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'''Arthur Pringle''', ( – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{LieutRN}} '''Arthur Pringle''', (24 February, 1877 – 28 April, 1902) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
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Pringle died along with a petty officer and a seaman in a boat-handling accident aboard {{UK-Formidable|f=p}} near the island of Magdalena, Italy.{{ToL|Accident in the Battleship Formidable|29 April, 1902; p. 7}}
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Latest revision as of 16:07, 7 April 2022

Lieutenant Arthur Pringle, (24 February, 1877 – 28 April, 1902) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Pringle was born in Woolwich, Kent.

Following a brief stint in command of the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 79 (which was initially to have been in T.B. 73) for the Annual Manoeuvres of 1897, Pringle was admonished for having failed to note the type of torpedoes equipped. He was nonetheless promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 July, 1897.[1]

Pringle died along with a petty officer and a seaman in a boat-handling accident aboard H.M.S. Formidable near the island of Magdalena, Italy.[2]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Frank Larken
Captain of H.M. T.B. 79
15 Jun, 1897[3] – 10 Jul, 1897[4]
Succeeded by
Arthur E. F. Bedford

Footnotes

  1. Pringle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/291. f. 295.
  2. "Accident in the Battleship Formidable." The Times (London, England), 29 April, 1902; p. 7.
  3. Pringle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/291. f. 295.
  4. Pringle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/291. f. 295.