-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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James Norman Stephens

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Date of birth: 19th July 1898
Place of birth: Southsea, Hampshire, England
Previous occupation: Baker's Assistant
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Able Seaman
Service Number: J28660
Joined Hood: 15th May 1923 (Able Seaman)
Left Hood: 12th September 1925 (Able Seaman)







Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.




History of ships served in and ratings held:


Date FromDate toShipRatingSource
12th November 191312th July 1914ImpregnableBoy 2nd ClassADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
13th July 191413th July 1914ImpregnableBoy 1st ClassADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
14th July 191430th July 1914EndymionBoy 1st ClassADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
31st July 191418th January 1916CumberlandBoy 1st ClassADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
19th January 191615th May 1916CumberlandOrdinary SeamanADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th May 191617th July 1916CumberlandBoy 1st ClassADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
18th July 191620th October 1916CumberlandOrdinary SeamanADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
21st October 191620th March 1917Vivid IOrdinary SeamanADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
21st March 191723rd May 1917AriadneOrdinary SeamanADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
24th May 191731st July 1917AriadneAble SeamanADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st August 19171st September 1917Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
2nd September 191713th October 1918SandhurstAble SeamanADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
14th October 191831st December 1918Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st January 191912th May 1919Leander (Vanoc)Able SeamanADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
13th May 19196th October 1919Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
7th October 191912th February 1920SviatogorAble SeamanADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
13th February 192014th October 1920Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th October 192015th December 1920ThistleAble SeamanADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
17th December 192030th September 1921ThistleAble SeamanADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st October 192113th December 1921Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
14th December 192117th April 1923GloriousAble SeamanADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
18th April 192314th May 1923Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th May 192312th September 1925HoodAble SeamanADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
13th September 192519th October 1925Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
20th October 192523rd September 1927ImpregnableAble SeamanADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
24th September 192727th October 1927Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
28th October 192730th June 1928Egmont II (Wren)Able SeamanADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st July 19286th September 1928Queen ElizabethAble SeamanADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
7th September 192828th May 1929Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
29th May 192923rd August 1931EagleAble SeamanADM363/49
24th August 193111th April 1932Vivid IAble SeamanADM363/49
12th April 193230th August 1934RodneyAble SeamanADM363/49
31st August 193422nd October 1934Drake IAble SeamanADM363/49
23rd October 193416th December 1934St. Angelo II (Defender)Able SeamanADM363/49
17th December 193425th August 1935St. Angelo II (Wren)Able SeamanADM363/49
26th August 19352nd October 1935St. Angelo II (Worcester)Able SeamanADM363/49
3rd October 193525th March 1936St. Angelo II (Wren)Able SeamanADM363/49
26th March 193610th August 1936Drake IAble SeamanADM363/49
11th August 193627th November 1936Boscawen (Dee)Able SeamanADM363/49
28th November 193630th November 1937Boscawen (Sycamore)Able SeamanADM363/49
1st December 1937Shore Invalided (PUNS)Able SeamanADM363/49


Additional Photographs
None at this time.




Memorials
No known memorials



Sources
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
'Register of Deaths of Naval Ratings' (data extracted by Director of Naval Personnel (Disclosure Cell), Navy Command HQ, 2009)
The Empire Cruise by VC Scott O'Connor
ADM188/704 via WW1 Lives at Sea