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Revision as of 16:58, 10 May 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]

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.

Bibliography

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

Service Records


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