-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.

Hugh McAlister

Hugh joined the Royal Navy on 8 October 1903. Previously a fitter, and therefore a skilled tradesman, he was much older than the average RN recruit of the day, and was drafted direct to the Gunnery Training Ship HMS Cambridge, at Devonport, as Probationary Armourer's Crew.

Hugh married Mercy Gertrude Prickett in his adopted home city of Plymouth (Devonport) in 1908. He served in the armoured cruiser HMS Carnarvon as an Armourer at Battle of the Falklands in December 1914 and continued to serve in that ship throughout most of the war. Hugh achieved his final rank of Chief Ordnance Artificer 2nd Class on 5 April 1921 while serving in the battleship HMS Resolution.

Hood was Hugh McAlister’s last sea draft. Having joined her on 13 June 1922, he remained onboard until 1925, and hence participated in the Empire Cruise. of 1923-4, which circumnavigated the world. Hugh was discharged to pension on 7 October 1925, having served 22 years. It is known that he continued to live in Plymouth, and be involved in his armament specialisation as a civilian: in 1939 he was a `Fitter Gun Maintenance' at Plymouth.

Hugh McAlister died in Plymouth on 24 March 1950.