The William Froude Medal is awarded to an individual who has made a conspicuous contribution to naval architecture and/or shipbuilding and whose achievements merit special consideration.
It is RINA’s highest award for professional achievement.
How to nominate
To nominate someone for the Froude Medal, please provide the following details for their consideration:
- Nominee’s name
- Nominee’s email address
- A 500-word citation explaining why they should be nominated
- A copy of their CV
- Name(s) of the person(s) nominating them, including any additional supporters of the nomination
- Email address(es) of the person(s) nominating them and any additional supporters
Send the complete nomination details to: awards@rina.org.uk.
For more information about how to nominate someone for the William Froude Medal, email awards@rina.org.uk.
Who was William Froude?
William Froude (28 November 1810 – 4 May 1879) was a British naval architect and engineer who was exceptionally dedicated to the design of ships. He discovered the physical laws, so-called Froude’s laws, by which the hydrodynamic performance of the small-scale ship model could be converted to the full-scale ship when both have the same geometrical shape or hull form.
William Froude Medallists 1955-2023
1955 Professor Sir Thomas H Havelock MA DSc DCL FRS
1956 Dr R W L Gawn CBE RCNC
1960 Professor Dr W P A van Lammeren
1961 Mr K C Barnaby OBE BSc
1962 Professor C W Prohaska Dr. Techn.
1964 Sir Victor G Shepheard KCB RCNC
1965 Mr J M Murray MBE BSc
1971 Professor Dr. Ing. G Weinblum
1972 Professor Ir. G Aertssen
1974 Dr R S Guilloton
1975 Professor E V Telfer DSc PhD
1977 Sir Leonard Redshaw MEng FREng
1983 Professor J B Caldwell OBE PhD DSc FREng
1987 Professor J W Doerffer DSc
1988 Professor R E D Bishop CBE FREng FRS
1988 Professor W G Price FREng FRS
1989 Dr W B Morgan BS MS
1991 Dr C S Smith PhD FREng
1992 Professor D FauIkner WhSc BSc PhD FREng
1993 Professor K J Rawson MSc RCNC FREng
1994 Dr A R J M Lloyd BSc
1999 Dr P J Usher OBE DSc RCNC FREng
2009 Sir Robert Easton CBE
2010 Professor K J Rawson MSc RCNC FREng
E Tupper RCNC
2011 Professor D Vassalos PhD FRINA
2012 F J Harris
2015 Professor J K Paik OSTM, FREng, Dr Eng, Dr Honoris Causa (University of Liège), CEng, FKAST, FRINA, LFSNAME
2020 Professor D J Andrews BSc MSc PhD FREng FRINA RCNC
2021 Professor A Incecik PhD FRINA
2023 Professor C Kuo PhD, CEng, FRINA, FSNAME, FSUT, FRSE