-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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Arthur Heal

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Date of birth: 29th July 1897
Place of birth: Culmstock, Devon, England
Previous occupation: Driver
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Able Seaman
Service Number: J28132
Joined Hood: 29th August 1925 (Able Seaman)
Left Hood: 27th August 1928 (Able Seaman)







Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.



History of ships served in and ratings held:


Date FromDate toShipRatingSource
14th October 191322nd October 1913ImpregnableBoy 2nd ClassADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
23rd October 191324th May 1914RescourcefulBoy 2nd ClassADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
25th May 191424th June 1914ResourcefulBoy 1st ClassADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
25th June 19141st August 1914EdgarBoy 1st ClassADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
2nd August 19144th September 1914Vivid IBoy 1st ClassADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
5th September 191428th July 1915AuroraBoy 1st ClassADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
29th July 191525th April 1917AuroraOrdinary SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
26th April 19171st August 1917AuroraAble SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
2nd August 19171st October 1917Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
2nd October 19172nd June 1919DianaAble SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
3rd June 19194th August 1919Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
5th August 191921st December 1919Sandhurst (Vidette)Able SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st January 192030th September 1921Columbine (Vidette)Able SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st October 19213rd March 1922Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
4th March 192230th June 1922HarebellAble SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st July 19227th April 1924Victory XI (Harebell)Able SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
8th April 192426th May 1924Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
27th May 19249th March 1925ThundererAble SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
10th March 192531st July 1925DefianceAble SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st August 192528th August 1925Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
29th August 192527th August 1928HoodAble SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
28th August 19281st January 1929DefianceAble SeamanADM188/703
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)
Service Record: ADM363/97(Ancestry)