-H.M.S. Hood Crew Information-
H.M.S. Crew List

It is estimated that as many as 18,000 men served aboard the 'Mighty Hood' during the operational portion of her 21 year career. Unfortunately, there is no surviving official single listing of ALL men who served in her. Here you will find our attempt at creating such a listing. We are using the few, fragmentary crew lists known to exist, Navy Lists, various official reports, public records, and most importantly of all, inputs from the families of former crew.

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John Thomas Perry Thorne

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Date of birth: 2nd January 1889
Place of birth: Tavistock, Devonshire, England
Previous occupation: Market Gardener
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Petty Officer
Service Number: 236958
Joined Hood: 30th April 1928 (Petty Officer)
Left Hood: 27th August 1928 (Petty Officer)







Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.



History of ships served in and ratings held:


Date FromDate toShipRatingSource
4th July 190620th September 1906Ganges IIBoy 2nd ClassADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
21st September 19062nd October 1906SutlejBoy 2nd ClassADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
3rd October 19068th December 1906SutlejBoy 1st ClassADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
9th December 19061st January 1907Vivid IBoy 1st ClassADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
2nd January 19074th January 1907Vivid IOrdinary SeamanADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
5th January 190718th February 1907NiobeOrdinary SeamanADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
19th February 19074th March 1907Vivid IOrdinary SeamanADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
5th March 190714th December 1908QueenOrdinary SeamanADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th December 190812th January 1909Vivid IOrdinary SeamanADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
13th January 190916th April 1909RussellOrdinary SeamanADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
17th April 190921st March 1910RussellAble SeamanADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
22nd March 191011th January 1911Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
12th January 19111st August 1911VictoriousAble SeamanADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
2nd August 191114th June 1912IllustriousAble SeamanADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th June 191231st October 1915ThundererAble SeamanADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st November 191528th August 1917ThundererLeading SeamanADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
29th August 19177th January 1918Vivid ILeading SeamanADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
8th January 191825th July 1918CentaurLeading SeamanADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
26th July 191819th August 1918Vivid ILeading SeamanADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
20th August 191822nd February 1919Venerable (Cicero)Leading SeamanADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
23rd February 19196th June 1919Gibraltar (Cicero)Leading SeamanADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
7th June 191931st January 1920Vivid ILeading SeamanADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st February 192024th February 1920Vivid IPetty OfficerADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
25th February 192015th August 1922IndusPetty OfficerADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th August 19225th February 1923Vivid IPetty OfficerADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
6th February 192323rd August 1923Columbine (Vansittart)Petty OfficerADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
24th August 19237th October 1923Vivid II (Vansittart)Petty OfficerADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
8th October 192331st March 1924Diligence (Vansittart)Petty OfficerADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st April 192419th March 1925Sandhurst (Vansittart)Petty OfficerADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
20th March 192531st March 1925Vivid IPetty OfficerADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st May 192531st March 1926Vivid II (Marshall Soult)Petty OfficerADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st April 19261st November 1926Vivid IPetty OfficerADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
2nd November 192614th November 1927MaidstonePetty OfficerADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th November 19273rd January 1928LuciaPetty OfficerADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
4th January 192829th April 1928Vivid IPetty OfficerADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
30th April 192827th August 1928HoodPetty OfficerADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
28th August 19281st September 1928Vivid IPetty OfficerADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
2nd September 192831st December 1928ImpregnablePetty OfficerADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st January 1929Shore PensionedPetty OfficerADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
2nd January 192927th August 1939Joined RNRPetty OfficerADM363/464
28th August 193914th March 1940Drake IPetty OfficerADM363/464
15th March 194026th April 1940RaleighPetty OfficerADM363/464
27th April 19402nd June 1941DefiancePetty OfficerADM363/464
3rd June 194123rd June 1941Drake IPetty OfficerADM363/464
24th June 194113th August 1945SkirmisherPetty OfficerADM363/464
14th August 1945Released Class APetty OfficerADM363/464

Additional Photographs
None at this time.


Memorials
No known memorials


Sources
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
'Register of Deaths of Naval Ratings' (data extracted by Director of Naval Personnel (Disclosure Cell), Navy Command HQ, 2009)
ADM188/420 via WW1 Lives at Sea