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'''Robert Henry Coppinger''' ( – ) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{RearRN}} (retired) '''Robert Henry Coppinger''', C.B.E. (5 March, 1877 – ) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
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Coppinger was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 May, 1898.<ref>Coppinger Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603063}} f. 313.</ref>
  
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Coppinger was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 31 December, 1910.{{NLMar13|p. 17}}
 
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Coppinger was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 30 June, 1916.<ref>Coppinger Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603063}} f. 313.</ref>
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He was appointed in command of the {{UK-Dreadnought|f=t}} on 25 February, 1919.<ref>Coppinger Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603063}} f. 313.</ref>
  
 
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Revision as of 09:16, 8 April 2015

Rear-Admiral (retired) Robert Henry Coppinger, C.B.E. (5 March, 1877 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Coppinger was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 May, 1898.[1]

Coppinger was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1910.[2]

Coppinger was appointed in command of the destroyer Flirt on 15 April, 1913.[3]

He was appointed in command of the destroyer Crane on 2 February, 1914.[4]

Coppinger was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1916.[5]

He was appointed in command of the battleship Dreadnought on 25 February, 1919.[6]

See Also

Bibliography

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Stuart E. Holder
Captain of H.M.S. Flirt
15 Apr, 1913[7]
Succeeded by
Hubert S. Braddyll
Preceded by
Hubert S. Braddyll
Captain of H.M.S. Crane
2 Feb, 1914[8]
Succeeded by
Arthur K. Gibson
Preceded by
Charles J. Wintour
Captain of H.M.S. Swift
5 Aug, 1915[9]
Succeeded by
Ambrose M. Peck
Preceded by
?
Captain of H.M.S. Orcoma
6 Jul, 1916[10]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Maurice S. FitzMaurice
Captain of H.M.S. Dreadnought
Feb, 1919[11]
Succeeded by
?

Footnotes

  1. Coppinger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 313.
  2. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 17.
  3. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 313-5.
  4. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 299.
  5. Coppinger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 313.
  6. Coppinger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 313.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 313-5.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 299.
  9. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 398m.
  10. The Navy List. (January, 1919). p. 1001.
  11. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

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