Frederick Harold Thornton DSC, RD, RNR

Birth details unknown

Ranks

18 Feb 1932S.Lt.
18 Feb 1934Lt.
18 Feb 1942Lt.Cdr.
30 Jun 1949Cdr.

Decorations

1 Jan 1944DSC
Mar 1944RD

Warship Commands listed for Frederick Harold Thornton, RNR


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS Pimpernel (K 71)Lt.Corvette5 Dec 1940???
HMS Sennen (Y 21)Lt.Cdr.Sloop12 Feb 19438 May 1945

Career information

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Events related to this officer

Sloop HMS Sennen (Y 21)


19 May 1943
The German submarine U-954 was sunk in the North Atlantic south-east of Cape Farewell, Greenland in position 54º54'N, 34º19'W, by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Jed (Lt.Cdr. R.C. Freaker, DSO, RNR) and the British sloop HMS Sennen (Lt.Cdr. F.H. Thornton, DSC, RNR).

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