-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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Alexander Porter

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Date of birth: 19th October 1890
Place of birth: Londonderry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Previous occupation: Messenger Boy
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Petty Officer
Service Number: 238142
Joined Hood: 15th April 1920 (Petty Officer)
Left Hood: 14th November 1920 (Petty Officer)







Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.



History of ships served in and ratings held:


Date FromDate toShipRatingSource
7th January 190712th January 1907EmeraldBoy 2nd ClassADM188/423
via WW1 Lives at Sea
13th January 19075th September 1907ImpregnableBoy 2nd ClassADM188/423
via WW1 Lives at Sea
6th September 190720th January 1908ImpregnableBoy 1st ClassADM188/423
via WW1 Lives at Sea
21st January 19089th May 1908HogueBoy 1st ClassADM188/423
via WW1 Lives at Sea
10th May 190823rd May 1908Vivid IBoy 1st ClassADM188/423
via WW1 Lives at Sea
24th May 190819th June 1908IsisBoy 1st ClassADM188/423
via WW1 Lives at Sea
20th June 190830th September 1908GibraltarBoy 1st ClassADM188/423
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st October 190818th October 1908PrometheusBoy 1st ClassADM188/423
via WW1 Lives at Sea
19th October 190817th July 1909PrometheusOrdinary SeamanADM188/423
via WW1 Lives at Sea
18th July 19098th December 1910PrometheusAble SeamanADM188/423
via WW1 Lives at Sea
9th December 191010th March 1911GibraltarAble SeamanADM188/423
via WW1 Lives at Sea
11th March 191121st April 1911Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/423
via WW1 Lives at Sea
22nd April 191126th May 1911RamilliesAble SeamanADM188/423
via WW1 Lives at Sea
27th May 191114th November 1911Royal OakAble SeamanADM188/423
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th November 19118th December 1911Empress of IndiaAble SeamanADM188/423
via WW1 Lives at Sea
9th December 191110th January 1912Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/423
via WW1 Lives at Sea
11th January 191220th January 1914CornwallAble SeamanADM188/423
via WW1 Lives at Sea
21st January 19149th May 1914Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/423
via WW1 Lives at Sea
10th May 19141st August 1914DefianceAble SeamanADM188/423
via WW1 Lives at Sea
2nd August 19142nd April 1915DorisAble SeamanADM188/423
via WW1 Lives at Sea
3rd April 191515th January 1917DorisLeading SeamanADM188/423
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th January 191731st March 1917Vivid ILeading SeamanADM188/423
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st April 19177th June 1917DefianceLeading SeamanADM188/423
via WW1 Lives at Sea
8th June 191722nd May 1918CassandraLeading SeamanADM188/423
via WW1 Lives at Sea
23rd May 191828th August 1918CassandraPetty OfficerADM188/423
via WW1 Lives at Sea
29th August 191831st August 1918VividPetty OfficerADM188/423
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st September 191824th October 1918DefiancePetty OfficerADM188/423
via WW1 Lives at Sea
25th October 191812th August 1919BerwickPetty OfficerADM188/423
via WW1 Lives at Sea
13th August 191914th April 1920Vivid IPetty OfficerADM188/423
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th April 192014th November 1920HoodPetty OfficerADM188/423
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th November 192013th June 1922DefiancePetty OfficerADM188/423
via WW1 Lives at Sea
14th June 192215th November 1923ValiantPetty OfficerADM188/423
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th November 192323rd November 1923Vivid IPetty OfficerADM188/423
via WW1 Lives at Sea
24th November 192331st August 1924ImpregnablePetty OfficerADM188/423
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st September 192423rd September 1924Vivid IPetty OfficerADM188/423
via WW1 Lives at Sea
24th September 19241st June 1925Queen ElizabethPetty OfficerADM188/423
via WW1 Lives at Sea
2nd June 19257th October 1925Vivid IPetty OfficerADM188/423
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)
ADM188/423 via WW1 Lives at Sea