Charles Manners Sutton Chapman

Lieutenant Charles Manners Sutton Chapman, D.S.C.*, R.N. (11 August, 1889 – 9 June, 1919) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born in Blackheath, the son of Commander F. H. Chapman, R.N..

After passing out of Britannia in January, 1906, Chapman served in the armoured cruiser Berwick, the pre-dreadnought Queen, as well as H.M.S. Electra and Prince of Wales before going to Mercury for submarine instruction in January, 1911.

He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 August, 1911.

In September 1912, he damaged the engines of D 6 and was cautioned to be more careful in future.

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 under Lt. Cdr. Max Kennedy Horton, but it is not clear what portion of that time this was so. He was credited with participating in the sinking a German destroyer in the Baltic on 29 January, 1915.

He commanded the coastal submarine C 30 for the first quarter of 1916, and then served in J 6 as first lieutenant once again to Lt. Cdr. Horton, remaining there until February, 1917.

Chapman 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

• Service Records

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	Succeeded by Vessel Lost