Michael Henry Hodges

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Admiral Michael Henry Hodges, K.C.B., C.M.G., M.V.O., (29 September 1874 – 3 November 1951) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

He was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1908.

He was appointed in command of the battlecruiser Indomitable on 7 June, 1916,[1] and as her new commander signed the report of her gunnery officer, Lieutenant Commander (G) Lachlan Mackinnon from the Battle of Jutland.[2]

He was appointed in command of the battlecruiser Renown on 13 August, 1917.[3]

Postwar

He was appointed Second Sea Lord on 16 August, 1927.[4]

He retired on 23 September, 1932.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List (December, 1916). p. 395j.
  2. Beatty Papers at National Maritime Museum's Caird Library (BTY 6/6), item 3.
  3. ADM 196/43. f. 471.
  4. The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 119.

Bibliography

  • "Adml. Sir Michael Hodges" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 5 November, 1951. Issue 522150, col F, p. 6.

Service Records


Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Hugh J. Tweedie
Rear-Admiral (D) Commanding Destroyer Flotillas of the Atlantic Fleet
1920 – 1922
Succeeded by
Arthur K. Waistell

Preceded by
Hugh D. R. Watson
Naval Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty
1923 – 1925
Succeeded by
The Hon. Sir Hubert G. Brand

Preceded by
Hugh D. R. Watson
Vice-Admiral Commanding, Third Battle Squadron and Second-in-Command, Mediterranean
1925 – 1926
Succeeded by
Francis H. Mitchell

Preceded by
Cecil M. Staveley
Vice-Admiral Commanding, First Battle Squadron and Second-in-Command, Mediterranean
1926 – 1927
Succeeded by
John D. Kelly

Preceded by
The Hon. Sir Hubert G. Brand
Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel
1927 – 1930
Succeeded by
Sir Cyril T. M. Fuller

Preceded by
Sir A. Ernle M. Chatfield
Commander-in-Chief,
Atlantic Fleet

1930 – 1931
Succeeded by
Sir John D. Kelly


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