-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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Charles Henry Cook

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Date of birth: 1st August 1897
Place of birth: Plymouth, Devon, England
Previous occupation: Engine Turner
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: ERA 2nd Class
Service Number: M25149
Joined Hood: 15th May 1923 (ERA 3rd Class)
Left Hood: 4th November 1925 (ERA 2nd Class)







Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.



History of ships served in and ratings held:


Date FromDate toShipRatingSource
13th February 191730th April 1917Vivid IIEngine Room Artificer 5th ClassADM188/1068
1st May 191713th February 1918Duke of EdinburghEngine Room Artificer 5th ClassADM188/1068
14th February 19183rd August 1918Duke of EdinburghActing Engine Room Artificer 4th ClassADM188/1068
4th August 19186th October 1918Vivid IIActing Engine Room Artificer 4th ClassADM188/1068
7th October 191811th February 1919Vivid IIEngine Room Artificer 4th ClassADM188/1068
12th February 191924th February 1919Vivid II (Ossary)Engine Room Artificer 4th ClassADM188/1068
25th February 19195th May 1919Apollo (Ossary)Engine Room Artificer 4th ClassADM188/1068
6th May 19198th July 1919Vivid IIEngine Room Artificer 4th ClassADM188/1068
9th July 191929th August 1919AmbroseEngine Room Artificer 4th ClassADM188/1068
30th August 191922nd October 1919Vivid IEngine Room Artificer 4th ClassADM188/1068
23rd October 19193rd January 1921LuciaEngine Room Artificer 4th ClassADM188/1068
4th January 19214th March 1921Vivid IIEngine Room Artificer 4th ClassADM188/1068
5th March 19217th August 1921Cormorant (Rowenna)Engine Room Artificer 4th ClassADM188/1068
8th August 192110th February 1922Cormorant (Rowenna)Engine Room Artificer 3rd ClassADM188/1068
11th February 19227th March 1922Woolwich (Rowenna)Engine Room Artificer 3rd ClassADM188/1068
8th March 192214th May 1923Vivid IIEngine Room Artificer 3rd ClassADM188/1068
15th May 192313th February 1925HoodEngine Room Artificer 3rd ClassADM188/1068
14th February 19254th November 1925HoodEngine Room Artificer 2nd ClassADM188/1068
5th November 192514th January 1926Vivid IIEngine Room Artificer 2nd ClassADM188/1068
15th January 192630th August 1928EmeraldEngine Room Artificer 2nd ClassADM188/1068
31st August 192811th September 1928Vivid IIEngine Room Artificer 2nd ClassADM188/1068
12th September 192831st January 1929Carysfort (Erebus)Engine Room Artificer 2nd ClassADM188/1068
1st February 192923rd September 1929Pegasus (Erebus)Engine Room Artificer 2nd ClassADM363/234
24th September 192925th November 1930Vivid II-IVEngine Room Artificer 2nd ClassADM363/234
14th February 193020th May 1932DelhiEngine Room Artificer 1st ClassADM363/234
26th November 193013th February 1930DelhiEngine Room Artificer 2nd ClassADM363/234
21st May 19324th July 1932Vivid IIEngine Room Artificer 1st ClassADM363/234
5th July 19329th January 1933AdventureEngine Room Artificer 1st ClassADM363/234
10th January 193331st March 1933Vivid IIEngine Room Artificer 1st ClassADM363/234
1st April 193320th December 1933BeaufortEngine Room Artificer 1st ClassADM363/234
21st December 193331st December 1933Vivid II (Beaufort)Engine Room Artificer 1st ClassADM363/234
1st January 193421st March 1934Drake II (Beaufort)Engine Room Artificer 1st ClassADM363/234
22nd March 19343rd December 1934BeaufortEngine Room Artificer 1st ClassADM363/234
4th December 193416th January 1935Drake II (Beaufort)Engine Room Artificer 1st ClassADM363/234
17th January 19354th February 1935Drake II (Beaufort)Acting Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd ClassADM363/234
5th February 19351st April 1935Drake IIActing Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd ClassADM363/234
2nd April 19356th January 1936DorsetshireActing Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd ClassADM363/234
7th January 193614th June 1937DorsetshireChief Engine Room Artificer 2nd ClassADM363/234
15th June 193728th June 1937Drake IIChief Engine Room Artificer 2nd ClassADM363/234
29th June 193712th February 1939OspreyChief Engine Room Artificer 2nd ClassADM363/234
13th February 193930th July 1939PensionedChief Engine Room Artificer 2nd ClassADM363/234
31st July 19392nd September 1939Drake IV (Montrose)Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd ClassADM363/234
3rd September 19395th September 1939Drake IIChief Engine Room Artificer 2nd ClassADM363/234
6th September 193931st December 1939Spartiate (Fortitude)Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd ClassADM363/234
1st January 194011th April 1940FortitudeChief Engine Room Artificer 2nd ClassADM363/234
12th April 19403rd May 1940Drake IChief Engine Room Artificer 2nd ClassADM363/234
4th May 19409th June 1941IllustriousChief Engine Room Artificer 2nd ClassADM363/234
10th June 19417th August 1941MalayaChief Engine Room Artificer 2nd ClassADM363/234
8th August 194126th November 1941Drake IIChief Engine Room Artificer 2nd ClassADM363/234
27th November 194112th April 1944CalliopeChief Engine Room Artificer 2nd ClassADM363/234
13th April 1944Temporary Acting Warrant EngineerADM363/234

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: ADM/363/234(Ancestry)