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Revision as of 22:03, 8 August 2014

Admiral Ronald Arthur Hopwood, C.B., Royal Navy, Retired (7 December, 1858 – 28 December, 1949) was an officer of the Royal Navy and also a writer and poet of some distinction.

Life & Career

Hopwood assumed command of the destroyer Grafton in January 1909.[1]

He was appointed to command the battleship Prince of Wales on 20 November, 1910.[2]

He was made captain of Hercules in December of 1911,[3] and then was appointing in command of the first class protected cruiser Gibraltar on 20 January, 1913.[4]

He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on the Retired List on 31 July, 1924,[5] and advanced to Admiral on the Retired List on 22 February, 1928.[6]

Bibliography

  • "Adml. R. A. Hopwood" (Obituaries). The Times. Thursday, 16 May, 1946. Issue 50453, col E, p. 7.

Service Records


 

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  2. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 21 November, 1910. Issue 39435, col F, p. 8.
  3. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  4. ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 319.
  5. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 32962. p. 5889. 5 August, 1924.
  6. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33362. p. 1494. 2 March, 1928.
  7. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  8. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 21 November, 1910. Issue 39435, col F, p. 8.
  9. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 319.
  11. ↑ Hopwood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 16.

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