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Latest revision as of 11:14, 7 April 2022
Vice-Admiral Geoffrey Hopwood, C.B.E., R.N. (6 May, 1877 – 14 August, 1947) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Contents
Life & Career
Born the son of Reverend T. S. Hopwood in Loughton, Cheswick[?].
Hopwood was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 October, 1899.
Hopwood was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1912.
Hopwood was granted the rank of acting Captain on 21 July, 1917.
Hopwood was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1917.
Post-War
Hopwood was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 26 March, 1929.
His date of retirement is not clear in his service record, but perhaps 2 September of 1930.
Hopwood was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 11 February, 1934.
Hopwood was appointed in command of the battleship Glory on 30 October, 1918.[1]
See Also
Naval Appointments | ||
Preceded by Guy R. A. Gaunt |
Captain of H.M.S. Swiftsure 27 Aug, 1912[2] – 14 Feb, 1913 |
Succeeded by Arthur B. S. Dutton |
Preceded by John L. Pearson |
Captain of H.M.S. Glory 30 Oct, 1918[3] – 12 Mar, 1919 |
Succeeded by John F. Warton |
Preceded by William M. James |
Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence 20 Mar, 1920 – 31 Mar, 1922 |
Succeeded by Edward O. Cochrane |
Preceded by New Command |
Captain of H.M.S. Diomede 17 Apr, 1922[4] – Mar, 1925 |
Succeeded by Charles E. Kennedy-Purvis |
Preceded by Eric J. A. Fullerton |
Commodore-in-Command, Royal Naval Barracks, Chatham 1 Dec, 1925[5] – 1 Dec, 1927 |
Succeeded by Hugh S. Shipway |
Preceded by Ralph Eliot |
Captain of H.M.S. Hermes 2 Dec, 1927 – Feb, 1929 |
Succeeded by James D. Campbell |
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 802.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 29 Aug. 1912, p. 2.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 802.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 233.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 258.