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'''Frederick Lewis Coplestone''', ( – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{LCommRN}} (retired) '''Frederick Lewis Coplestone''', (12 September, 1882 – 11 November, 1914) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
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Born in Chester, the son of newspaper proprietor F. Coplestone.<ref>Coplestone Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/73.|}} f. 478.</ref>
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Coplestone was appointed to {{UK-Thames}}, which was then a depot ship at Portsmouth, for command of submarines on 1 February, 1905.  The submarine (or submarines) in question would have likely been one of the Holland boats, an [["A" Class Submarine (1902)|"A" class coastal submarine]] or {{UK-B1}}.  Coplestone, however, was retired as unfit on 4 October, 1906.
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Coplestone was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on the Retired List on 15 May, 1912.<ref>Coplestone Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/73.|}} f. 478.</ref>
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On 15 July 1913, he was found unfit for the Air Service, owing to defective hearing.
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Coplestone was appointed to {{UK-D2}} on 4 August, 1914 and died when she was lost off the German coast on 11 November.  His death was understood only to have occurred between 25 November and 1 December, 1914, but the latter date was selected as the official one.<ref>Coplestone Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/73.|}} f. 478.</ref>
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Latest revision as of 22:33, 6 April 2022

Lieutenant-Commander (retired) Frederick Lewis Coplestone, (12 September, 1882 – 11 November, 1914) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born in Chester, the son of newspaper proprietor F. Coplestone.[1]

Coplestone was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 May, 1904.[2]

Coplestone was appointed to Thames, which was then a depot ship at Portsmouth, for command of submarines on 1 February, 1905. The submarine (or submarines) in question would have likely been one of the Holland boats, an "A" class coastal submarine or B 1. Coplestone, however, was retired as unfit on 4 October, 1906.

Coplestone was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on the Retired List on 15 May, 1912.[3]

On 15 July 1913, he was found unfit for the Air Service, owing to defective hearing.

Coplestone was appointed to D 2 on 4 August, 1914 and died when she was lost off the German coast on 11 November. His death was understood only to have occurred between 25 November and 1 December, 1914, but the latter date was selected as the official one.[4]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Edward Altham
Captain of H.M. T.B. 41
21 Jul, 1903[5][6] – Aug, 1903[7]
Succeeded by
Henry B. Taylor

Footnotes

  1. Coplestone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/73. f. 478.
  2. Coplestone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/73. f. 478.
  3. Coplestone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/73. f. 478.
  4. Coplestone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/73. f. 478.
  5. "APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 16, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37134.
  6. Coplestone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/73. f. 478.
  7. Coplestone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/73. f. 478.