Hugh Bentley Turner DSC, RN
| Birth details unknown | |||
| Died | 19 Jan 1945 | HMS Porpoise | |
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Warship Commands listed for Hugh Bentley Turner, RN
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS Otway (N 51) | Submarine | 9 Sep 1944 | ||
| HMS Taku (N 38) | Lt. | Submarine | 8 Oct 1940 | 17 Oct 1940 |
| HMS H 50 (N 50) | Lt. | Submarine | 26 Jan 1942 | 21 Mar 1942 |
| HMS Unrivalled (P 45) | Lt. | Submarine | 22 Mar 1942 | 15 Feb 1944 |
| HMS H 33 (N 33) | Lt. | Submarine | 14 Aug 1942 | 24 Aug 1942 |
| HMS Porpoise (N 14) | A/Lt.Cdr. | Submarine | 21 Nov 1944 | 19 Jan 1945 (+) |
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Events related to this officer
Submarine HMS Unrivalled (P 45)
26 Jun 1942
While on a work-up patrol in the Norwegian Sea in position 65º03'N, 03º27'E, HMS P 45 (Lt. H.B. Turner, RN) fires a torpedo at what is thought ot be a submerged enemy submarine that was proceeding on a course of 290°. Only the periscope was sighted and the torpedo was fired in the direction of the hydrophone effect.
There was however no German submarine in the area so the attack was most likely against a non-sub target (perhaps a whale).
At 2154 hours HMS P 45 sighted a periscope bearing green 90 1000 yards away. P 45 dived immediately. Hydrophone Effect (H.E.) was heard. As there was doubt about the identity of the submarine attempts were made to make contact by S/S.T. but there was no response. At 2247 hours one torpedo was fired at the contact. The torpedo was heard to explode after running its full range. Contact was lost soon after.
3 Dec 1942
HMS P 45 (Lt. H.B. Turner, RN) torpedoes damages the Italian torpedo boat Antonio Mosto in the Gulf of Tunis in position 37º16'N, 10º22'E.
HMS Unrivalled also damages the Italian sailing vessel Cesira Curreri (81 GRT) with gunfire in the Gulf of Tunis in position 37º09'N, 10º29'E.
26 Dec 1942
HMS P 45 (Lt. H.B. Turner, RN) sinks the Italian auxiliary submarine chaser O 97 / Margherita (69 GRT) with gunfire about 5 nautical miles north of Mehedia, Tunisia in position 35º32'N, 11º05'E.
31 Dec 1942
HMS P 45 (Lt. H.B. Turner, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Maddalena (345 GRT) south-east of Mehedia, Tunisia in position 35º18'N, 11º23'E.
16 Jan 1943
HMS Unrivalled (Lt. H.B. Turner, RN) sinks the Italian tug Genova (91 GRT) with gunfire near Sousa, Tunisia.
20 Jan 1943
While on patrol of Tunisia HMS Unrivalled (Lt. H.B. Turner, RN) intercepts a small Italian naval auxiliary towing a schooner. She sinks the naval auxiliary with gunfire, most likely this was the former French auxiliary minesweeper AD 283/Grondin seized in Bizerta. The schooner apparently beached herself on the Tunisian coast.
21 Jan 1943
HMS Unrivalled (Lt. H.B. Turner, RN) sinks the Italian sailing vessels Margherita (140 GRT) and Ardito (120 GRT) with gunfire and scuttling charges about 5 nautical miles north-east of Kuriat, Tunisia.
16 Feb 1943
While operating south of Punta Stilo HMS Unrivalled (Lt. H.B. Turner, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Italian Italian sailing vessel Sparviero (498 GRT) in position 38º18'N, 16º26'E.
Unrivalled also torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Pasubio (2216 GRT) in position 38º18'N, 16º29E'.
29 Mar 1943
HMS Unrivalled (Lt. H.B. Turner, RN) torpedoes and sinks the German auxiliary submarine chasers UJ 2201/Bois Rose (1375 GRT) and UJ 2204/Boréal (1188 GRT) off the Gulf of Picarenzi, Italy in position 38º05'N, 13º26'E.
1 Apr 1943
HMS Unrivalled (Lt. H.B. Turner, RN) sinks the Italian sailing vessel Triglav (231 GRT) 4 nautical miles south-east of Cape San Vito.
19 Apr 1943
HMS Unrivalled (Lt. H.B. Turner, RN) sinks the Italian merchant Mostaganem (1942 GRT) west off Sicily in position 38º11'N, 11º44'E.
19 Apr 1943
HMS Unrivalled (Lt. H.B. Turner, RN) sinks the Italian tanker Bivona (1646 GRT) west off Sicily in position 38º22'N, 12º36'E.
6 May 1943
HMS Unrivalled (Lt. H.B. Turner, RN) attack the Italian sailing vessel Albina (223 GRT) with a torpedo off Cape Vaticano, Calabria, Italy. The torpedo however miss the target.
7 May 1943
HMS Unrivalled (Lt. H.B. Turner, RN) sinks the Italian sailing vessel Albina (223 GRT) off Cape Vaticano, Calabria, Italy.
9 May 1943
HMS Unrivalled (Lt. H.B. Turner, RN) torpedoes and sinks the small Italian merchant Santa Mariana Salina (763 GRT) 6.5 nautical miles south-east off Lipari, Italy.
24 Jul 1943
HMS Unrivalled (Lt. H.B. Turner, DSC, RN) sinks the Italian auxiliary minesweeper R 172 / Impero (68 GRT) with gunfire off Amantea, Italy in position 38º59'N, 15º38'E.
25 Jul 1943
HMS Unrivalled (Lt. H.B. Turner, DSC, RN) sinks the Italian tug Iseo (80 GRT) with gunfire 1 mile south of Cape Vaticano.
28 Jul 1943
HMS Unrivalled (Lt. H.B. Turner, DSC, RN) sinks the small Italian vessel San Francisco di Paola A. (102 GRT) with gunfire 1 nautical miles south of Cape Vaticano, Italy.
Submarine HMS Porpoise (N 14)
9 Dec 1944
HMS Porpoise (A/Lt.Cdr. H.B. Turner, DSC, RN) lays minefield ML 019 with 50 mines off Penang.
10 Dec 1944
HMS Porpoise (A/Lt.Cdr. H.B. Turner, DSC, RN) sinks a small Japanese sailing vessel in the Strait of Malacca.
9 Jan 1945
On or around this date HMS Porpoise (A/Lt.Cdr. H.B. Turner, DSC, RN) lays mines off Penang.
15 Jan 1945
The Japanese auxiliary minesweeper Kyo Maru No. 1 (340 GRT) hits a mine off Penang, Malaya in position 05º18'N, 100º20'E laid by the British submarine HMS Porpoise (A/Lt.Cdr. H.B. Turner, DSC, RN) on 9 January.