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− | '''Ronald Arthur Hopwood'''( – ) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. | + | {{AdmRN}} '''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== | ==Life & Career== | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
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+ | *"Adml. R. A. Hopwood" (Obituaries). ''The Times''. Thursday, 16 May, 1946. Issue '''50453''', col E, pg. 7. | ||
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==Service Records== | ==Service Records== | ||
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+ | *The National Archives. [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=8556937&queryType=1&resultcount=2 ADM 196/89.] | ||
+ | *The National Archives. [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7917879&queryType=1&resultcount=2 ADM 196/43.] | ||
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+ | [[Category:1868 births]] | ||
+ | [[Category:1949 deaths]] | ||
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+ | [[Category:H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of January, 1882]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Royal Navy Gunnery Officers]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Captains of H.M.S. Grafton (1892)]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Captains of H.M.S. Revenge (1892)]] | ||
[[Category:Captains of H.M.S. Prince of Wales (1902)]] | [[Category:Captains of H.M.S. Prince of Wales (1902)]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Captains of H.M.S. Hercules (1910)]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Members of the Ordnance Committee (Royal Navy)]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Vice-Presidents of the Ordnance Committee (Royal Navy)]] |
Revision as of 13:04, 21 August 2012
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
He was appointed to command the battleship Prince of Wales on 20 November, 1910.[1]
He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on the Retired List on 31 July, 1924,[2] and advanced to Admiral on the Retired List on 22 February, 1928.[3]
Footnotes
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 21 November, 1910. Issue 39435, col F, pg. 8.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 32962. p. 5889. 5 August, 1924.
- ↑ 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, pg. 7.
Service Records
- The National Archives. ADM 196/89.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/43.
Naval Appointments | ||
Categories:
- 1868 births
- 1949 deaths
- Personalities
- H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of January, 1882
- Royal Navy Gunnery Officers
- Captains of H.M.S. Grafton (1892)
- Captains of H.M.S. Revenge (1892)
- Captains of H.M.S. Prince of Wales (1902)
- Captains of H.M.S. Hercules (1910)
- Members of the Ordnance Committee (Royal Navy)
- Vice-Presidents of the Ordnance Committee (Royal Navy)