-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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Francis Richard Harfoot

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Date of birth: 25th March 1890
Place of birth: St Germans, Cornwall, England
Previous occupation: Mason's Labourer
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Able Seaman
Service Number: 239174
Joined Hood: 28th August 1928 (Able Seaman)
Left Hood: 1st January 1929 (Able Seaman)







Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.



History of ships served in and ratings held:


Date FromDate toShipRatingSource
19th August 190715th November 1907Ganges IIBoy 2nd ClassADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th November 190718th November 1907LondonBoy 2nd ClassADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
19th November 190724th March 1908LondonBoy 1st ClassADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
25th March 190831st March 1908LondonOrdinary SeamanADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st April 190813th October 1909MinotaurOrdinary SeamanADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
14th October 19093rd January 1910MinotaurAble SeamanADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
4th January 19103rd May 1910Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
4th May 191015th March 1911TemeraireAble SeamanADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
21st March 19112nd May 1912TemeraireAble SeamanADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
3rd May 191217th May 1912Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
18th May 191214th January 1914Vivid IIAble SeamanADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th January 19143rd March 1914DorisAble SeamanADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
4th March 19145th August 1914ThistleAble SeamanADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
6th August 191431st March 1915TriumphAble SeamanADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st April 191530th June 1915OsirisAble SeamanADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st July 191519th January 1916[...]Able SeamanADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
20th January 191614th March 1916Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th March 191631st March 1919GloucesterAble SeamanADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st April 191930th June 1919Bellona (Gloucester)Able SeamanADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st July 191910th February 1920Colossus (Gloucester)Able SeamanADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
11th February 192027th July 1920Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
6th October 192120th March 1922Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
21st March 192223rd August 1923Columbine (Vansittart)Able SeamanADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
24th August 19237th October 1923Vivid II (Vansittart)Able SeamanADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
8th October 192331st March 1924Diligence (Vansittart)Able SeamanADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st April 192431st October 1925Sandhurst (Vansittart)Able SeamanADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st November 192515th March 1926Egmont II (Vansittart)Able SeamanADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th March 192631st March 1926Vivid II (Vansittart)Able SeamanADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st April 192627th August 1928Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
28th August 19281st January 1929HoodAble SeamanADM188/425
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)
ADM188/425 via WW1 Lives at Sea