-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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Frederick Richard John Williams

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Date of birth: 26th May 1882
Place of birth: Stoke Dameral, Devonshire, England
Previous occupation: Labourer
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Able Seaman
Service Number: 206963
Joined Hood: 15th April 1920 (Able Seaman)
Left Hood: 21st May 1922 (Able Seaman)







Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.



History of ships served in and ratings held:


Date FromDate toShipRatingSource
27th October 189922nd January 1900NorthamptonBoy 2nd ClassADM188/360
via WW1 Lives at Sea
23rd January 190026th January 1900CuracoaBoy 2nd ClassADM188/360
via WW1 Lives at Sea
27th January 190016th April 1900CuracoaBoy 1st ClassADM188/360
via WW1 Lives at Sea
17th April 190025th May 1900Vivid IBoy 1st ClassADM188/360
via WW1 Lives at Sea
26th May 190022nd June 1900Vivid IOrdinary SeamanADM188/360
via WW1 Lives at Sea
23rd June 190024th May 1902MagnificentOrdinary SeamanADM188/360
via WW1 Lives at Sea
25th May 19024th June 1902VividOrdinary SeamanADM188/360
via WW1 Lives at Sea
5th June 190212th October 1903AriadneOrdinary SeamanADM188/360
via WW1 Lives at Sea
13th October 190330th September 1904RetributionOrdinary SeamanADM188/360
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st October 190425th January 1905Vivid IOrdinary SeamanADM188/360
via WW1 Lives at Sea
26th January 190530th January 1905Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/360
via WW1 Lives at Sea
31st January 190522nd January 1906HarrierAble SeamanADM188/360
via WW1 Lives at Sea
23rd January 19061st May 1908RingdoveAble SeamanADM188/360
via WW1 Lives at Sea
2nd May 190812th May 1908Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/360
via WW1 Lives at Sea
13th May 19086th September 1909TheseusAble SeamanADM188/360
via WW1 Lives at Sea
7th September 19094th September 1911CumberlandAble SeamanADM188/360
via WW1 Lives at Sea
5th September 191130th September 1911TheseusAble SeamanADM188/360
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st October 19112nd August 1912Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/360
via WW1 Lives at Sea
3rd August 191214th March 1917BellonaAble SeamanADM188/360
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th March 191718th April 1917Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/360
via WW1 Lives at Sea
19th April 191728th August 1917RevengeAble SeamanADM188/360
via WW1 Lives at Sea
29th August 191721st January 1918Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/360
via WW1 Lives at Sea
22nd January 191814th October 1919Apollo (Leonidas)Able SeamanADM188/360
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th October 191915th November 1919Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/360
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th November 19192nd February 1920Apollo (Leonidas)Able SeamanADM188/360
via WW1 Lives at Sea
3rd February 192029th February 1920Woolwich (Leonidas)Able SeamanADM188/360
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st March 192014th April 1920Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/360
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th April 192021st May 1922HoodAble SeamanADM188/360
via WW1 Lives at Sea
22nd May 192219th June 1922Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/360
via WW1 Lives at Sea

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)
ADM188/360 via WW1 Lives at Sea