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- Went to Lorient ,France1714 then moved to Toulon, France in 1720.
Made his reputation as a naval Constructor in England. Went to Holland, with other British Constructors and accepted service with the States-General.
He remained 21 years at the Admiralty, Amsterdam
Exerpt from John Derek May id 1436
Amsterdam 1776 was appointed supreme naval shipbuilder(scheepsopperbouwer, literally shipupperbuilder) in Amsterdam
Oosterkerk
Built in 1670 this church served the local ship building community.The church stands on a man made island, Wittenburg, one of threeislands ( the others are Oaastenburg and Kattenburg) which date from1650. The islands were built to house dockyards to support the Dutchnavy.
Coming to holland
At the recommendation of Lubbert Adolf Torck (1687-1758), Lord of Rozendaal, and at the request of Willem III, the Amsterdam Admiralty,the largest of the six Dutch Chambers that made up the Dutch East India Company, and with a view to improve the design of their ships in1727, brought out John May (c.28 years) and two of his colleagues,Charles Bentham and Thomas Davis. They designed and built a number of war ships for the Admiralty.
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1694 - Abt 1779 (84 years)
