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==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
  
Pirie was promoted to the rank of Navigating Lieutenant and {{LieutRN}} on 13 October, 1876.
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Pirie was promoted to the rank of Navigating Lieutenant and {{LieutRN}} on 13 October, 1876.<ref>Pirie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/275.|}} f. 1039.</ref>
  
Pirie was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1892.
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Piried married Ada Beck on 3 September, 1888.<ref>Pirie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/275.|}} f. 1039.</ref>
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Pirie commanded the flat-iron gunboat ''Paluma'' from 5 January, 1889.  He was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1892 and was re-appointed in command of ''Paluma'' in lieu of a Lt. in command, also being in charge of survey work she was undertaking.  He was superseded on 4 March 1893 and arrived back in England on 15 July, 1893.<ref>Pirie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/275.|}} f. 1039.</ref>
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He was placed on the Retired List at his own request with the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 31 March, 1898.  On 2 January, 1899 he was permitted to accept a three year appointment in Practical Nautical Surveying with the Chilean government.<ref>Pirie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/275.|}} f. 1039.</ref>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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Revision as of 23:00, 28 January 2022

Captain (retired) George Pirie, R.N. (31 July, 1850 – 2 December, 1907) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Pirie was promoted to the rank of Navigating Lieutenant and Lieutenant on 13 October, 1876.[1]

Piried married Ada Beck on 3 September, 1888.[2]

Pirie commanded the flat-iron gunboat Paluma from 5 January, 1889. He was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1892 and was re-appointed in command of Paluma in lieu of a Lt. in command, also being in charge of survey work she was undertaking. He was superseded on 4 March 1893 and arrived back in England on 15 July, 1893.[3]

He was placed on the Retired List at his own request with the rank of Captain on 31 March, 1898. On 2 January, 1899 he was permitted to accept a three year appointment in Practical Nautical Surveying with the Chilean government.[4]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Henry R. Harris
Naval Assistant to the Hydrographer of the Navy
7 Nov, 1893 – 1 Jul, 1894
Succeeded by
Morris H. Smyth
Preceded by
George E. Richards
Captain of H.M.S. Triton
1 Jul, 1894 – 21 Mar, 1898
Succeeded by
James W. Combe

Footnotes

  1. Pirie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/275. f. 1039.
  2. Pirie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/275. f. 1039.
  3. Pirie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/275. f. 1039.
  4. Pirie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/275. f. 1039.