Mark Thornton DSO, DSC, RN
| Birth details unknown |
| Ranks
Retired: 15 May 1956 Decorations
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Warship Commands listed for Mark Thornton, RN
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS Scimitar (H 21) | Lt. | Destroyer | 7 Jun 1938 | 26 Feb 1940 |
| HMS Harvester (H 19) | Lt.Cdr. | Destroyer | 11 Mar 1940 | 15 Mar 1942 |
| HMS Petard (G 56) | Lt.Cdr. | Destroyer | 28 Apr 1942 | Jan 1943 |
| HMS Verulam (R 28) | Lt.Cdr. | Destroyer | 20 Sep 1944 | 8 Dec 1944 |
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Events related to this officer
Destroyer HMS Harvester (H 19)
25 May 1940
Assisted in evacuation of troops from Dunkirk.
9 Jul 1940
HMS Harvester (Lt.Cdr. M. Thornton, RN) and HMS Havelock (Capt. E.B.K. Stevens, DSC, RN) together pick up 35 survivors from the British merchant Aylesbury that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-43 about 200 nautical miles south-east of Ireland in position 48º39'N, 13º33'W.
13 Sep 1940
During the night of 13/14 September 1940 the destroyers HMS Highlander (Cdr. W.A. Dallmeyer, RN), HMS Harvester (Lt.Cdr. M. Thornton, RN), HMS Bulldog (Lt.Cdr. F.J.G. Hewitt, RN) and HMS Beagle (Lt.Cdr. R.H. Wright, RN) bombard Cherbourg in a sweep through the Seine Bay.
30 Oct 1940
The German submarine U-32 was sunk north-west of Ireland, in position 55º37'N, 12º19'W, by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Harvester (Lt.Cdr. C.M. Thornton, RN) and HMS Highlander (Cdr. W.A. Dallmeyer, RN).
27 Nov 1940
HMS Harvester (Lt.Cdr. M. Thornton, RN) and HMS Havelock (Lt.Cdr. E.H. Thomas, RN) both pick up a survivor from the British merchant Glenmoor that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-103 about 167 miles northwest of Sylne Head in position 54º35'N, 14º31'
W.
7 Dec 1941
The German submarine U-208 was sunk in the Atlantic west of Gibraltar, in position 35º51'N, 07º45'W, by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Harvester (Lt.Cdr. M. Thornton, DSC, RN) and HMS Hesperus (Lt.Cdr. A.A. Tait, RN).
Destroyer HMS Petard (G 56)
30 Oct 1942
The German submarine U-559 was sunk in the Mediterranean north-east of Port Said, in position 32º30'N, 33º00'E, by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Pakenham (Capt. E.B.K. Stevens, DSO, DSC, RN), HMS Petard (Lt.Cdr. M. Thornton, DSC, RN), HMS Hero (Lt. W. Scott, DSC, RN) and the British escort destroyers HMS Dulverton (Lt.Cdr. W.N. Petch, DSO, OBE, RN), HMS Hurworth (Lt.Cdr. J.T.B. Birch, DSO, DSC, RN) and a British Short Sunderland aircraft from RAF 47 Sqn.
15 Dec 1942
The Italian submarine Uarsciek (620 tons) was sunk south off Malta by the British destroyer HMS Petard (Lt.Cdr. M. Thornton, DSC, RN) and the Greek destroyer Vasilissa Olga.