-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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David John Collins

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Date of birth: 19 March 1899
Place of birth: Stanmore, Middlesex, England
Previous occupation: Theatre Attendant
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Stoker 1st Class
Service Number: K 57178
Joined Hood: 15th May 1923 (Stoker 1st Class)
Left Hood: 4th November 1925 (Stoker 1st Class)







Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.



History of ships served in and ratings held:


Date FromDate toShipRatingSource
12th June 191917th August 1919Vivid IIActing Stoker 1st ClassADM188/975
18th August 191910th December 1919LeanderActing Stoker 1st ClassADM188/975
11th December 191917th December 1919LeanderStoker 1st ClassADM188/975
18th December 191926th April 1920Vivid IIStoker 1st ClassADM188/975
27th April 192014th September 1922CurlewStoker 1st ClassADM188/975
15th September 192214th May 1923Vivid IIStoker 1st ClassADM188/975
15th May 19234th November 1925HoodStoker 1st ClassADM188/975
5th November 192510th November 1925Vivid IIStoker 1st ClassADM188/975
11th November 192531st December 1925Woolwich (Tactician)Stoker 1st ClassADM188/975
1st January 192617th February 1926Douglas (Tactician)Stoker 1st ClassADM188/975
18th February 192630th April 1926Vivid IIStoker 1st ClassADM188/975
1st May 19263rd July 1926Thunderer (Erebus)Stoker 1st ClassADM188/975
4th July 19263rd February 1927Vivid IIStoker 1st ClassADM188/975
4th February 19275th April 1927YarmouthStoker 1st ClassADM188/975
6th April 192722nd April 1928Bee (Woodlark)Stoker 1st ClassADM188/975
23rd April 192830th April 1929Bee Gannet)Stoker 1st ClassADM188/975
1st May 19299th July 1929CarysfortStoker 1st ClassADM363/65
10th July 192910th September 1929Vivid II-VIStoker 1st ClassADM363/65
11th September 192915th October 1929LowestoftStoker 1st ClassADM363/65
16th October 19296th January 1930Vivid II-VIStoker 1st ClassADM363/65
7th January 193011th April 1932RodneyStoker 1st ClassADM363/65
12th April 193227th January 1933DefianceStoker 1st ClassADM363/65
28th January 193314th April 1936Queen ElizabethStoker 1st ClassADM363/65
15th April 193617th April 1936Drake IIStoker 1st ClassADM363/65
18th April 193626th May 1936Caledon (Eagle)Stoker 1st ClassADM363/65
27th May 19363rd June 1936Drake IIStoker 1st ClassADM363/65
4th June 193630th September 1937Boscawen (Niger)Stoker 1st ClassADM363/65
1st October 193716th January 1939Drake IIStoker 1st ClassADM363/65
17th January 193928th July 1939RepulseStoker 1st ClassADM363/65
29th July 19394th November 1939Drake IIStoker 1st ClassADM363/65
5th November 19395th November 1939PensionedStoker 1st ClassADM363/65
6th November 193928th November 1939Drake IIStoker 1st ClassADM363/65
29th November 193911th October 1940ValiantStoker 1st ClassADM363/65
12th October 194031st March 1941Drake IV (Ludlow)Stoker 1st ClassADM363/65
1st April 194131st May 1941Cochrane II (Ludlow)Stoker 1st ClassADM363/65
1st June 19411st July 1941Drake IIStoker 1st ClassADM363/65
2nd July 19411st July 1941Spartiate (Duke of York)Stoker 1st ClassADM363/65
2nd July 194119th April 1942Duke of YorkStoker 1st ClassADM363/65
20th April 1942InvalidedStoker 1st ClassADM363/65

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 - National Archives ADM 188/975
The Empire Cruise by VC Scott O'Connor