Sydney Hopkins
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Sydney Hopkins ( – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Hopkins was appointed in command of the destroyer Itchen on 10 August, 1912.[1]
On 14 April, 1913, Hopkins was appointed in command of the destroyer Sparrowhawk.[2] He was her captain at the Battle of Jutland, when she was sunk in night fighting as part of the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla after colliding with flotilla leader H.M.S. Broke.[3] Hopkins survived and wrote her official report on the battle.
Hopkins was appointed in command of the destroyer Somme on 2 October, 1918.[4]
He was appointed in command of the second destroyer Sparrowhawk on 1 February, 1920.[5]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List (March, 1913), p. 334.
- ↑ The Navy List (January, 1915). p. 38aa.
- ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 44.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 909.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List, (December 1920). p. 866.
Bibliography
Service Records