Richard Stacey

Richard Stacey (c. 1663–1743) was an English shipbuilder and ship designer employed by the Royal Navy at several dockyards but predominantly Deptford.

He was appointed a master mastmaker and boat-builder at Plymouth Dockyard by the Royal Navy in November 1695.

In 1708/9 he designed HMS Delight (1709) in Woolwich but this was completed by Jacob Ackworth as in August 1709 Stacey was appointed master shipwright at Portsmouth Dockyard one of the most important in Britain and created a large number of vessels there.

In July 1715 he moved to be Master of Deptford Dockyard the most important in Britain at that time.

He is buried in the floor of the nave of St John the Baptist church in Sutton-at-Hone near Dartford in Kent.