Stephen Payne (naval architect) explained

Stephen M. Payne
Honorific Suffix:OBE MNM RDI FREng FRINA HonFIED
Nationality:British
Citizenship:United Kingdom
Birth Name:Stephen Michael Payne
Birth Date:c.
Birth Place:Greater London
Module:
Discipline:Ship Science
Practice Name:PFJ Maritime Consulting Ltd (2011-2016)[1]
Employer:Carnival Corporate Shipbuilding (1985-2010)
Significant Projects:MS Rotterdam (VI), passenger ship design
Significant Design:RMS Queen Mary 2
Significant Advance:podded propulsion
Significant Awards:Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Royal Designer for Industry, VADM Land Medal

Stephen Michael Payne, is a British naval architect. He has worked on the designs of approximately 40 passenger ships for the Carnival Corporation, including the Cunard ocean liner .[2] He is an independent maritime consultant and is an educational advocate for engineering careers.

Background and education

Stephen Michael Payne was born in London, England circa 1960.[3] He was educated in the local council schools including the Catford Boys School, where two of its teachers would have a key role in shaping his career. His interest in ocean liners began at age 5 when the BBC children’s television program Blue Peter featured a tour of the . He would later state that he was immediately captivated by the ship.[4] His interest in ships intensified during a 1969 family visit to the then new in Southampton where he also observed the, on one of her last transatlantic crossings, arriving in port.[5] In 1972 the program’s magazine described the destruction by fire of the ex-Queen Elizabeth in Hong Kong harbor and ended with the statement “…nothing like her will ever be built again.” With encouragement from a Catford English teacher Payne wrote a letter of complaint to the program arguing that they were wrong, another ship to rival her would indeed be built and he would design it. The program applauded his ambition but cautioned him not to be discouraged if it never happened.[6]

When the time came for him to consider university studies however his career counselors discouraged Payne from any engineering career as it was then seen as having limited job prospects. They advised him to instead study chemistry and he enrolled at Imperial College London. After one year of study he met with his former physics teacher from Catford who agreed that Payne had been badly advised, and helped him obtain funding to transfer to the University of Southampton's Ship Science program.[7] While there, he also enrolled in the University Royal Naval Unit (URNU) to experience how ships responded at sea.[8] After graduating in 1984 with a B.Sc.(Hons) in ship science, he accepted a position at Marconi Radar. His role was to advise the company on aspects of ship motion and ship design.[8]

Professional career

Payne began his work with Carnival Corporation in January 1985 when employed by Technical Marine Planning, Ltd, then a London-based consultancy firm under contract with Carnival for the design and construction supervision of its new ships. (By 1995 the firm was absorbed into Carnival and became its newbuild department.)[9]

His first assignment was to assess stability of the MS Holiday.[3] He next became a member of the design team for the Carnival ships which entered service starting in 1990. The last two Fantasy ships, Elation and Paradise, were equipped with ABB Azipod thrusters rather than traditional shaft drives, a development which influenced his later work. By 1995 he was a Senior Naval Architect and oversaw the construction of the first ship.[10] His next major project was the design of Holland America Line's new flagship MS Rotterdam VI where he was project manager. Payne designed the new ship with twin funnels, a tribute to the 1959 SS Rotterdam V.[11] Following completion of the Rotterdam, Payne was project manager for the and the ships.[3]

In May 1998 Carnival acquired the Cunard Line, and Payne was given charge of designing the new ocean liner (QM2) to replace the aging as Cunard's transatlantic liner.[3] Payne's design was heavily influenced by past Atlantic liners. "I have this philosophy that to get things right the first-time, you need to have an appreciation for history - of what has been done before."[12] QM2 has a breakwater adopted from the and split engine rooms to avoid having a single point of failure. "The bridge, the mast, and the funnel are all loosely based on the Queen Elizabeth 2 and I felt it particularly important to echo some of the similarities between that ship and this one to create the lineage progression."[13] On three occasions Carnival's board halted the project as they did not consider it commercially viable.[14] Payne refined the design and instituted several innovations to justify the new liner's construction cost. He placed the new ship's public spaces near the water line. This allowed for premium fare balcony (rather than porthole) cabins to be placed in the hull yet high enough to have a margin of protection from the sea conditions of the north Atlantic. Payne also created more revenue-producing interior space by removing one engine room from the initial design and instead using gas turbines at the base of the funnel. Podded propulsion, rather than shaft drives, was used to free up even more interior space and offered greater fuel efficiency and maneuverability. Spectacular public rooms, restricted to only first class passengers on the great twentieth century liners, were open to all passengers.[2] QM2 was delivered to Cunard in December 2003, on time and under budget.[15]

During the design phase of Queen Mary 2 Payne was appointed a member of a safety Innovation Group for the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency.[16] His next major project was to lead the design team for the Seabourn Cruise Line Odyssey-class ships which entered service starting in 2009. Carnival's later newbuild contracts would stipulate podded propulsion as they offered fuel savings and superior maneuverability compared to traditional shaft drives. Payne would later state, "I have yet to meet a ship's master who is familiar with pods that doesn't prefer them to shafts, rudders and stern thrusters."[17]

In 2010, Payne left Carnival and became a founding member of the consultancy PFJ-Maritime Consulting Ltd.[8] As a maritime consultant Payne has been involved in shipping law,[18] passenger vessel safety,[19] future developments for shipping propulsion,[20] He is also an industry consultant for the emergence of Asian shipyards for ship building and refurbishment.[21] Payne also consulted with the Ministry of Defense during the development of the s.[22]

In 2021 Payne revealed the design of a new flagship to replace the royal yacht, which was decommissioned in 1997. When not in use by the royal family it would host diplomatic events and promote British trade.[23] In November 2022 the UK government officially terminated the project.[24]

Engineering advocacy

As a result of the media attention given to Queen Mary 2 and his role as lead designer, Payne received correspondence from students who asked about engineering careers. They were encountering many of the same biases as he himself had received thirty years earlier: that it was a profession in decline and without a promising future.[25] To help address this persistent attitude, Payne and some colleagues founded the Future Engineers initiative.[1] The program featured a specific engineering project and allowed students and their teachers visit the site and interact with the designers and engineers.

Payne also served as a governor of the Quilley School[26] prior to its merger with Crestwood College. In 2003 he was invited to deliver the MacMillan Memorial Lecture to the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland. He chose the subject "Genesis of a Queen".[27] He was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Webb Institute (Glen Cove, New York) from 2011[28] to 2020.[29] Between 2012 and 2016 Payne was President of The National STEM Skills Passport.[30]

In June 2021 Payne announced his support[31] for the construction of a new National Flagship.[32] Writing for an industry publication, Payne argued that with the retirement of Britannia, "the UK lost a highly effective ambassador for trade promotion and State diplomacy." A new yacht with British design, equipment and innovation "would be an international showcase for all things British Maritime." Payne however criticized the design released by Prime Minister Boris Johnson's office as "...akin to a 1950s Hull trawler" and "...not such a good idea for a global voyager crossing the Atlantic, Pacific, or even rounding the tip of Africa."[33]

Awards and honors

In 2004, Payne was awarded the Civil Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for his service to the shipping industry.[34] He also received professional and academic awards:

Payne is a Chartered Engineer (CEng) and a Freeman of the City of London.[46] [Permanent Dead Link]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: PFJ Maritime - The Team - Stephen Payne . 16 December 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161026032240/http://www.pfj-maritime.com/web/TheTeam/StephenPayne.aspx . 26 October 2016 . dead .
  2. Payne. Stephen M.. True Liner: The Creation of the Queen Mary 2. INGENIA, the Royal Academy of Engineering. March 2006. 26. 38–42. 16 December 2020.
  3. Book: Payne, Stephen. RMS Queen Mary 2 Manual: An insight into the design, construction and operation of the world's largest ocean liner. 2014. Haynes Publishing. Somerset, UK. 978-0857332448.
  4. News: Tweedie. Neil. Cunard's Queen Mary 2: royalty on the high seas. 16 December 2020. Telegraph Media Group Limited. 10 May 2014.
  5. News: Richardson. Pat. How Blue Peter inspired the man who built the QM2. 16 December 2020. Telegraph Media Group Limited. 9 January 2015.
  6. News: Higginson. John. Determined boys ship comes in. 16 December 2020. london.newsquest.co.uk. 2 January 2004.
  7. Web site: Wagner. Richard H.. Following a Dream - A conversation with Stephen Payne, designer of Queen Mary 2. BeyondShips.com. 16 December 2020.
  8. Web site: Alumni Profile - Stephen Payne. University of Southampton. 16 December 2020.
  9. Web site: Stephen Payne -Titanic Revisited: 1912-2014 . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/t6ZkvaoqU8o . 2021-12-21 . live. Michigan Engineering (Peachman Lecture) . 16 December 2020.
  10. Web site: Carnival to Launch 100,000-ton Destiny in 1996 . . 16 March 1995 . CruiseIndustryNews.com . Cruise Industry News . 16 December 2020.
  11. Book: Payne, Stephen M.. Grande Dame : Holland America Line and the S.S. Rottendam. 1990. Rina Ltd.. 978-0903055123. 132. 220988375.
  12. Web site: Mathisen. Oivind. A Ship For The Sea. Cruise Industry News Quarterly Magazine: Winter 2003-2004. 14 October 2004. Cruise Industry News. 16 December 2020.
  13. Payne, Stephen . 10 July 2015. Britannia Revisited - A Designer's Perspective . video . 16 December 2020. Cunard Line.
  14. Webb Institute Commencement 2012 (43:38) . Stephen . Payne . Webb Institute - One hundred and Sixteenth Annual Commencement . Glen Cove, NY . 16 June 2012. 16 December 2020.
  15. . How the QM2 team built a floating revolution . Horizons. Lloyd's Register. May 2015. 16 December 2020.
  16. News: Ernest. Blum. British safety panel offers lifeboat alternative. 16 December 2020. Northstar Travel Media, LLC. 16 March 2001.
  17. Web site: Opinion - Current State of Podded Propulsion . 25 September 2013. 16 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20170729011130/http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1918780 . 29 July 2017.
  18. Web site: LSLC Cadwallader Symposium (November 26, 2012). From Titanic to Concordia: the Achilles Heel of Passenger Ships . London Shipping Law Center. 16 December 2020.
  19. Web site: BC Shipping News, May 2013. Nautical Institute Conference, Victoria, BC, Canada. McIvor Communications Inc.. 16 December 2020.
  20. Web site: Future Ship Powering Options: Exploring Alternative Methods of Ship Propulsion. Royal Academy of Engineering. 16 December 2020.
  21. Web site: Asian yards need to step up for 2020 projections to come to fruition. Bond. Mary . 23 November 2014 . Seatrade Communications Limited . 2 January 2021.
  22. . Designer of Cunard liner Queen Mary 2 reveals £200million plan for a new royal yacht to be built in the UK . Ships Monthly. Kent, UK. Kelsey Media. 5 May 2021. 15 May 2021.
  23. News: Hope . Christopher. 1 May 2021. Boris Johnson to announce new national flagship within weeks, with the £200m vessel to serve as an official tribute to the Duke of Edinburgh . subscription. The Telegraph. London, UK. 15 May 2021.
  24. News: . UK government rejects plan to build national flagship . APNews.com . Associated Press . 7 November 2022 . 28 November 2022.
  25. Payne . Stephen . 1 May 2009 . Changing the world: Stephen Payne OBE HonFIED describes how his experiences at school inspired him to help set up Future Engineers, an initiative to encourage students into engineering careers. . Engineering Designer . London, UK . Insitiution of Engineering Designers . 16 December 2020.
  26. News: . Titanic challenge for students . Hampshire Chronicle . High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, UK . 10 February 2011. 16 December 2020.
  27. Web site: Hugh Miller Macmillan . Macmillan Memorial Lectures . . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20181004102303/http://www.iesis.org/macmillan.html . 4 October 2018 . 16 December 2020.
  28. Web site: WebbNews Winter 2011-2012. Magazine of the Webb Institute. Webb Institute. 16 December 2020.
  29. Web site: Board of Trustees. The Webb Institute. 16 December 2020 . unfit . https://web.archive.org/web/20200923030106/https://www.webb.edu/about-webb-institute/board-of-trustees/ . 23 September 2020.
  30. Web site: STEM Skills Passport . stemit.org.uk . 16 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20161005005706/http://stempassport.org.uk/ . 5 October 2016 . dead .
  31. Web site: Britannia reimagined . Payne . Staphen . June 2021 . Royal Institution of Naval Architects. 19 June 2021.
  32. . New national flagship to promote British businesses around the world . London. Prime Minister's Office. 30 May 2021. 19 June 2021.
  33. News: Stubley . Peter . 21 June 2021. Boris Johnson's vision for new royal yacht 'looks like 1950s fishing trawler', top naval architect says . https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/royal-yacht-britannia-boris-johnson-b1869473.html . 25 May 2022 . subscription . live . The Independent . London .
  34. News: Queen's Birthday Honours. 16 December 2020. The Telegraph (UK). 12 June 2004.
  35. Web site: Special Achievement Award - 2006 - Stephen Payne OBE RDI FREng . 16 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20120131044054/http://www.raeng.org.uk/prizes/major/winners/2006/default.htm . 31 January 2012 . dead .
  36. Web site: Current Royal Designers. The RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce). 16 December 2020.
  37. Web site: The Merchant Navy Medal Recipients 2006 . Merchant Navy Welfare Board . 17 December 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180808233753/http://www.merchantnavymedal.org/recipients-2006.html. 8 August 2018 . dead .
  38. News: Kennedy. Clare. Honorary degrees to recognise outstanding achievements. 17 December 2020. Daily Echo. 16 July 2007.
  39. Web site: Council of the Institution - Past Presidents. Royal Institution of Naval Architects. 17 December 2020.
  40. Web site: Membership - Fellow (FRINA). Membership Requirements - Royal Institution of Naval Architects. RINA. 17 December 2020.
  41. Sutton. Jane. 9 July 2008. Academy announces new Fellows for 2008. London SW1Y 5DG. The Royal Academy of Engineering. 17 December 2020.
  42. Web site: Institution of Engineering Designers Annual Report for 2009 . Institution of Engineering Designers . 17 December 2020.
  43. Web site: CultureSouthampton - The Trustees . 17 December 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141013124648/http://www.culturesouthampton.org.uk/trustees . 13 October 2014 . dead .
  44. Web site: ice Admiral Emory S. "Jerry" Land Medalists. The Society of Naval Architects & Marine Engineers. 17 December 2020.
  45. . Inspirational figures celebrated at University of Winchester Graduation ceremonies. Winchester SO22 4NR, UK. Press Office, University of Winchester. 17 October 2015. 17 December 2020. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20161228032118/http://www.winchester.ac.uk/newsandevents/Pages/Inspirational-figures-celebrated-at-University-of-Winchester-Graduation-ceremonies.aspx. 28 December 2016.
  46. Web site: Egg Project Team. Stephen Turner's Exbury Egg. SPUD Group. 24 April 2019.

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