# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cowper-phipps-coles
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:18:44.741Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cowper-phipps-coles"
name: "Cowper Phipps Coles"
slug: "cowper-phipps-coles"
description: "Captain Cowper Phipps Coles, was an English naval captain with the Royal Navy. Coles was also an inventor; in 1859, he was the first to patent a design for a revolving gun turret. Upon appealing for public support, his turrets were installed on HMS Prince Albert and HMS Royal Sovereign. Coles died in a maritime accident in 1870 when HMS Captain, an experimental warship built to his designs, capsized and sank with him on board."
tagline: "British Royal Navy officer (1819-1870)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cowper_Phipps_Coles.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
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birthDate: "1819-07-09"
deathDate: "1870-09-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.084234666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Каупер Фіпс Коулз"
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    title: "Cowper Phipps Coles"
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    title: "Cowper Phipps Coles"
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    title: "Cowper Phipps Coles"
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    title: "Cowper Phipps Coles"
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    title: "Cowper Phipps Coles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowper_Phipps_Coles"
    title: "Cowper Phipps Coles"
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    title: "Кольз, Купер Фипс"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump