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

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M.S. Itchen
10 Aug, 1912 – ? 		Succeeded by
Reginald V. Holt
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M.S. Sparrowhawk
14 Apr, 1913 – ? 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M.S. Somme
2 Oct, 1918 – ? 		Succeeded by
John B. Spurgin
Preceded by
Gerald H. Thomson 		Captain of H.M.S. Sparrowhawk
1 Feb, 1920 – ? 		Succeeded by
?


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