Fredrik Henrik af Chapman

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Fredrik Henrik af Chapman
September 9, 1721 - August 19, 1808
Place of birth	Gothenburg, Sweden
Place of death	Sweden
Allegiance	Sweden
Rank	Vice admiral
Other work	Manager of the shipyard at Karlskrona

Fredric Henric af Chapman (September 9, 1721 in Gothenburg – August 19, 1808) was a Swedish naval ship architect, promoted to vice admiral in 1791, manager of the shipyard at Karlskrona between 1782-1793. His father was an English naval officer, Thomas Chapman (born 1679 in Yorkshire), that moved to Sweden in 1715. He was ennobled in 1772.

At the age of 15 Chapman moved to Stockholm to learn the art of shipbuilding, during a visit to England in 1741 he was arrested when visiting a shipyard. Upon release, he was offered English service, which he declined. In 1744 he and another person established a shipyard in Gothenburg. Between 1752-56 he studied abroad. In 1757 he was commissioned as a junior shipwright by the Royal Swedish Navy and tasked with designing a couple of shallow draft vessels for the Finnish archipelago or coastal fleet. 1764 he was promoted to senior shipwright.

Chapman was the author of Architectura Navalis Mercatoria (1768) and several other shipbuilding-related works.

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This article contains content from the Owl Edition of Nordisk familjebok, a Swedish encyclopedia published between 1904–1926 now in Public Domain.