HMS Pytchley (L 92)
Escort destroyer of the Hunt (Type I) class
Navy The Royal Navy
Type Escort destroyer
Class Hunt (Type I)
Pennant L 92
Built by Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Greenock, Scotland)
Ordered 11 Apr 1939
Laid down 27 Jul 1939
Launched 13 Feb 1940
Commissioned 23 Oct 1940
Scrapped at llanelly on 1 December 1956.
Commands listed for HMS Pytchley (L 92)
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Commander From To
1 Lt.Cdr. Harold Unwin, DSC, RN 26 Sep 1940 Apr 1943
2 Lt. Robert Hugh Hodgkinson, RN Apr 1943 18 Jul 1944
3 T/A/Lt.Cdr. Duncan Howard Foulds, DSC, RNVR 18 Jul 1944 2 Aug 1945
4 T/A/Lt.Cdr. John Richard Clarke, DSC, RNVR 2 Aug 1945 late 1945
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Notable events involving Pytchley include:
After a delay of 24 hours due to a reported enemy submarine the British battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth (Capt. C.B. Barry, DSO, RN) departed Portsmouth for Rosyth where she was to complete her refit.
She was escorted by the destroyers HMS Kashmir (Cdr. H.A. King, RN), HMS Kipling (Cdr. A. St. Clair-Ford, RN), HMS Jupiter (Lt.Cdr. N.V.J.T. Thew, RN) and HMS Punjabi (Cdr. J.T. Lean, DSO, RN) and the escort destroyers HMS Cattistock (Lt.Cdr R.A. Ewing, RN), HMS Cleveland (Lt.Cdr. W.S. Clouston, RN), HMS Fernie (Lt.Cdr. R.McC.P. Jonas, RN) and HMS Holderness (Lt.Cdr. D.E. Holland-Martin, DSC, RN).
Around 1600/13 the original escort was relieved by the destroyer HMS Brilliant (Lt.Cdr. F.C. Brodrick, RN) and the escort destroyers HMS Exmoor (Lt.Cdr. R.T. Lampard, RN), HMS Pytchley (Lt.Cdr. H. Unwin, DSC, RN) and HMS Southdown (Cdr. E.R. Condor, DSO, DSC, RN).
At 1630/14 the light cruiser HMS Nigeria (Capt. J.G.L. Dundas, RN) and the AA cruiser HMS Curacoa (Capt. C.C. Hughes-Hallett, RN) joined the escort.
The battleship and her escort arrived at Rosyth around 1330/15.
HrMs O 14 (Lt.Cdr. G. Quint, RNN(R)) conducted A/S exercises at / off Scapa Flow with HMS Beaufort (Lt.Cdr. S.O'G Roche, RN), HMS Pytchley (Lt.Cdr. H. Unwin, DSC, RN), HMS Sharpshooter (Lt.Cdr. D. Lampen, RN) and HMS Wheatland (Lt. R.deL. Brooke, RN). (1)
HrMs O 14 (Lt.Cdr. G. Quint, RNN(R)) conducted A/S exercises at / off Scapa Flow with HMS Pytchley (Lt.Cdr. H. Unwin, DSC, RN) and HMS Beaufort (Lt.Cdr. S.O'G Roche, RN). (1)
HrMs O 14 (Lt.Cdr. G. Quint, RNN(R)) conducted A/S exercises at / off Scapa Flow with HMS Pytchley (Lt.Cdr. H. Unwin, DSC, RN). (1)
HMS H 44 (Lt. A.W. Langridge, RN) departed Sheerness for Falmouth. She was escorted by HMS Pytchley (Lt.Cdr. H. Unwin, DSC, RN) until 2145 hours. (2)
HMS Upshot (Lt. A.J. Boyall, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Plymouth with HMS Holmes (T/A/Lt.Cdr. P.S. Boyle, RNVR) and HMS Pytchley (T/A/Lt.Cdr. J.R. Clarke, DSC and Bar, RNVR). (3)
File 2.12.03.6388 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)