He left in 1981, spending the following decade as an international contract engineer, writing computer programs for the aerospace industry.
A lifelong maritime enthusiast, Endsor has devoted many years to researching ships and shipbuilding of the 17th century, culminating in his 2009 publication, Restoration Warship: The Design, Construction and Career of a Third Rate of Charles II’s Navy, which he wrote and illustrated himself.
As the journal Warships International Fleet Review notes, ‘Endsor is also an artist, creating superb and extensive series of line and wash drawings, which illustrate virtually every step of the construction of the Lenox.’[1] The journal continues that Endsor’s ‘attention to detail and depth of research [is] quite breathtaking.’[2] For Andrew Lambert, of King’s College, London, ‘Restoration Warship will be essential reading for students of the 16th, 17th, and 18th-century navies’.
[4] In addition to writing and lecturing on the subject, Endsor has forged a successful career in naval illustration, exhibiting his many artworks and producing the dust jackets for several books.
[5] Writing in the International Journal of Maritime History, John Mckay heralded Endsor as ‘an accomplished draughtsman and artist’.