Percy Clive Stanbury Pritchard, RNR

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Ranks

14 Sep 1939 T/S.Lt.
14 Sep 1940 T/Lt.

Decorations

12 May 1942 Mentioned in Despatches (MID)

Warship Commands listed for Percy Clive Stanbury Pritchard, RNR


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS Unison (P 43)T/Lt.Submarine30 Nov 194330 May 1944
HMS P 614 (P 614)T/Lt.Submarine19 Jul 194417 Feb 1945
HMS Sanguine (P 266)T/Lt.Submarine15 Feb 194524 Sep 1945

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Events related to this officer

Submarine HMS Unison (P 43)


6 Mar 1944
Having completed her refit at the Devonport Dockyard, HMS Unison (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR), conducted exercises off Plymouth. (1)

8 Mar 1944
HMS Unison (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) and HMS United (Lt. N.R. Wood, RN) departed Plymouth for Rothesay. They were escorted HMS Herschell (T/Lt. J.E. Freestone, RNR) and HMS Daffodil (Cdr.(Retd.) S.F. Russell, RN). (1)

10 Mar 1944
HMS Unison (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) arrived at Rothesay.

17 Mar 1944 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Unison (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) conducted night exercises in the Clyde area with HMS Blade (T/A/Lt.Cdr. S.T. Wenlock, RNR). (1)

19 Mar 1944
HMS Unison (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) departed Rothesay for Blyth. She made the passage north through the Minches together with HMS Ursula (Lt. A.G. Davies, RN). They were escorted by HMS Pennywort (T/Lt. A.W. James, RNR). (1)

21 Mar 1944
At 0930 hours, HMS Lord Ashfield (T/Lt. J.B. Morpeth, RNR), took over the escort of HMS Unison (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) for onward passage to Blyth. (1)

22 Mar 1944
HMS Unison (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) arrived at Blyth. She was now assigned to training duties. (1)

25 Mar 1944 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Unison (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) conducted exercises off Blyth. (1)

5 Apr 1944 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Unison (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) conducted exercises off Blyth. (2)

6 Apr 1944 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Unison (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) conducted exercises off Blyth. (2)

7 Apr 1944 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Unison (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) conducted exercises off Blyth. (2)

11 Apr 1944 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Unison (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) conducted exercises off Blyth. (2)

12 Apr 1944 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Unison (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) conducted exercises off Blyth. (2)

13 Apr 1944 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Unison (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) conducted exercises off Blyth. (2)

14 Apr 1944 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Unison (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) conducted exercises off Blyth. (2)

19 Apr 1944 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Unison (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) conducted exercises off Blyth. (2)

20 Apr 1944 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Unison (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) conducted exercises off Blyth. (2)

21 Apr 1944 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Unison (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) conducted exercises off Blyth. (2)

26 Apr 1944 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Unison (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) conducted exercises off Blyth. (2)

5 May 1944
HMS Unison (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) departed Blyth for Rosyth. (3)

6 May 1944
HMS Unison (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) arrived at Rosyth. (3)

30 May 1944
HMS Unison (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) was decommissioned on this date and loaned to the U.S.S.R. She became the Soviet B 3 (phonetic V 3) and sailed from Lerwick on 27 July for Polyarnoe where she arrived on 5 August. She was the first Soviet submarine to use radar. She was returned to the UK in 1949. (4)


Submarine HMS P 614 (P 614)


12 Aug 1944
Having completed her refit, HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR), conducted trials off Dundee. (5)

14 Aug 1944
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) departed Dundee for Rothesay. She made the passage together with HMS Seadog (Lt. E.A. Hobson, DSC, RN). They were escorted by HMS Loch Monteith (T/Lt. K.W. Richardson, RNR) until 0955/15 when HMS Cutty Sark (Lt. H.J. Bartlett, DSC, RN) took over. (5)

16 Aug 1944
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) arrived at Rothesay. (5)

31 Aug 1944
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) conducted exercises in the Clyde area. (5)

1 Sep 1944
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) conducted exercises in the Clyde area. (6)

4 Sep 1944
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) conducted exercises in the Clyde area. (6)

6 Sep 1944
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) conducted exercises in the Clyde area. (6)

8 Sep 1944
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) conducted exercises in the Clyde area. (6)

11 Sep 1944
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) shifted from Rothesay to Campbeltown. (6)

12 Sep 1944
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) shifted from Campbeltown to Ardishaig. (6)

14 Sep 1944
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) participated in A/S exercises with motor launches off Ardishaig. (6)

21 Sep 1944
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) participated in A/S exercises with motor launches off Ardishaig. (6)

24 Sep 1944
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) shifted from Ardishaig to Rothesay. After a short stay at Rothesay she shifted to Kames Bay later the same day. (6)

26 Sep 1944
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) is docked at Kames Bay. (6)

5 Oct 1944
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) is undocked. (7)

7 Oct 1944
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) conducted exercises in Loch Striven with X-craft. (7)

8 Oct 1944
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) departed Port Bannatyne for Port HHX (most likely this was Loch a' Choire). She made the passage together with three X-craft (X 20, X 21 and X 24). They were escorted by HMS Alecto (Cdr. (retired) E.S. Felton, RN). (7)

10 Oct 1944
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) arrived at Port HHX. (7)

15 Oct 1944
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) conducted a torpedo firing exercise on HMS Alecto (Cdr. (retired) E.S. Felton, RN). (7)

17 Oct 1944
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) conducted exercises off Port HHX. (7)

18 Oct 1944
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) conducted exercises off Port HHX. (7)

19 Oct 1944
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) conducted exercises off Port HHX. (7)

20 Oct 1944
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) conducted exercises off Port HHX. (7)

23 Oct 1944
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) conducted exercises off Port HHX. (7)

24 Oct 1944
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) conducted exercises off Port HHX. (7)

25 Oct 1944
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) conducted exercises off Port HHX. (7)

26 Oct 1944
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) conducted exercises off Port HHX. (7)

28 Oct 1944
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) conducted exercises off Port HHX. (7)

29 Oct 1944
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) conducted exercises off Port HHX. (7)

30 Oct 1944
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) conducted exercises off Port HHX. (7)

31 Oct 1944
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) conducted exercises off Port HHX. (7)

1 Nov 1944
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) conducted exercises off Port HHX. (8)

2 Nov 1944
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) conducted exercises off Port HHX. (8)

3 Nov 1944
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) departed Port HHX for Kames Bay. She had X-craft X 23 in tow and was escorted by HMS Alecto (Cdr. (retired) E.S. Felton, RN). (8)

5 Nov 1944
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) arrived at Kames Bay. (8)

9 Nov 1944
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) conducted exercises off Kames Bay towing X-craft X 21. (8)

10 Nov 1944
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) conducted exercises off Kames Bay towing X-craft X 21. (8)

13 Nov 1944
During 13/14 November 1944, HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR), conducted exercises in the Clyde area towing X-craft X 21. She was escorted by HMS ML 235 (T/S.Lt. R.R. Kern, RNVR). (8)

16 Nov 1944
During 16/17 November 1944, HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR), conducted exercises in the Clyde area towing X-craft X 20. She was escorted by HMS ML 235 (T/S.Lt. R.R. Kern, RNVR). (8)

21 Nov 1944
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) departed Kames Bay for Port HHX. She made the passage towing X-craft X 25. They were escorted by HMS Alecto (Cdr.(Retd.) E.S. Felton, RN). (8)

23 Nov 1944
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) arrived at Port HHX. (8)

24 Nov 1944
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) departed Port HHX to return to Kames Bay. She made the passage towing X-craft X 25. They were escorted by HMS Alecto (Cdr. (Retd.) E.S. Felton, RN). (8)

25 Nov 1944
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) arrived at Kames Bay. (8)

29 Nov 1944
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) departed Kames Bay for Port HHX. She made the passage towing X-craft X 20. They were escorted by HMS Alecto (Cdr. (Retd.) E.S. Felton, RN). (8)

1 Dec 1944
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) arrived at Port HHX. (9)

2 Dec 1944
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) departed Port HHX to return to Kames Bay. She made the passage towing X-craft X 20. They were escorted by HMS Alecto (Cdr. (retired) E.S. Felton, RN). (9)

3 Dec 1944
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) arrived at Kames Bay. (9)

7 Dec 1944
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) conducted exercises with an X-craft in Loch Striven. (9)

13 Dec 1944
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) departed Kames Bay for Port HHX. She made the passage towing X-craft X 24. They were escorted by HMS Alecto (Cdr. (retired) E.S. Felton, RN). (9)

15 Dec 1944
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) arrived at Port HHX. (9)

16 Dec 1944
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) departed Port HHX to return to Kames Bay. She made the passage towing X-craft X 24. They were escorted by HMS Alecto (Cdr. (retired) E.S. Felton, RN). (9)

17 Dec 1944
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) arrived at Kames Bay. (9)

29 Dec 1944
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) departed Kames Bay for exercises in Loch Linnhe. She made the passage towing X-craft X 23. They were escorted by HMS Alecto (Cdr. (retired) E.S. Felton, RN). (9)

1 Jan 1945
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) returned to Kames Bay. (10)

6 Jan 1945
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) departed Kames Bay for exercises in the Sound of Jura. She made the passage towing X-craft X 23. They were escorted by HMS Alecto (Cdr.(Retd.) E.S. Felton, RN). (10)

9 Jan 1945
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) returned to Kames Bay. (10)

8 Feb 1945
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) conducted exercises in Loch Striven. (11)

10 Feb 1945
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) conducted exercises in Loch Striven. (11)

11 Feb 1945
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) conducted exercises in Loch Striven. (11)

13 Feb 1945
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) departed Kames Bay for exercises in the Firth of Lorne. She made the passage towing X-craft X 23. They were escorted by HMS Alecto (Cdr.(Retd.) E.S. Felton, RN). (11)

15 Feb 1945
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) arrived at Port HHX. (11)

16 Feb 1945
HMS P 614 (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) shifted from Port HHX to Kames Bay. She made the passage towing X-craft X 23. They were escorted by HMS Alecto (Cdr.(Retd.) E.S. Felton, RN). (11)


Submarine HMS Sanguine (P 266)


11 May 1945
HMS Sanguine (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) departed her builders yard for Holy Loch. She was escorted by HMS Bridgewater (Cdr.(Retd.) M.W. Ewart-Wentworth, RN). (12)

12 May 1945
HMS Sanguine (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) arrived at Holy Loch to begin a period of trials and training. (12)

5 Aug 1945
HMS Sanguine (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) departed Holy Loch for passage to Gibraltar. This was the first leg of the trip to the Far East.

For the daily positions of HMS Sanguine during this passage see the map below.


HMS Saguine passage Holy Loch - Malta click here for bigger map (13)

10 Aug 1945
HMS Sanguine (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) arrived at Gibraltar. (13)

11 Aug 1945
HMS Sanguine (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) departed Gibraltar for Malta. (13)

15 Aug 1945
HMS Sanguine (T/Lt. P.C.S. Pritchard, RNR) arrived at Malta.

With the war with Japan now over there was no employment for her in the Far East so Sanguine was ordered to return to the U.K. She arrived at Rothesay on 15 September 1945. (14)

Sources

  1. ADM 173/19214
  2. ADM 173/19215
  3. ADM 199/2573
  4. ADM 199/1385
  5. ADM 173/18579
  6. ADM 173/18580
  7. ADM 173/18581
  8. ADM 173/18582
  9. ADM 173/18583
  10. ADM 173/19514
  11. ADM 173/19515
  12. ADM 173/19542
  13. ADM 173/19544
  14. ADM 199/2569

ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.


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