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==Life & Career== | ==Life & Career== | ||
Born in Nettleton, Lincoln. | Born in Nettleton, Lincoln, Hood listed his mother was his guardian upon joining the {{UK-1Britannia|f=tp}} in September 1902. His first naval service was in the [[Home Fleet]] in {{UK-EmperorOfIndia}} from January 1904. In May, he was moved into the {{UK-1RoyalOak|f=t}}, in which he would spend an additional ten months.<ref>Hood Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/149.|}} f. 161.</ref> | ||
Hood was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 31 December, 1909. | Hood obtained a third class certificate in torpedoes as well as second class certificates in pilotage and gunnery in 1907. He was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} while serving in the {{UK-Scylla|f=t}} on 31 December, 1909. Hood was in {{UK-TB33}} for the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1911]].<ref>Hood Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/149.|}} f. 161.</ref> | ||
Hood was | Notably talented in games, gymnastics and boxing, Hood came to specialise in physical training, though his Service Record denotes no special certification. When the war started, he was providing instruction in the {{UK-Antrim|f=t}}. On 1 April 1915, he was made first officer in the {{UK-Orcoma|f=t}}. He was thanked for his service in providing a briefing on German auxiliary vessels in Ireland on 21 April. | ||
He died of "general paralysis of the insane. | On 27 July 1915 Hood was sent to Portsmouth, and he was appointed to the {{UK-Bluebell|f=t}} on 10 August, 1915, to take command upon her commissioning for service. He would be cautioned by Vice-Admiral, Commanding, [[Queenstown]], to be more careful in future after grounding the vessel on 10 December, 1915, but he would otherwise remain in command until early March 1917. The Fleet Surgeon would deem Hood unfit at Haulbowline in May. With no explicit diagnostic details noted, Hood was placed on the Retired List as medically unfit on 17 September 1917 and was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} (retired) on 31 December, 1917.<ref>Hood Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/149.|}} f. 161.</ref> | ||
He died in 1919 of "general paralysis of the insane," a description often associated with syphilis, though this disease is not mentioned in Hood's Service Record despite the fact that such documents commonly contain such details when known.<ref>Hood Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/149.|}} f. 161.</ref> | |||
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* [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_rv=simple&_q=ADM+Martin+Arthur+Frankland+Hood Service Records] | * [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_rv=simple&_q=ADM+Martin+Arthur+Frankland+Hood Service Records] | ||
* [https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/54323 Memorial plaque for the Hood family at the Imperial War Museum] | |||
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Latest revision as of 00:26, 12 April 2023
Lieutenant-Commander (retired) Martin Arthur Frankland Hood, R.N. (22 October, 1887 – 14 May, 1919) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Born in Nettleton, Lincoln, Hood listed his mother was his guardian upon joining the training ship H.M.S. Britannia in September 1902. His first naval service was in the Home Fleet in Emperor of India from January 1904. In May, he was moved into the battleship Royal Oak, in which he would spend an additional ten months.[1]
Hood obtained a third class certificate in torpedoes as well as second class certificates in pilotage and gunnery in 1907. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant while serving in the second class protected cruiser Scylla on 31 December, 1909. Hood was in T.B. 33 for the Annual Manoeuvres of 1911.[2]
Notably talented in games, gymnastics and boxing, Hood came to specialise in physical training, though his Service Record denotes no special certification. When the war started, he was providing instruction in the armoured cruiser Antrim. On 1 April 1915, he was made first officer in the armed merchant cruiser Orcoma. He was thanked for his service in providing a briefing on German auxiliary vessels in Ireland on 21 April.
On 27 July 1915 Hood was sent to Portsmouth, and he was appointed to the sweeping sloop Bluebell on 10 August, 1915, to take command upon her commissioning for service. He would be cautioned by Vice-Admiral, Commanding, Queenstown, to be more careful in future after grounding the vessel on 10 December, 1915, but he would otherwise remain in command until early March 1917. The Fleet Surgeon would deem Hood unfit at Haulbowline in May. With no explicit diagnostic details noted, Hood was placed on the Retired List as medically unfit on 17 September 1917 and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander (retired) on 31 December, 1917.[3]
He died in 1919 of "general paralysis of the insane," a description often associated with syphilis, though this disease is not mentioned in Hood's Service Record despite the fact that such documents commonly contain such details when known.[4]
See Also
Bibliography
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by New Command |
Captain of H.M.S. Bluebell 10 Aug, 1915[5][6] – 3 Mar, 1917[7] |
Succeeded by Alexander Morison |
Footnotes
- ↑ Hood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/149. f. 161.
- ↑ Hood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/149. f. 161.
- ↑ Hood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/149. f. 161.
- ↑ Hood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/149. f. 161.
- ↑ Hood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/149. f. 161.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 392n.
- ↑ Hood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/149. f. 161.
