Philip Watts (naval architect)

Sir Philip Watts
Philip Watts caricatured by Spy in Vanity Fair, 1910
Born(1846-05-30)30 May 1846
Deptford, Kent, England
Died15 March 1926(1926-03-15) (aged 79)
Chelsea, London, England
NationalityBritish
OccupationNaval architect
Known forWarship design
Spouse(s)Elise Isabelle Simonau, daughter of Chevalier Gustave Simonau, of Brussels
Children2 daughters

Sir Philip Watts KCB FRS (30 May 1846 – 15 March 1926) was a British naval architect, famous for designing numerous Elswick cruisers and the revolutionary battleship HMS Dreadnought.