Michael Henry Hodges

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Admiral Michael Henry Hodges, K.C.B., C.M.G., M.V.O., (29 September 1874 – 3 November 1951) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Hodges was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1908.

In July 1910, he relieved Spencer Allen Hickley in command of the second class protected cruiser Doris.[1]

On 8 December 1911, he was appointed in command of the heavy cruiser Cornwall.[2]

He was appointed in command of the battlecruiser Indomitable on 7 June, 1916,[3] and as her new commander signed the report of her gunnery officer, Lieutenant Commander (G) Lachlan Mackinnon from the Battle of Jutland.[4]

He was appointed in command of the battlecruiser Renown on 13 August, 1917.[5]

Postwar

He was appointed Second Sea Lord on 16 August, 1927.[6]

He retired on 23 September, 1932.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  2. The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 296.
  3. The Navy List (December, 1916). p. 395j.
  4. Beatty Papers at National Maritime Museum's Caird Library (BTY 6/6), item 3.
  5. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 471.
  6. The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 119.

Bibliography

  • "Adml. Sir Michael Hodges" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 5 November, 1951. Issue 522150, col F, p. 6.

Service Records


Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Hugh J. Tweedie
Rear-Admiral (D) Commanding Destroyer Flotillas of the Atlantic Fleet
1920 – 1922
Succeeded by
Arthur K. Waistell

Preceded by
Hugh D. R. Watson
Naval Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty
1923 – 1925
Succeeded by
The Hon. Sir Hubert G. Brand

Preceded by
Hugh D. R. Watson
Vice-Admiral Commanding, Third Battle Squadron and Second-in-Command, Mediterranean
1925 – 1926
Succeeded by
Francis H. Mitchell

Preceded by
Cecil M. Staveley
Vice-Admiral Commanding, First Battle Squadron and Second-in-Command, Mediterranean
1926 – 1927
Succeeded by
John D. Kelly

Preceded by
The Hon. Sir Hubert G. Brand
Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel
1927 – 1930
Succeeded by
Sir Cyril T. M. Fuller

Preceded by
Sir A. Ernle M. Chatfield
Commander-in-Chief,
Atlantic Fleet

1930 – 1931
Succeeded by
Sir John D. Kelly

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