Henry Pridham-Wippell

Admiral Sir Henry Daniel Pridham-Wippell, (12 August 1885 – 2 April 1952) was a Royal Navy officer who served in the First and Second World Wars.

Early life Educated at The Limes, Greenwich, and at Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Henry Daniel Pridham-Wippell He served in the First World War in ships of the Grand Fleet.

In 1932, he found himself in the middle of a crisis when he led a squadron of destroyers into the Free City of Danzig (modern Gdańsk, Poland) and was faced with the choice whether to acknowledge or not the Polish destroyer which had entered Danzig harbour without the permission of the Senate of Danzig. After seeking the advice of the British consul in Danzig, Pridham-Wippell exchanged visits with Lieutenant Commander Tadeusz Morgenstern-Podjazd of the Wicher on 15 June 1932. Pridham-Wippell went on to be Director of the Operations Division at the Admiralty in 1933 and Commander of the Home Fleet Destroyer Flotillas in 1936. In 1942, he became Commander-in-Chief, Dover.