H.M.S.
HERMES (1899)
Crew List
Compiled & Copyright © Don Kindell 2009
HMS
Hermes was Highflyer class cruiser which served with the Royal Navy.
She is historically notable for being refitted in April-May 1913
to act as the first experimental seaplane carrier of the Royal Navy,
with a launching platform and room to stow three seaplanes (the
French La Foudre preceded her by about a year).
She
was built at the yards of Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering
Company, Govan, being laid down in April 1897, launched on 7 April
1898 and commissioned in October 1899. She initially served as the
flagship of the East Indies station and then the Cape station (1907-1913).
In May 1913 she was re-commissioned as a seaplane carrier. The conversion
involved fitting a stowage platform at the rear of the ship and
a launching platform at the front. The aircraft took off using wheeled
trolleys and were then retrieved by cranes. Two seaplanes were carried
during trials in 1913. The results of these trials were used to
help design HMS Ark Royal, completed as a seaplane carrier using
a pre-existing hull after her purchase in May 1914.
After
the trials ended in December 1913 the aircraft equipment was removed
from the Hermes. She was converted back into a cruiser and commissioned
in May 1913, but taken out of service at the end of the year and
placed in reserve. At the start of the First World War Hermes was
once again converted to a seaplane tender, delaying her re-entry
to service until 31 August 1914. She was then part of the Nore Command
and used to ferry aircraft to France. On 30th October she arrived
at Dunkirk with one load of seaplanes. The next morning she set
out on the return journey. She was then recalled because a German
submarine was known to be in the area, but before the order could
be obeyed, she was torpedoed by U-27 off Ruylingen Bank in the Straits
of Dover. She sank with the loss of 22 of her crew.
[Source:
Wikipedia
- HMS Hermes (1898)]
List
of crew members killed
|
COLLIER |
Tom
Donald |
Air
Mechanic 1st Class F 48, Royal Naval Air Service. Aged 37. Husband
of Lillian Mary Collier, of 65, Windsor Rd., Holloway, London.
Native of Islington, London. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM
NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 7. |
| CRODDEN |
Alfred
James |
Petty
Officer 2nd Class 134672 (PO). Aged 45. Husband of Mrs. K. Dawson
(formerly Crodden), of 241, Buddle Rd., South Benwell, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire.
Panel 2. |
|
DARVILL |
Alfred
|
Private
(RFR B 1844) 11827 (CH), Royal Marine Light Infantry. Aged 32.
Son of the late Arthur and Mary Louisa Darvill, of Battersea,
London. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL,
Kent. Panel 7. |
| DODDS |
John
Dickinson |
Chief
Armourer 164607 (CH). Aged 41. Husband of Esther Elizabeth Kemp
Dodds, of 30, Lawson Rd., Southsea, Portsmouth. No known grave.
Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 6. |
|
FERGUSON |
Alexander
|
Air
Mechanic 1st Class J 8185 (PO), Royal Naval Air Service. No known
grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 7. |
| FREEMAN |
Alfred
William |
Stoker
1st Class SS 101080 (CH). Son of Richard and Francis Freeman,
of London; husband of Jane Freeman, of 20, Coronation St., South
Shields. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL,
Kent. Panel 5. |
|
GREENLAND |
George
Edward |
Able
Seaman (RFR B 150) 101643 (CH). Aged 52. Son of George and Harriet
Greenland. Buried in WOODLANDS CEMETERY, GILLINGHAM, Kent. Naval
Section 14. Grave 705. |
| HARRISON |
Samuel
|
Private,
8310 (CH), Royal Marine Light Infantry. Aged 38. Son of James
and Louise Harrison, of Camberwell, London; husband of Charlotte
Harrison, of 119, St. John's Rd., Walthamstow, London. Buried
in CAMBERWELL OLD CEMETERY, London. 100. 23569. Screen Wall. |
|
HART |
Maurice
William |
Assistant
Paymaster (Ret). No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL
MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 1. |
| IRVIN |
Ernest
Sydney |
Stoker
1st Class (RFR B 8095) 293174 (CH). Aged 35. Son of William and
Lottie Irvin, of Upstreet, Canterbury; husband of Eliza Irvin,
of 14, The Wall, Sittingbourne, Kent. No known grave. Commemorated
on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 5. |
|
JEFFERS |
Claude
Herbert |
Leading
Seaman 206682 (CH). No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL
MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 1. |
| LITTLEFIELD |
Alfred
William |
Private
(RFR B 460) 6700 (CH), Royal Marine Light Infantry. Aged 40. Son
of Jacob and Julia Littlefield, of London; husband of Ellen Littlefield,
of 94, Russell Scott Buildings, Jamaica Rd., Bermondsey, London.
Awarded East and West Africa Medal (Brass River Expedition). No
known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel
7. |
|
McINNES |
Norman
|
Seaman,
Royal Naval Reserve 1698 C. Aged 39. Son of Angus and Catherine
McInnes; husband of the late Annie McInnes. No known grave. Commemorated
on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 8. |
| McLEOD |
Donald
|
Seaman,
Royal Naval Reserve 3477 B. Aged 37. Son of Angus and Annie McLeod,
of Ness, Stornoway; husband of Mary McLeod, of 30, Cross, Ness,
Stornoway. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL,
Kent. Panel 8. |
|
NASH |
Henry
Charles |
Chief
Stoker (RFR B 1718) 154256 (CH). Husband of Annie Nash, of 3,
King Edward Rd., Stanford-le-Hope, Essex. No known grave. Commemorated
on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 4. |
| PHIPPS |
Thomas
|
Stoker
1st Class (RFR B 1436) 280900 (CH). No known grave. Commemorated
on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 5. |
|
PRICE |
Charles
Robert |
Private
(RFR B 1259) 6634 (CH), Royal Marine Light Infantry. No known
grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 7. |
| RICHARDS |
Paul
W |
Carpenter's
Crew M 8141 (CH). No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL
MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 6. |
|
ROBERTSON |
George
James |
Officer's
Steward 1st Class 176673 (CH). No known grave. Commemorated on
CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 7. |
| SIMPSON |
Maurice
Charles |
Petty
Officer 1st Class 123763 (CH). No known grave. Commemorated on
CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 1. |
|
WAITE |
Isaac
|
Stoker
Petty Officer (RFR B 5300) 283584 (CH). No known grave. Commemorated
on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 4. |
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17 September, 2009
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