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

  1. The Navy List (March, 1913), p. 334.
  2. The Navy List (January, 1915). p. 38aa.
  3. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 44.
  4. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 909.
  5. The Monthly Navy List, (December 1920). p. 866.

Bibliography

Service Records