-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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John Collins

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Date of birth: 12th September 1887
Place of birth: Plymouth, Devon, England
Previous occupation: Errand boy
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Able Seaman
Service Number: 224079
Joined Hood: 7th January 1926 (Able Seaman)
Left Hood: 28th August 1927 (Able Seaman)







Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.



History of ships served in and ratings held:


Date FromDate toShipRatingSource
8th January 190320th January 1903ImpregnableBoy 2nd ClassADM188/395
via WW1 Lives at Sea
21st January 19039th September 1903LionBoy 2nd ClassADM188/395
via WW1 Lives at Sea
10th September 190311th May 1904LionBoy 1st ClassADM188/395
via WW1 Lives at Sea
12th May 190414th June 1904BoscawenBoy 1st ClassADM188/395
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th June 190411th September 1905EssexBoy 1st ClassADM188/395
via WW1 Lives at Sea
12th September 190519th March 1906EssexOrdinary SeamanADM188/395
via WW1 Lives at Sea
20th March 190620th April 1906Vivid IOrdinary SeamanADM188/395
via WW1 Lives at Sea
21st April 190620th June 1906HyacinthOrdinary SeamanADM188/395
via WW1 Lives at Sea
21st June 19065th November 1906HyacinthAble SeamanADM188/395
via WW1 Lives at Sea
6th November 190616th November 1908DianaAble SeamanADM188/395
via WW1 Lives at Sea
17th November 190828th May 1909Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/395
via WW1 Lives at Sea
29th May 190918th April 1910MarsAble SeamanADM188/395
via WW1 Lives at Sea
19th April 191025th March 1912CollingwoodAble SeamanADM188/395
via WW1 Lives at Sea
26th March 191227th March 1913Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/395
via WW1 Lives at Sea
28th March 191324th October 1914FantomeAble SeamanADM188/395
via WW1 Lives at Sea
25th October 191431st March 1915Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/395
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st April 191519th May 1919WarspiteAble SeamanADM188/395
via WW1 Lives at Sea
17th June 19194th July 1919Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/395
via WW1 Lives at Sea
5th July 191917th October 1919ThundererAble SeamanADM188/395
via WW1 Lives at Sea
18th October 19194th December 1919ResolutionAble SeamanADM188/395
via WW1 Lives at Sea
26th July 192027th August 1920Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/395
via WW1 Lives at Sea
28th August 192028th April 1922Defiance (Sylph)Able SeamanADM188/395
via WW1 Lives at Sea
29th April 192210th June 1922Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/395
via WW1 Lives at Sea
11th June 192213th August 1924RevengeAble SeamanADM188/395
via WW1 Lives at Sea
14th August 19246th January 1926Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/395
via WW1 Lives at Sea
7th January 192628th August 1927HoodAble SeamanADM188/395
via WW1 Lives at Sea
29th August 192720th May 1928Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/395
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)
ADM188/395 via WW1 Lives at Sea