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Latest revision as of 12:03, 7 April 2022
Captain (retired) Basil Hamilton Piercy (15 July, 1882 – ) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Born in Christchurch, Hants.
Piercy was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 39 September, 1903.
Piercy was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 39 September, 1911.
Piercy was appointed to the battleship Dreadnought on 3 January, 1914, where he was additionally tasked with providing physical training.[1]
On the bridge of Dreadnought on 18 March 1915, it was Piercy who sighted the periscope of Otto Eduard Weddigen's submerged U 29 and directed Captain Alderson and the navigating Commander Hughes to ram and sink the submarine.[2]
Piercy was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1916.
Placed on the Retired List at his own request on 2 January, 1926, Piercy was promoted to the rank of Captain (retired) on 15 July, 1927.
World War II
See Also
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by New Command |
Captain of H.M.S. M.22 30 Jul, 1915[3] – 31 May, 1918 |
Succeeded by William C. Castle |
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 306.
- ↑ Dawson. Flotillas. pp. 133-5.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395i.
