{{Short description|Royal Navy admiral (1906–1969)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox military person |honorific_prefix = Vice-Admiral |name = Sir Nicholas Copeman |honorific_suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KBE|CB|DSC}} |image= |image_size= |alt= |caption= |nickname= |birth_date= 28 February 1906 |birth_place= Brighton, Sussex, England |death_date= 21 November 1969 (aged 63)<ref>{{cite news |title= Obituary |work=The Times |date= 26 November 1969 |page= 12 }}</ref> |death_place= Gosport, Hampshire, England |burial_place= |allegiance= United Kingdom |branch= Royal Navy |service_years= |rank= Vice-Admiral |service_number= |unit= |commands= South Atlantic and South America Station<br/>4th Destroyer Squadron<br/>{{HMS|Vernon|shore establishment|6}} |battles= Second World War |awards= Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire<br/>Companion of the Order of the Bath<br/>Distinguished Service Cross |relations= |other_work= }} Vice-Admiral '''Sir Nicholas Alfred Copeman''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100|sep=,|KBE|CB|DSC}} (28 February 1906 – 21 November 1969) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic and South America Station from 1960 to 1963.
==Naval career== Copeman served in the Second World War and was deployed to Norway 1940.<ref name=lh>[http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/COPEMAN.shtml Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives]</ref> In 1948 he was appointed deputy director of Torpedo, Mining and Anti-Submarine Warfare at the Admiralty.<ref name=lh/> He went on to be captain in charge of the 2nd Minesweeping Flotilla in 1950 and joined the Admiralty Interview Board in 1952.<ref name=lh/> He was made Commanding Officer of the torpedo school {{HMS|Vernon|shore establishment|6}} in 1953 and commander of the 4th Destroyer Squadron in 1955.<ref name=lh/> He became Vice Controller of the Navy in 1956 and Fourth Sea Lord in 1958.<ref name=lh/> He was made Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic and South America Station in 1960 and was based in Freetown,<ref>[http://www.deddington.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/4400/lion02.pdf HMS Lion]</ref> before leaving his post and retiring in 1963.<ref name=lh/>
In retirement Copeman served as Commandant of the Sunningdale Park (Civil Defence) Staff College from 1966 to 1969.<ref name=lh/>
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{{s-start}} {{s-mil}} {{succession box | title=Fourth Sea Lord | before=Sir Gordon Hubback | after=Sir Michael Villiers | years=1959–1960}} |- {{s-bef|before=Sir Dymock Watson}} {{s-ttl|title=Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic Station|years=1960–1963}} {{s-aft|after=Sir Fitzroy Talbot}} {{end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Copeman, Nicholas}} Category:1906 births Category:1969 deaths Category:Royal Navy vice admirals Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire Category:Companions of the Order of the Bath Category:Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom) Category:Lords of the Admiralty Category:Military personnel from Brighton