Photos & Graphics of H.M.S. Hood
The Smyth Photo Collection
Updated 12-Apr-2022

The following photographs were sent in to the site by Willie Smyth of Australia. They are from the collection of his father, Cyril Fernley Smyth. Cyril served aboard Hood as a steward in the early to mid 1920s. He collected the following items during the famous Empire Cruise of the Special Service Squadron in 1923-1924.

Important Notice: These photos may not be republished or reposted elsewhere in any format without the express permission of the the Smyth family.

Above- A Crossing the Line Certificate

Above- A Special Service Squadron Menu from 1923 or 1924

Above- Crewmen aboard Hood, summer 1924. They are sitting on the starboard side of the Shelter Deck, abreast the after superstructure.

Above- Steward Cyril Fernley Smyth aboard Hood during 1924. He is wearing his far east naval white uniform.

Above- Hood off Hawaii in June 924.

Above- Hood at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in June or July 1924.

Above- Special Service Squadron officers (to include RADM Brand and VADM Field) at Vancouver in June or July 1924.

Above- Hood at San Francisco, California, USA in July 1924.

Above- Hood tied up at San Francisco in July 1924.

Above- VADM Sir Frederick Laurence Field aboard H.M.S. Hood, 1924.