-H.M.S. Hood Crew Information-
H.M.S. Crew List

It is estimated that as many as 18,000 men served aboard the 'Mighty Hood' during the operational portion of her 21 year career. Unfortunately, there is no surviving official single listing of ALL men who served in her. Here you will find our attempt at creating such a listing. We are using the few, fragmentary crew lists known to exist, Navy Lists, various official reports, public records, and most importantly of all, inputs from the families of former crew.

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Arthur Owen Hannaford

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Date of birth: July 14, 1904
Place of birth: Tavistock, Devon, Devon
Previous occupation: Farm labourer
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Stoker 2nd Class
Service Number: K66370
Joined Hood: 12th January 1926
Left Hood: 24th June 1926







Biographical Information: Arthur was educated at Tavistock High School and joined Royal Navy at Devonport. He trained at HMS Vivid II as a Stoker. He may have served in Hood twice: his service documents attest to his time on board in 1926, but his family also recall his service onboard, as a Stoker Petty Officer, around 1940. Other ships in which he served include Rodney, Newcastle and Dorsetshire. Family recalls that his second time in Hood ended when he transferred to the Admiralty at Queen Anne's Mansions as an Engineering Writer, not long before her last sailing. They also recall that he served in Belfast during the latter part of the war. Arthur retained mementos of the surrender of U Boat U497 at Loch Alsh. He retired as a Stoker Petty Officer or Chief Petty Officer in 1947.

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Sources
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
'Register of Deaths of Naval Ratings' (data extracted by Director of Naval Personnel (Disclosure Cell), Navy Command HQ, 2009)
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