Basil Hamilton Piercy
From The Dreadnought Project
Captain (retired) Basil Hamilton Piercy (15 July, 1882 – ) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
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]
See Also
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by New Command |
Captain of H.M.S. M.22 30 Jul, 1915[3] – 1918[Inference] |
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.
