-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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Reginald George Hammett

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Date of birth: 23rd February 1898
Place of birth: Plymstock, Devon, England
Previous occupation: Greenwich School Boy
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Able Seaman
Service Number: J27449
Joined Hood: 15th May 1923 (Able Seaman)
Left Hood: 6th January 1936 (Able Seaman)







Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.



History of ships served in and ratings held:


Date FromDate toShipRatingSource
12th September 191322nd June 1914GangesBoy 2nd ClassADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
23rd June 191423rd June 1914GangesBoy 1st ClassADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
24th June 19149th December 1914GraftonBoy 1st ClassADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
10th December 19148th January 1915Vivid IBoy 1st ClassADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
9th January 191522nd February 1916Princess RoyalBoy 1st ClassADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
23rd February 191631st January 1917Princess RoyalOrdinary SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st February 191715th May 1919Princess RoyalAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th May 191914th January 1920Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th January 192022nd May 1922Columbine (Valhalla)Able SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
23rd May 19229th June 1922Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
10th June 192217th April 1923GloriousAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
18th April 192314th May 1923Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th May 19236th January 1926HoodAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
7th January 19269th July 1926Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
10th July 192619th July 1926Impregnable (King George V)Able SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
20th July 192631st August 1926Thunderer (King George V)Able SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st September 19261st December 1926Erebus (King George V)Able SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
2nd December 19265th January 1927Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
6th January 19277th February 1927Pembroke II (Seraph)Able SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
8th February 19271st January 1929Tamar II (Seraph)Able SeamanADM188/701
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)
The Empire Cruise by VC Scott O'Connor
Service Record: ADM363/95(Ancestry)