Susan Mary Auld, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Susan Mary Auld

British naval architect

Date of Birth: 10-Jan-1915

Place of Birth: Tynemouth, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 01-Jan-2002

Profession: engineer

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Susan Mary Auld (1915–2002), born Susan Denham Christie in Tynemouth, was the first woman to graduate as a naval architect from Durham University.
She studied under Sir Westcott Abell and went on to be a pioneering architect for the Royal Navy.
She designed battleships for the Royal Navy and the floating vessels used to land Allied troops in France on D-Day in 1944.
After the war she worked on commercial and cargo shipbuilding and was also a correspondent for The Shipyard magazine.
Her grandfather was a founder of the company that later became the Swan Hunter Group of shipyards, and her father John was company chairman for many years.