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.
For 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