-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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Alfred Rowe

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Date of birth: 24th August 1887
Place of birth: St. Austell, Cornwall, England
Previous occupation: Cooper
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Petty Officer
Service Number: 225773
Joined Hood First time: 6th January 1926 (Petty Officer)
Left Hood First time: 21st October 1926 (Petty Officer)
Joined Hood Second time: 13th November 1926 (Petty Officer)
Left Hood Second time: 25th January 1927 (Petty Officer)





Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.



History of ships served in and ratings held:


Date FromDate toShipRatingSource
23rd April 190325th November 1903ImpregnableBoy 2nd ClassADM188/398
via WW1 Lives at Sea
26th November 190328th September 1904ImpregnableBoy 1st ClassADM188/398
via WW1 Lives at Sea
29th September 19048th May 1905DefianceBoy 1st ClassADM188/398
via WW1 Lives at Sea
9th May 190523rd August 1905CommonwealthBoy 1st ClassADM188/398
via WW1 Lives at Sea
24th August 190513th June 1906CommonwealthOrdinary SeamanADM188/398
via WW1 Lives at Sea
14th June 190631st March 1907CommonwealthAble SeamanADM188/398
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st April 190727th May 1907MarsAble SeamanADM188/398
via WW1 Lives at Sea
28th May 190721st September 1907Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/398
via WW1 Lives at Sea
22nd September 190711th January 1908DefianceAble SeamanADM188/398
via WW1 Lives at Sea
12th January 190815th March 1908Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/398
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th March 190814th December 1909Vivid IIAble SeamanADM188/398
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th December 190931st January 1910Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/398
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st February 191012th March 1910AndromedaAble SeamanADM188/398
via WW1 Lives at Sea
13th March 191012th April 1912MonmouthAble SeamanADM188/398
via WW1 Lives at Sea
13th April 191221st May 1912EuropaAble SeamanADM188/398
via WW1 Lives at Sea
22nd May 19127th September 1912Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/398
via WW1 Lives at Sea
8th September 191217th March 1913DefianceAble SeamanADM188/398
via WW1 Lives at Sea
18th March 191314th April 1915ConquerorAble SeamanADM188/398
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th April 191521st April 1915DolphinAble SeamanADM188/398
via WW1 Lives at Sea
22nd April 19158th February 1917ThamesAble SeamanADM188/398
via WW1 Lives at Sea
9th February 191731st March 1918Maidstone (C 3)Able SeamanADM188/398
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st April 191816th June 1918MaidstoneAble SeamanADM188/398
via WW1 Lives at Sea
17th June 191822nd July 1918Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/398
via WW1 Lives at Sea
23rd July 19181st September 1918DefianceAble SeamanADM188/398
via WW1 Lives at Sea
2nd September 191831st October 1918ArgusAble SeamanADM188/398
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st November 191820th January 1919ArgusLeading SeamanADM188/398
via WW1 Lives at Sea
21st January 19198th March 1919Vivid ILeading SeamanADM188/398
via WW1 Lives at Sea
28th May 191910th June 1919Vivid ILeading SeamanADM188/398
via WW1 Lives at Sea
11th June 191924th August 1919DefianceLeading SeamanADM188/398
via WW1 Lives at Sea
25th August 191914th April 1921AmbroseLeading SeamanADM188/398
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th April 192114th November 1921AmbrosePetty OfficerADM188/398
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th November 192115th March 1922Vivid IPetty OfficerADM188/398
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th March 19223rd April 1922DefiancePetty OfficerADM188/398
via WW1 Lives at Sea
4th April 192217th August 1922Vivid II (Emperor of India)Petty OfficerADM188/398
via WW1 Lives at Sea
18th August 192215th October 1922Vivid IPetty OfficerADM188/398
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th October 19226th December 1922VindictivePetty OfficerADM188/398
via WW1 Lives at Sea
7th December 192218th September 1923TamarPetty OfficerADM188/398
via WW1 Lives at Sea
19th September 19234th August 1924Tamar (Cicala)Petty OfficerADM188/398
via WW1 Lives at Sea
5th August 192419th December 1924TamarPetty OfficerADM188/398
via WW1 Lives at Sea
20th December 192416th March 1925Vivid IPetty OfficerADM188/398
via WW1 Lives at Sea
17th March 19257th April 1925DefiancePetty OfficerADM188/398
via WW1 Lives at Sea
8th April 192531st December 1925Woolwich (Sylph)Petty OfficerADM188/398
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st January 19265th January 1926Vivid IPetty OfficerADM188/398
via WW1 Lives at Sea
6th January 192621st October 1926Hood (Snapdragon)Petty OfficerADM188/398
via WW1 Lives at Sea
22nd October 192612th November 1926Vivid IPetty OfficerADM188/398
via WW1 Lives at Sea
13th November 192625th January 1927Hood (Snapdragon)Petty OfficerADM188/398
via WW1 Lives at Sea
26th January 192724th March 1927Vivid IPetty OfficerADM188/398
via WW1 Lives at Sea
25th March 192726th April 1927DefiancePetty OfficerADM188/398
via WW1 Lives at Sea
27th April 192719th October 1927Vivid II (Sparrowhawk)Petty OfficerADM188/398
via WW1 Lives at Sea
20th October 192711th November 1927DefiancePetty OfficerADM188/398
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)
ADM188/398 via WW1 Lives at Sea