-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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Frederick William Godfrey

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Date of birth: 17th June 1885
Place of birth: Torquay, Devon, England
Previous occupation: Fisher Lad
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Stoker 1st Class
Service Number: 224580
Joined Hood: 15th May 1923 (Stoker 1st Class)
Left Hood: 30th August 1925 (Stoker 1st Class)







Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.



History of ships served in and ratings held:


Date FromDate toShipRatingSource
5th January 19035th April 1903NorthamptonBoy 2nd ClassADM188/396
via WW1 Lives at Sea
6th April 190321st April 1903[...]Boy 1st ClassADM188/396
via WW1 Lives at Sea
22nd April 19034th July 1903CleopatraBoy 1st ClassADM188/396
via WW1 Lives at Sea
5th July 190314th August 1903CleopatraOrdinary SeamanADM188/396
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th August 190313th October 1903Vivid IOrdinary SeamanADM188/396
via WW1 Lives at Sea
14th October 19039th March 1904MedusaOrdinary SeamanADM188/396
via WW1 Lives at Sea
10th March 190431st March 1904MedusaAble SeamanADM188/396
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st April 19048th June 1904Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/396
via WW1 Lives at Sea
9th June 19047th September 1905MinervaAble SeamanADM188/396
via WW1 Lives at Sea
8th September 190531st March 1906Prince of WalesStoker 2nd classADM188/396
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st April 190628th May 1906Prince of WalesStokerADM188/396
via WW1 Lives at Sea
29th May 190630th June 1906Vivid IIStokerADM188/396
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st July 190620th August 1906Vivid IIStoker 1st classADM188/396
via WW1 Lives at Sea
21st August 190626th June 1907BlakeStoker 1st classADM188/396
via WW1 Lives at Sea
27th June 190718th May 1908LeanderStoker 1st classADM188/396
via WW1 Lives at Sea
19th May 190818th February 1909Sapphire IIStoker 1st classADM188/396
via WW1 Lives at Sea
19th February 19092nd June 1909Sapphire IIActing Leading StokerADM188/396
via WW1 Lives at Sea
3rd June 19097th April 1910BlakeActing Leading StokerADM188/396
via WW1 Lives at Sea
8th April 191013th May 1910VividActing Leading StokerADM188/396
via WW1 Lives at Sea
14th May 19103rd June 1910IndusActing Leading StokerADM188/396
via WW1 Lives at Sea
4th June 19104th June 1910IndusStoker 1st classADM188/396
via WW1 Lives at Sea
5th June 191031st January 1911Vivid IIStoker 1st classADM188/396
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st February 191122nd February 1911BellerophonStoker 1st classADM188/396
via WW1 Lives at Sea
26th February 191111th May 1911BellerophonStoker 1st classADM188/396
via WW1 Lives at Sea
19th May 19111st August 1911BellerophonStoker 1st classADM188/396
via WW1 Lives at Sea
7th August 191114th August 1911BellerophonStoker 1st classADM188/396
via WW1 Lives at Sea
18th August 191122nd September 1912BellerophonStoker 1st classADM188/396
via WW1 Lives at Sea
30th September 191231st March 1913BellerophonStoker 1st classADM188/396
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st April 191330th May 1913Vivid IStoker 1st classADM188/396
via WW1 Lives at Sea
31st May 191316th June 1913CaesarStoker 1st classADM188/396
via WW1 Lives at Sea
8th July 191315th October 1913Vivid IIStoker 1st classADM188/396
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th October 19132nd January 1914AjaxStoker 1st classADM188/396
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th March 191429th July 1914Vivid IIStoker 1st classADM188/396
via WW1 Lives at Sea
30th July 191428th February 1915Blake (Goldfinch)Stoker 1st classADM188/396
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st March 191510th May 1915Vivid IIStoker 1st classADM188/396
via WW1 Lives at Sea
11th May 19158th December 1915Blake (Rifleman)Stoker 1st classADM188/396
via WW1 Lives at Sea
9th December 191528th February 1917Diligence (Mindful)Stoker 1st classADM188/396
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st March 191719th March 1917Diligence (Mindful)Acting Leading StokerADM188/396
via WW1 Lives at Sea
20th March 191731st May 1918Diligence (Mindful)Stoker 1st classADM188/396
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st June 191829th August 1918Hecla (Mindful)Stoker 1st classADM188/396
via WW1 Lives at Sea
13th September 191820th December 1918Hecla (Mindful)Stoker 1st classADM188/396
via WW1 Lives at Sea
21st December 191824th February 1919Vivid IIStoker 1st classADM188/396
via WW1 Lives at Sea
25th February 191914th October 1919Apollo (Mindful)Stoker 1st classADM188/396
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th October 191915th November 1919Vivid IIStoker 1st classADM188/396
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th November 19192nd February 1920Apollo (Mindful)Stoker 1st classADM188/396
via WW1 Lives at Sea
3rd February 192014th October 1920Woolwich (Mindful)Stoker 1st classADM188/396
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th October 192021st January 1921Vivid IIStoker 1st classADM188/396
via WW1 Lives at Sea
22nd January 192131st January 1922Colleen (Salmon)Stoker 1st classADM188/396
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st February 192231st March 1923Woolwich (Salmon)Stoker 1st classADM188/396
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st April 192314th May 1923Vivid IIStoker 1st classADM188/396
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th May 192330th August 1925HoodStoker 1st classADM188/396
via WW1 Lives at Sea
31st August 192525th October 1925Vivid IIStoker 1st classADM188/396
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: ADM363/194(Ancestry)