Cowper Phipps Coles (1819-1870)
A captain for the Royal Navy, Cowper Phipps Coles created a patent for the design of the revolving gun turret in 1867. In 1870, he was aboard a masted turret ship that he designed when it sank off the coast of Cape Finisterre in Spain. He and his crew drowned.
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Levicy 4 month s ago
#11 seems an important detail is missing from this one.
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Katelin 4 month s ago
Levicy,
I thought so too. At least the answer to the ship in question, is in the description.
I thought so too. At least the answer to the ship in question, is in the description.
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Sigismund 4 month s ago
Katelin,
He was the naval architect in charge of the plans for the ocean liner Titanic and perished along with more than 1,500 people when the ship sank on her maiden voyage.
He was the naval architect in charge of the plans for the ocean liner Titanic and perished along with more than 1,500 people when the ship sank on her maiden voyage.
I thought so too. At least the answer to the ship in question, is in the description.
He was the naval architect in charge of the plans for the ocean liner Titanic and perished along with more than 1,500 people when the ship sank on her maiden voyage.