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Arthur Pridham

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Arthur Pridham
Birth nameArthur Francis Pridham
Born3 June 1886
Died27 January 1975(1975-01-27) (aged 88)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service / branch Royal Navy
RankVice admiral
CommandsHMS Calliope
HMS Curlew
HMS Excellent
HMS Hood
Battles / warsWorld War I
World War II

Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur Francis Pridham, KBE, CB (3 June 1886 – 27 January 1975) was a Royal Navy officer.

Pridham joined the Royal Navy and was in January 1903 posted as naval cadet to the battleship HMS Jupiter, serving in the Channel Fleet.[1] He remained in her until she paid off on 31 January, 1905. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant on 1 October 1908.

He commanded several light cruisers during the late 1920s before commanding the gunnery school at HMS Excellent in 1933–1936 and then the battlecruiser Hood from 1936 to 1938. Pridham served as the President of the Ordnance Board in 1942–1945.[2]

Citations

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  1. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36968. London. 3 January 1903. p. 6.
  2. ^ Halpern, p. 426

Bibliography

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  • Halpern, Paul G., ed. (2016). The Mediterranean Fleet, 1930–1939. Publications of the Navy Records Society. Vol. 163. London: Routledge for the Navy Records Society. ISBN 978-1-4724-7597-8.
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