) was an 18th-century English shipbuilder, who worked at Deptford, Sheerness, Portsmouth, Woolwich, Plymouth and Chatham Royal Dockyards during the course of his career. He was responsible for HMS Royal Sovereign which played a vital role in the Battle of Trafalgar. Apprenticed as a Shipwright to John Rosewell of the notable Rosewell family at Deptford Dockyard in 1747 for a premium of £52. 10s 0d his father was recorded as being Robert Pollard.Apprentices were usually 16 years old at this time. National Archives ref(IR1 series)18f82 Britain county apprentices. It seems probable therefore that he was born during or before 1731