John Hopkins (Royal Navy officer)

[1] In 1881 he became private secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty and in 1883 he was made captain-superintendent of Sheerness Dockyard and director of heavy ordnance in 1883.[2] Promoted to vice admiral in 1891, Hopkins was appointed commander-in-chief, North American and West Indies Station later that year[3] before being made Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet in 1897[4] during which tour he hosted a visit to Malta by the Kaisar Wilhelm II.[5] He was a supporter of improvements in gunnery and at this time experimented with a new type of salvo firing.[6] He retired as a full admiral in 1899[1] and was appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath in the 1899 Birthday Honours.[7] In 1903 he served on the Royal Commission responsible for examining the conduct of the Second Boer War.
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