He also helped negotiate a proposal of tobacco merchants to ship their products to Russia. In 1699 he designed the Sixth Rate ship Peregrine Galley, which was launched at Sheerness Dockyard in 1700.
He also facilitated a proposal by tobacco merchants to transport their goods to Russia. In 1699, he designed the Sixth Rate ship Peregrine Galley, which was launched at Sheerness Dockyard in 1700.