Walter Hose
| Walter Hose | |
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Walter Hose (third from left) aboard SS Komagata Maru
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| Born |
2 October 1875 P&O steamer Surat, Indian Ocean |
| Died | 22 June 1965 (aged 89) Windsor, Ontario |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom Canada
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| Service/branch |
 Royal Navy (1889–12) Royal Canadian Navy (1912–34) |
| Years of service | 1889–1934 |
| Rank | Rear Admiral |
| Commands held |
Chief of the Naval Staff HMCS Rainbow |
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards | Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
Boxer Rebellion
First World War
Rear Admiral Walter Hose CBE (2 October 1875 – 22 June 1965) was an officer in the Royal Canadian Navy. He was the founder of the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve. Along with Charles Kingsmill, Walter Hose is known as the "Father of the Royal Canadian Navy".
Hose was born on a ship in the Indian Ocean and joined the Royal Navy when he was 14. He was assigned to HMS Britannia upon entering the service. As he rose through the ranks he held six commands including commanding gunboats in Asia and a torpedo gunboat with the Home Fleet. He reached his pinnacle appointment in the Royal Navy as executive officer aboard HMS Cochrane in 1909; however finding advancement too slow he looked into joining the infant Canadian navy.
Originally on loan from the Royal Navy, Hose resigned his commission and formally transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1912. Upon his arrival he commanded HMCS Rainbow out of the naval base at Esquimalt. Due to the lack of Royal Navy ships along the northwest Pacific coast, Hose and the Rainbow were ordered to protect shipping from German raiders including the cruisers Leipzig and Nürnberg. After the threat had passed, Commander Hose spent the next while preventing German vessels from leaving port and even taking two prizes. He was then named Captain of Patrols by Admiral Charles Kingsmill. As captain of patrols he commanded over fifty vessels to fight the U-boat threat. It was the position he would hold until the end of the war.
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