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Cowper Phipps Coles

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British Royal Navy officer (1819-1870)

ScientistsLived 1819 to 1870 · aged 51
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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.

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The raft Lady Nancy attacking Taganrog during the third siege attempt in August 1855The raft Lady Nancy attacking Taganrog during the third siege attempt in August 1855Coles' design for a double turret ship.Coles' design for a double turret ship.HMS CaptainHMS Captain

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Companion of the Order of the Bath

Scientists born in the 1810s 6

Ferdinand von Roemer42.7Peter Desaga42.6Karl Müller42.8Carl Friedrich Rammelsberg42.6Edward Alfred Cowper42.9Benjamin Babbage42.4

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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.

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Lived 1819 to 1870 · aged 51
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