Captain Cowper Phipps Coles (born 1819; died September 7, 1870) was an English naval captain and inventor. 1819 common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years). ... 1870 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the British Isles Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st UK... An inventor is a person who creates new inventions, typically technical devices such as mechanical, electrical or software devices or methods. ...

He entered the Royal Navy at the age of eleven. Coles distinguished himself at the battle of Sebastopol during the 1850s in the Crimean War against Russia, when building a raft and floating next to the Russian beach installations to attack them. The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ... The Siege of Sebastapol (or Sevastapol, more correctly), was a major siege during the Crimean War, from 1854- 1855. ... Combatants United Kingdom, France, Ottoman Empire, Sardinia Imperial Russia Commanders Strength 250,000 British 400,000 French 10,000 Sardinian 1,200,000 Russian Casualties 17,500 British 30,000 French 2,050 Sardinian killed and wounded 256,000 killed and wounded {{{notes}}} The Crimean War lasted from 28 March... Children successfully test their raft, in Brixham harbour, south Devon, England. ...

He started to get the Navy interested in a new ship class, like a larger, well-armed raft, but peace lowered the interest considerably. Switching his focus on mounting turret guns on ships, he managed to convice Prince Albert to build an iron-armored turret-gun prototype for ships, and eventually, a small ship was retrofitted with these guns. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Prince Albert piercing Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence Prince Albert of Monaco Prince Albert, Saskatchewan Prince Albert National Park, Canada Prince Albert in a Can This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same...

Coles is best remembered as the designer of the turret-ship HMS Captain, commissioned in 1870, which capsized on its maiden voyage off Cape Finisterre, with Cole on board, and drowned him and most of his crew of 500 men. HMS Captain was a revolutionary masted turret ship of the Royal Navy launched in 1869, and capsized the following year with tremendous loss of life. ... Capsizing refers to when a boat is inverted such that the bottom of the boat is on top. ... The maiden voyage of a ship or aircraft is the first cruise or flight in revenue service, typically following a series of shakedown cruises or test-flights. ... Position of Cape Finisterre on the Iberian Peninsula Cape Finisterre, in Spanish Cabo Finisterre, literally Cape Lands End, is a rock-bound peninsula in the north-west of Spain. ...

Coles had three girls and six boys with his wife Emily Pearson, whom he married in 1856.

External links

• HMS Captain
• Brief biography