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| − | {{LieutRN}} '''Charles Manners Sutton Chapman''', D.S.C., R.N. (11 August, 1889 – 9 June, 1919) served in the [[Royal Navy]]. | + | {{LieutRN}} '''Charles Manners Sutton Chapman''', D.S.C.*, R.N. (11 August, 1889 – 9 June, 1919) served in the [[Royal Navy]]. |
==Life & Career== | ==Life & Career== | ||
Chapman was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 30 August, 1911. | Chapman was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 30 August, 1911. | ||
| − | He died when {{UK-L55}} was sunk off Kronstadt during operations against Bolshevik forces. | + | From the outbreak of the war through the end of 1915, Chapman served in submarines of {{UK-SF|8}} as it operated in Home and Atlantic Waters, being on the books of depot ship {{UK-Maidstone}}. In particular, he was in {{UK-E9}}, but it is not clear what portion of that time this was so. |
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| + | He commanded the coastal submarine {{UK-C30}} for the first quarter of 1916, and then served in {{UK-J6}} as first lieutenant under Lt. Cdr. [[Max Kennedy Horton]], remaining there until February, 1917. | ||
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| + | He commanded {{UK-G11}} from 26 February 1917 until being placed in command of {{UK-L55}} on 25 September, 1918. | ||
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| + | Chapman died when {{UK-L55}} was sunk off Kronstadt during operations against Bolshevik forces in mid-1919. | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Revision as of 12:28, 14 July 2020
Lieutenant Charles Manners Sutton Chapman, D.S.C.*, R.N. (11 August, 1889 – 9 June, 1919) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Chapman was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 August, 1911.
From the outbreak of the war through the end of 1915, Chapman served in submarines of Eighth Submarine Flotilla as it operated in Home and Atlantic Waters, being on the books of depot ship Maidstone. In particular, he was in E 9, but it is not clear what portion of that time this was so.
He commanded the coastal submarine C 30 for the first quarter of 1916, and then served in J 6 as first lieutenant under Lt. Cdr. Max Kennedy Horton, remaining there until February, 1917.
He commanded G 11 from 26 February 1917 until being placed in command of L 55 on 25 September, 1918.
Chapman died when L 55 was sunk off Kronstadt during operations against Bolshevik forces in mid-1919.
See Also
Bibliography
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Allan Poland |
Captain of H.M.S. C 30 1 Jan, 1916 – 1 Apr, 1916 |
Succeeded by Walter A. C. Dickson |
| Preceded by Andrew Wilmot-Smith |
Captain of H.M.S. G 11 26 Feb, 1917 – 25 Sep, 1918 |
Succeeded by Charles G. N. Graham |
| Preceded by New Command |
Captain of H.M.S. L 55 25 Sep, 1918 – 9 Jun, 1919[1] |
Succeeded by Vessel Lost |
Footnotes
- ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 149. The day of month is wrongly recorded as 4 there.
