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    Fredrik Henrik af Chapman (9 September 1721 in Gothenburg – 19 August 1808) was a Swedish shipbuilder, scientist and officer in the Swedish navy. He was...
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    vessel her present name after the shipbuilder and Vice Admiral Fredrik Henrik af Chapman (1721–1808). She was used as a training ship and as such she made...
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    Fredrik Henrik af Chapman made on the mainland, just northwest of Karlskrona and east of Nättraby. Behind the project, Gustav III commanded Chapman to...
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    royal barge originally constructed in 1774 based on a design by Fredrik Henrik af Chapman. It is used for ceremonies such as state visits and royal weddings...
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    designed by the prolific and innovative Swedish naval architect Fredrik Henrik af Chapman (1721–1808) in collaboration with Augustin Ehrensvärd (1710–1772)...
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    Finland. The turuma was designed by the prolific naval architect Fredrik Henrik af Chapman for use in an area of mostly shallow waters and groups of islands...
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    vessels developed from the 1770s and onwards by the naval architect Fredrik Henrik af Chapman for the Swedish archipelago fleet. The designs, copied and refined...
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  • Chapman Robbins (1916–2003), American pediatrician and virologist Fredrik Henrik af Chapman (1721–1808), Swedish naval ship architect Gareth Chapman (born...
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    Baggens wharf was founded in 1749 by Peter Samuelsson Bagge and Fredrik Henrik af Chapman. It was situated in the Majorna just west of the Old wharf; the...
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  • Hood Bellona, a Swedish class of frigates and a ship designed by Fredrik Henrik af Chapman in the late 18th century Bellona (goddess), a Roman goddess of...
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    naval unit under army command. Trolle and the naval architect Fredrik Henrik af Chapman had both come to the conclusion that small, fast and maneuverable...
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    navy. The udema was designed by the prolific naval architect Fredrik Henrik af Chapman for use in an area of mostly shallow waters and groups of islands...
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    navy. The pojama was designed by the prolific naval architect Fredrik Henrik af Chapman for use in an area of mostly shallow waters and groups of islands...
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    pleasure craft of king Gustav III of Sweden. She was designed by Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, built at Djurgårdsvarvet in Stockholm in the summer of 1778,...
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  • designed Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers (b. 1687) 1808 – Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, Swedish admiral and shipbuilder (b. 1721) 1822 – Jean Baptiste...
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  • built according to blueprints by the Swedish warship architect Fredrik Henrik af Chapman dating from 1755, the oldest vessel blueprints found in Finland...
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    built in 1774 on the orders of King Gustav III, to a design by Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, but was destroyed in a dockyard fire in 1921. A private fundraising...
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    for the loss. The gunboats were originally designed by a Swede, Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, and the strategic advantage of gunboats lay in the fact that...
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    Venus was a Swedish frigate, designed by Fredrik Henrik af Chapman. Venus was captured by the Russians in 1789 in Oslofjord. The frigate retained the...
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    Liseberg in 1995. Other notable people from Gothenburg include: Fredrik Henrik af Chapman (1721–1808), shipbuilder, scientist and officer in the Swedish...
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    Before he started building sailboats, he studied the work of Fredrik Henrik af Chapman and especially his displacement curve. He also studied John Scott...
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    based on the original 1755 drawings by Swedish naval architect Fredrik Henrik af Chapman [1] Jakobstad - Pietarsaari Museum is the main museum in the city...
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    published in 1768 by Swedish Admiral Fredrik Henrik af Chapman in the book Architectura navalis mercatoria. Chapman is credited as the first naval architect...
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    Academy of Fine Arts and the Academy of Sciences in 1839, and of Fredrik Henrik af Chapman. Frumerie also worked as a portrait lithographer. Frumerie is...
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  • Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (d. 1780) 1721 – Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, Swedish admiral and shipbuilder (d. 1808) 1731 – Francisco Javier...
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    naval base in Karlskrona. In Karlskrona he befriended Admiral Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, who supported his artistic ambitions. After continuing his studies...
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    Otto Henrik Nordenskjöld 1790 Fredrik Henrik af Chapman 1791 Carl Olof Cronstedt 1801 Baltzar von Platen 1814 Carl Johan af Wirsén 1825 Gustaf af Klint...
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    training at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts. His work, and that of Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, the Swedish Naval officer and shipbuilder, was inspired and influenced...
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    warship, which had been referred to by Swedish naval architect Fredrik Henrik af Chapman as the "Sea-Spook". In return for the ship the king of Sweden...
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    Polhem, another notable Swedish inventor. He collaborated with Fredrik Henrik af Chapman and went to Karlskrona with his help, the main base of the Swedish...
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