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'''Percy Pitts''' ( – ) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{CaptRN}} (retired) '''Percy Pitts''' (24 December, 1876 – 2 August, 1937) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
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Pitts was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 31 December, 1898.<ref>Pitts Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/241.|D7603027}} f. 273.</ref>
  
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Pitts was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 31 December, 1910.<ref>Pitts Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/241.|D7603027}} f. 273.</ref>
  
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Pitts was appointed to the {{UK-Blenheim|f=t}} in the Mediterranean as executive officer on 18 March, 1914.  He was placed in command of the cruiser as Acting Captain on 5 May, 1914 when Captain [[Charles Penrose Rushton Coode|Charles P. R. Coode]] was temporarily detached, but this appointment lasted five years!<ref>Pitts Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/241.|D7603027}} f. 273.</ref>
 
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Pitts was appointed to the {{UK-Blenheim|f=t}} as executive officer on 18 March, 1914.  He was temporarily in command of the {{UK-Blenheim|f=t}} on 5 May, 1914 when Captain [[Charles Penrose Rushton Coode|Charles P. R. Coode]] was temporarily detached.
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==Post-War==
 
Pitts was appointed in command of the {{UK-Collingwood|f=t}} on 21 May, 1920.{{NLDec20|p. 748}}
 
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Pitts was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 18 February, 1923.<ref>Pitts Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/241.|D7603027}} f. 273.</ref>
  
 
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Revision as of 11:44, 22 June 2017

Captain (retired) Percy Pitts (24 December, 1876 – 2 August, 1937) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Pitts was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1898.[1]

Pitts was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1910.[2]

Pitts was appointed to the first class protected cruiser Blenheim in the Mediterranean as executive officer on 18 March, 1914. He was placed in command of the cruiser as Acting Captain on 5 May, 1914 when Captain Charles P. R. Coode was temporarily detached, but this appointment lasted five years![3]

Post-War

Pitts was appointed in command of the battleship Collingwood on 21 May, 1920.[4]

Pitts was promoted to the rank of Captain on 18 February, 1923.[5]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
George B. Hutton
Captain of H.M.S. Leven
27 Aug, 1904[6]
Succeeded by
Charles A. Fremantle
Preceded by
Charles P. R. Coode
Captain of H.M.S. Blenheim
11 Apr, 1915 – 1 Apr, 1919
Succeeded by
Gilbert C. W. Crispin
Preceded by
Gerald W. Vivian
Captain of H.M.S. Collingwood
21 May, 1920[7] – 27 Jul, 1921
Succeeded by
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Footnotes

  1. Pitts Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/241. f. 273.
  2. Pitts Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/241. f. 273.
  3. Pitts Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/241. f. 273.
  4. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 748.
  5. Pitts Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/241. f. 273.
  6. The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 339.
  7. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 748.

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