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Ted Briggs
MBE
Briggs in 1996
Birth name
Albert Edward Pryke Briggs
Born
(1923-03-01)1 March 1923 Redcar, North Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died
4 October 2008(2008-10-04) (aged 85) Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Branch
Royal Navy
Service years
1938–1973
Rank
Lieutenant
Ship(s)
HMS Hood
Conflict(s)
World War II
Battle of the Atlantic
Battle of the Denmark Strait
Korean War
Suez Crisis
Awards
Member of the Order of the British Empire
Mentioned in Despatches
Other work
President of HMS Hood Association
Albert Edward Pryke BriggsMBE (1 March 1923 – 4 October 2008)[1] was a British seaman and the last of the three survivors of the destruction of the battlecruiser HMS Hood.[2] He remained in the Royal Navy after the Second World War and was later commissioned, serving a total of 35 years in the Royal Navy by the time of his retirement in 1973.
^Biography of Ted Briggs for the HMS Hood Association
^"Ted Briggs: Last survivor of the battleship HMS 'Hood', sunk by the 'Bismarck' in 1941". The Independent. 23 October 2011. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
Britain's Mightiest Warship. Briggs recorded an oral history with the Imperial War Museum, which is available on its website. TedBriggs died in the Queen Alexandra...
first with 1,418 men aboard. Only three survived: Ordinary Signalman TedBriggs (1923–2008), Able Seaman Robert Tilburn (1921–1995), and Midshipman William...
Clifford [1913-2017]". Liverpool Footprints. Retrieved 3 October 2022. "TedBriggs: Last survivor of the battleship HMS 'Hood', sunk by the 'Bismarck' in...
sank the ship in three minutes. There were only three survivors; one, TedBriggs, said in interviews after the sinking that Vice Admiral Lancelot Holland...
into the sea. The ship broke in two and the stern fell away and sank. TedBriggs, one of the survivors, claimed Hood heeled to 30 degrees at which point...
WW2, p415 Raven and Roberts, British Battleships of WW2 Testimony of TedBriggs Morison, S. E. History of United States Naval Operations in World War...
and all but three of the crew of 1,418 were lost. One of the survivors, TedBriggs, later stated he last saw Holland sitting in his admiral's chair, in utter...
Edward S. Briggs (1926–2022), vice admiral in the U.S. Navy TedBriggs (Albert Edward Pryke Briggs, 1923–2008), British seaman and last survivor of the destruction...
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two are supposed to be on stakeout duty. Their superior, Lieutenant Neil Briggs, seems eager to keep him out of the murder investigation. While visiting...
is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Josh Briggs. He is currently signed to WWE where he performs on the NXT brand. In WWE...
October 20, 2014. "Suicide risk factors and resources for finding help". NBC News. November 7, 2013. Retrieved November 11, 2013. Kevin Briggs at TED...
love and be loved. "All the Time in the World" — LuAnn Arceneaux meets TedBriggs and falls in love. "Woman on a Plane" — a woman who hates flying travels...
Australian National Rugby League player and coach, after long illness. TedBriggs, 85, British sailor, last survivor of the sinking of HMS Hood. Craig Fertig...
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The Ray Lavietes Basketball Pavilion at the Briggs Athletic Center is a 1,636-seat multi-purpose arena in the Allston neighborhood of Boston. Owned by...
name Uncle Ted in the Northeastern Pennsylvania viewing area of the United States. He is mostly known for hosting the programs Uncle Ted's Children's...
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United Kingdom
Royal Navy