Charles de Champs
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de Champs in 1929.
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| Birth name | Charles Léon de Champs |
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10 October 1873 , Sweden |
| Died | 17 February 1959 (aged 85) Stockholm, Sweden |
| Buried at | Norra begravningsplatsen |
| Allegiance | Sweden |
| Service/branch | Swedish Navy |
| Years of service | 1893–1939 |
| Rank | Vice admiral |
| Commands held | Chief of the Naval Staff (1936–37) Chief of the Navy (1936–39) |
Charles Léon de Champs (10 October 1873 – 17 February 1959) was a Swedish Navy vice admiral who was the Chief of the Naval Staff from 1936 to 1937 and the Chief of the Navy from 1936 to 1939.
de Champs was born in , Sweden, the son of navy commander Charles Eugène de Champs and his wife Eva (née Skytte af Sätra). He was brother of army officer Henri de Champs. His father immigrated from the Netherlands and came from a noble family. de Champs was a student at Praktiska arbetsskolan för barn och ungdom (later Palmgrenska samskolan) from 1880 to 1886 and was an extra cadet on the corvette Eugenie in 1886.
He conducted preparatory education at the Royal Swedish Naval Academy from 1886 and 1887 and was then a sea cadet at the Royal Swedish Naval Academy from 1887 to 1893, becoming a second lieutenant in the Swedish Fleet in 1893. de Champs was promoted to sub-lieutenant in 1896 and attended the Royal Institute of Technology's vocational school (fackskola) for the machine architecture and mechanical technology from 1896 to 1899 and was promoted to lieutenant in 1902.
He served in the Royal Swedish Naval Materiel Administration from 1899 to 1908 where he, between 1900 and 1908 began with attempts of wireless telegraphy. de Champs also handle the wireless telegraphy system in the Swedish Fleet and undertook study trips to Germany, France, England and Belgium as well as performed wireless telegraphy attempts between Karlskrona and Berlin in 1903. He was expert at the International Radiotelegraph Conference in Berlin in 1906. de Champs was duty officer for Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland from 1905 to 1908 and was naval attaché at the Swedish mission in Tokyo and Beijing from 1908 to 1910. He served in the Naval Staff from 1908 to 1915 and as naval attaché at the Swedish mission and in London from 1914 to 1917. de Champs was promoted to commander of second rank in 1915. He was head of the Communications Department at the Naval Staff from 1916 to 1919 and promoted to commander of first rank in 1917.
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