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'''Percy Tennison Perkins''' ( – ) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
'''Percy Tennison Perkins''' ( – ) was an officer in the [[Royal Naval Reserve]].


==Life & Career==
==Life & Career==

Revision as of 18:41, 6 December 2014

Percy Tennison Perkins ( – ) was an officer in the Royal Naval Reserve.

Life & Career

Perkins was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 April, 1916.[1]

Retired, Perkins was given command of the Anchusa class sloop Bergamot 5th June, 1917, and survived her sinking on 13th August 1917 when she was torpedoed by U 84, 70 miles west of Killybegs harbour, Ireland.[2]

Perkins was appointed in command of the patrol boat PC 43 on 3 October, 1917.[3]

See Also

Bibliography

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M.S. PC 43
3 Oct, 1917[4] 		Succeeded by
Eric P. Vivian

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1917). p. 729d.
  2. ↑ Email of Jul 16 2014 from Richard Jones, grandson of the signalman on Bergamot and PC 43.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 860.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 860.


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