1902. In the 16 years that he was head of naval construction, he bore ultimate responsibility for the design of 43 battleships, 26 armoured cruisers, 102 protected cruisers and 74 unarmoured warships, a total of 245 ships worth (in 1900) £80 million. Following his retirement, he was a consulting architect in the design of the Cunard liner RMS Mauretania and president of the Institution of Civil Engineers, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, and the Institution of Marine Engineers. He was also chairman of the council, Royal Society of Arts from 1909–1910 and governor of Imperial College from 1907 until his death. He died from a stroke in London on 27 February 1913. White was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in June 1888 He was conferred with Honorary Membership of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland in 1894. He was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1900. Arms Publications A Manual of Naval Architecture: For the use of Officers of the Royal Navy, Shipbuilders (1887) References Further reading – a potted biography External links 1845 births 1913 deaths Engineers from Devon British naval architects People associated with Imperial College London Presidents of the Institution of Civil Engineers Presidents of the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Fellows of the Royal Society Military personnel from Devonport, Plymouth Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath John Fritz Medal recipients 19th-century British businesspeople