# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ernest-cox
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:28:57.582Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ernest-cox"
name: "Ernest Cox"
slug: "ernest-cox"
description: "Ernest Frank Guelph Cox (1883–1959) was a British engineer, with knowledge in electrical and mechanical engineering, which he notably deployed in marine salvage. Between 1924 and 1931 his Cox & Danks Shipbreaking Co. successfully raised 35 ships of the German Imperial Navy High Seas Fleet that had been scuttled at Gutter Sound, Scapa Flow, in 1919. A tough but caring employer, after a series of fatalities and accidents to his employees, Cox sold his marine salvaging business to the Alloa Shipbreaking Company in 1932. He remained a consultant to the British Admiralty throughout his remaining career, and retired in the early 1950s after selling his profitable scrap metal business to Metal Industries."
tagline: "Electrical and mechanical engineer and marine salvage expert (1883–1959)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1883"
deathDate: "1959"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.62
  momentum:             0.4225352112676056
  historical:           5.479554666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Ernest Cox"
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    title: "إرنست كوكس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%83%D8%B3"
    title: "ارنست كوكس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Cox"
    title: "Ernest Cox"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Cox"
    title: "Ernest Cox"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Cox"
    title: "Ernest Cox"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25983"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump