-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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Robert James Hoy

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Date of birth: 1st January 1888
Place of birth: Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland
Previous occupation: Mark boy in shipyard
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Yeoman of Signals
Service Number: 226231
Joined Hood: 24th May 1923 (Yeoman of Signals)
Left Hood: 26th November 1923 (Yeoman of Signals)







Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.



History of ships served in and ratings held:


Date FromDate toShipRatingSource
13th May 19039th December 1903CaledoniaBoy 2nd ClassADM188/399
via WW1 Lives at Sea
10th December 19031st September 1904CaledoniaBoy 1st ClassADM188/399
via WW1 Lives at Sea
2nd September 19041st December 1904PembrokeBoy 1st Class (Signals)ADM188/399
via WW1 Lives at Sea
2nd December 190431st December 1905DianaBoy 1st Class (Signals)ADM188/399
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st January 19065th November 1906DianaSignalmanADM188/399
via WW1 Lives at Sea
6th November 19066th February 1907Vivid ISignalmanADM188/399
via WW1 Lives at Sea
7th February 190715th February 1907Vivid IQualified SignalmanADM188/399
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th February 190726th June 1907BlakeQualified SignalmanADM188/399
via WW1 Lives at Sea
27th June 190730th September 1907LeanderQualified SignalmanADM188/399
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st October 190710th December 1907LeanderSignalmanADM188/399
via WW1 Lives at Sea
11th December 190717th January 1908Vivid ISignalmanADM188/399
via WW1 Lives at Sea
18th January 190824th February 1908AmphitriteSignalmanADM188/399
via WW1 Lives at Sea
25th February 190822nd April 1908MonmouthSignalmanADM188/399
via WW1 Lives at Sea
23rd April 190811th May 1908RobinSignalmanADM188/399
via WW1 Lives at Sea
12th May 19088th September 1908MonmouthSignalmanADM188/399
via WW1 Lives at Sea
9th September 190829th July 1909KentSignalmanADM188/399
via WW1 Lives at Sea
30th July 190930th September 1909King AlfredSignalmanADM188/399
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st October 190931st March 1910TamarSignalmanADM188/399
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st April 19109th May 1910MinotaurSignalmanADM188/399
via WW1 Lives at Sea
10th May 191020th May 1910KentSignalmanADM188/399
via WW1 Lives at Sea
21st May 191030th January 1911Vivid ISignalmanADM188/399
via WW1 Lives at Sea
31st January 191110th February 1911TalbotSignalmanADM188/399
via WW1 Lives at Sea
11th February 191130th June 1912OrontesSignalmanADM188/399
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st July 19129th March 1913EgmontSignalmanADM188/399
via WW1 Lives at Sea
10th March 191331st May 1913EgmontLeading SignalmanADM188/399
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st June 191314th November 1913Vivid ILeading SignalmanADM188/399
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th November 19132nd March 1914GibraltarLeading SignalmanADM188/399
via WW1 Lives at Sea
3rd March 191415th June 1914Vivid ILeading SignalmanADM188/399
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th June 191431st May 1916MarlboroughLeading SignalmanADM188/399
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st June 19165th August 1916Royal OakLeading SignalmanADM188/399
via WW1 Lives at Sea
6th August 191630th June 1917MarlboroughLeading SignalmanADM188/399
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st July 19178th August 1917Vivid ILeading SignalmanADM188/399
via WW1 Lives at Sea
9th August 19178th December 1917CandytuftLeading SignalmanADM188/399
via WW1 Lives at Sea
9th December 191711th July 1918Vivid ILeading SignalmanADM188/399
via WW1 Lives at Sea
12th July 191830th July 1918KentLeading SignalmanADM188/399
via WW1 Lives at Sea
31st July 19187th August 1919KentYeoman of SignalsADM188/399
via WW1 Lives at Sea
8th August 19195th October 1920Vivid IYeoman of SignalsADM188/399
via WW1 Lives at Sea
6th October 192015th May 1922ValiantYeoman of SignalsADM188/399
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th May 192217th May 1922Vivid IYeoman of SignalsADM188/399
via WW1 Lives at Sea
18th May 192213th August 1922Victory IYeoman of SignalsADM188/399
via WW1 Lives at Sea
14th August 192217th August 1922Vivid IYeoman of SignalsADM188/399
via WW1 Lives at Sea
18th August 192223rd May 1923GangesYeoman of SignalsADM188/399
via WW1 Lives at Sea
24th May 192326th November 1923HoodYeoman of SignalsADM188/399
via WW1 Lives at Sea
27th November 19235th June 1924Vivid IYeoman of SignalsADM188/399
via WW1 Lives at Sea
6th June 192430th September 1924Columbine (Malcolm)Yeoman of SignalsADM188/399
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st October 19249th February 1925Greenwich (Malcolm)Yeoman of SignalsADM188/399
via WW1 Lives at Sea
10th February 192531st October 1925Greenwich (Montrose)Yeoman of SignalsADM188/399
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st November 192511th December 1926Egmont II (Montrose)Yeoman of SignalsADM188/399
via WW1 Lives at Sea
12th December 19262nd January 1927Vivid II (Montrose)Yeoman of SignalsADM188/399
via WW1 Lives at Sea
3rd January 192725th March 1927Vivid IYeoman of SignalsADM188/399
via WW1 Lives at Sea
26th March 192731st December 1927Vivid IChief Yeoman of SignalsADM188/399
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)
ADM188/399 via WW1 Lives at Sea