Hugh Joseph Woodward

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Captain Hugh Joseph Woodward, D.S.O., R.N., (20 January, 1886 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Woodward's destroyer H.M.S. Sable was rammed in the Captain's cabin by squadron mate Salmon in 1917 when the destroyers were proceeding in fog at 20 knots. Woodward shouted to Salmon's captain Dawson that he should "keep your stem in the hole," but the ships separated. Both were able to return to Rosyth. Woodward able to save a signed photograph of Queen Alexandra from his demolished cabin, which he had obtained when serving in the Royal yacht as a Sub-Lieutenant. A Court of Inquiry apparently attached no blame to either commander. The incident is entirely unrecorded in one of Dawson's Service Records.[1][2]

Woodward was appointed in command of the destroyer Tumult on 5 November, 1918.[3]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
John Fawcett
Captain of H.M. T.B. 87
Dec, 1909[4]
Succeeded by
Stephen Phillimore
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. Lavender
21 Jul, 1915[5] – 16 Sep, 1916
Succeeded by
Thomas S. L. Dorman
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. Portia
6 Oct, 1916[6]
Succeeded by
Geoffrey N. Henson
Preceded by
Theodore E. J. Bigg
Captain of H.M.S. Sable
13 Jul, 1917[7]
Succeeded by
Edward B. Hoyle
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. Tumult
5 Nov, 1918[8]
Succeeded by
Richard Harter
Preceded by
Guy P. Bowles
Captain of H.M.S. Clematis
12 Jun, 1924[9]
Succeeded by
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Footnotes

  1. Dawson. Flotillas. pp. 199-201.
  2. Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 208.
  3. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 922.
  4. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 401.
  5. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 395j.
  6. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396o.
  7. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 397t.
  8. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 922.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 225.

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