Vice Admiral Sir Nicholas Alfred Copeman, (28 February 1906 – 21 November 1969) was a

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officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic and South America Station from 1960 to 1963.

Naval career

Copeman served in the

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and was deployed to Norway 1940.Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
/ref> In 1948 he was appointed deputy director of Torpedo, Mining and Anti-Submarine Warfare at the

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. He went on to be captain in charge of the 2nd Minesweeping Flotilla in 1950 and joined the Admiralty Interview Board in 1952. He was made Commanding Officer of the

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school in 1953 and commander of the 4th Destroyer Squadron in 1955. He became Vice Controller of the Navy in 1956 and

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in 1958. He was made Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic and South America Station in 1960 and was based in

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,HMS Lion
/ref> before leaving his post and retiring in 1963. In retirement Copeman served as Commandant of the Sunningdale Park (Civil Defence) Staff College from 1966 to 1969.

References

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