A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hopkins, Robert
HOPKINS. (Lieut., 1842. f-p., 17; h-p., 1.)
Robert Hopkins entered the Navy 12 Feb. 1829; passed his examination 20 Aug. 1835; and, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 15 Oct. 1842, served as Mate on board the Castor 36, and North Star 28, both commanded by Lord John Hay, Savage 10, Lieut.-Commander John Harrison Bowker, Caledonia 120, bearing the flag at Plymouth of Sir Graham Moore, and Warspite 50, Capt. Lord John Hay. He was employed in the three former ships on the coast of Spain, during the operations connected with the civil war in 1835-40; and in the Warspite, he was attached to the force in North America and the West Indies. His appointments, subsequently to his promotion, were, on the last mentioned and the Mediterranean stations 29 April, 1843, and 24 July, 1844, as Additional Lieutenant, to the Illustrious 72, and Formidable 84, flag-ships of Sir Chas. Adam and Sir Edw. W. C. K. Owen – 1 Oct. 1845, as Senior, to the Siren 16, Capt. Harry Edm. Edgell – and 10 April, 1846, to the Tyne 26, Capt. Wm. Nugent Glascock. He was paid off from the latter vessel in the early part of 1847.