-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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Sydney James Gribble

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Date of birth: 20th November 1885
Place of birth: Exeter, Devon, England
Previous occupation: Labourer
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Petty Officer
Service Number: 220170
Joined Hood: 31st August 1921 (Petty Officer)
Left Hood: 31st October 1921 (Petty Officer)







Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.



History of ships served in and ratings held:


Date FromDate toShipRatingSource
2nd April 190228th January 1903ImpregnableBoy 2nd ClassADM188/387
via WW1 Lives at Sea
29th January 190328th August 1903ImpregnableBoy 1st ClassADM188/387
via WW1 Lives at Sea
29th August 19039th November 1903AgincourtBoy 1st ClassADM188/387
via WW1 Lives at Sea
10th November 190319th November 1903ImplacableBoy 1st ClassADM188/387
via WW1 Lives at Sea
20th November 19034th July 1905ImplacableOrdinary SeamanADM188/387
via WW1 Lives at Sea
5th July 19059th July 1906ImplacableAble SeamanADM188/387
via WW1 Lives at Sea
10th July 190615th September 1906Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/387
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th September 190622nd April 1907CambridgeAble SeamanADM188/387
via WW1 Lives at Sea
23rd April 190726th April 1907Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/387
via WW1 Lives at Sea
27th April 190714th May 1907IsisAble SeamanADM188/387
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th May 19075th January 1909TheseusAble SeamanADM188/387
via WW1 Lives at Sea
6th January 190931st August 1910HiberniaAble SeamanADM188/387
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st September 191011th January 1911HiberniaLeading SeamanADM188/387
via WW1 Lives at Sea
12th January 191130th January 1911Vivid ILeading SeamanADM188/387
via WW1 Lives at Sea
31st January 19119th October 1911LeanderLeading SeamanADM188/387
via WW1 Lives at Sea
10th October 19113rd March 1912Vivid ILeading SeamanADM188/387
via WW1 Lives at Sea
4th March 191211th April 1912EuropaLeading SeamanADM188/387
via WW1 Lives at Sea
10th April 19121st January 1914MonmouthLeading SeamanADM188/387
via WW1 Lives at Sea
2nd January 191413th August 1914Vivid ILeading SeamanADM188/387
via WW1 Lives at Sea
14th August 191431st January 1917ErinLeading SeamanADM188/387
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st February 19172nd March 1918ErinPetty OfficerADM188/387
via WW1 Lives at Sea
3rd March 19186th May 1919Vivid IPetty OfficerADM188/387
via WW1 Lives at Sea
7th May 191925th November 1920AfrikanderPetty OfficerADM188/387
via WW1 Lives at Sea
26th November 192030th August 1921Vivid IPetty OfficerADM188/387
via WW1 Lives at Sea
31st August 192131st October 1921HoodPetty OfficerADM188/387
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st November 192114th November 1921Vivid IPetty OfficerADM188/387
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th November 192110th October 1922Afrikander (Crozier)Petty OfficerADM188/387
via WW1 Lives at Sea
11th October 192214th November 1924Afrikander (Protea)Petty OfficerADM188/387
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th November 19241st April 1925Afrikander (Protea)Acting Chief Petty OfficerADM188/387
via WW1 Lives at Sea
2nd April 192519th November 1925Afrikander (Protea)Chief Petty OfficerADM188/387
via WW1 Lives at Sea
29th September 19384th October 1938AfrikanderChief Petty OfficerADM188/387
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: ADM363/190(Ancestry)