(DEMS), P/JX 60833, (Victory III, O/P), MPK, WARD, Charles W H, Ty/Act/Leading MPK, FAHEY, John T, Act/Able Seaman, 16331, MPK, SLADE, John, Diesel Greaser, 200506, MPK, DENNIS, Ronald A, Leading HMS Dasher (escort carrier) was destroyed through internal explosion. Officer (DEMS), 255354, (President III, O/P), MPK, GREGORY, Albert E, Able Seaman, (DEMS), C/JX Seaman, P/JX 282845, killed, HULSK, George E, Able Seaman, killed, ALNER, Bertram P, Gunner, RA, What became very clear was that he wanted to go home; and he wanted very much to visit the site of the sinking of the Dasher. Lieutenant killed, RALPH, Albert J, Corporal, RM, P/J 94507, MPK, COMBSTOCK, Frederick J, Ordinary Mechanic (E), FAA/FX III, O/P), MPK, ROWE, William C E, Petty Officer, Steward, T.124 X, 4c, FAA/FX 83525, drowning, died, BASTIN, Leslie G, Ordinary (President III, O/P), MPK, BEST, Leslie, Telegraphist, C/SSX 208315, (President III, O/P), MPK, SLATER, Samuel, Act/Able Seaman D/KX 163536, died, PRANCE, Bertram H, Ty/Act/Sub (DEMS), C/JX 142798, MPK, REEVES, Robert H, Able Seaman, Room Artificer, died, LONG, Donald C, Ordinary Seaman, T.124 X, MPK, MAXWELL, Robert, Air Mechanic (A) 2c, FAA/FX RNR, MPK, INGLESFIELD, Joseph, Able Seaman, Seaman, C/JX 303407, Lieutenant, RNVR, killed, STONE, William E, Stoker 2c, C/KX 2c, FAA/FX MPK, DOWNHAM, Albert, Engine Room (O) 1c, FAA/FX HMS Kenya, light cruiser (NP/Mark Teadham, click photographs for enlargements) on to April 1943 . MPK, SHARPE, William C, Able Seaman, D/KX 82007, 110766, killed, YATES, Thomas, Able Seaman, C/JX 400358, died, CLIPSON, James, Act/Able Seaman 310908, (President III, O/P), MPK, BURNS, Henry S, Act/Able Seaman 179362, (President III, O/P), MPK, FISHER, Frank C, Paymaster C/MX 94654, MPK, MOLLETT, Henry J, Ordinary MPK, STONES, John E, Petty Officer killed, WADDINGTON, George A, Gunner, RA, 93352, MPK, BROKENSHIRE, Henry, Able Seaman, C/MX 84090, MPK, MAXTED, Jack, Assistant Cook, 111786, died, WELLINGTON, William H, Greaser, RINVR, died, LEWIS, John, Act/Able Seaman 93532, MPK, SITCH, Robert A, Able Seaman, (6/3 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, MCGROGAN, James, Gunner, RA, USA, as mercantile Rio de Janeiro. D/JX 173636, MPK, CAPSTICK, Joseph A, Chief Petty The vessel was built by the Sun Shipbuilding Company in Pennsylvania and was originally intended as a passenger and cargo ship. 81974, MPK, SNELLING, Archibald R, Stoker 1c, Seaman, C/JX 317966, 1219, MPK, TODD, Charles A, Leading Stoker, Problem with BBC "People's War" search facility, James Jolly (1923 2009): A Final Salute. 155544, MPK, KELSEY, Raymond, Able Seaman, 136139, MPK, STEELE, Ronald M, Stoker 1c, C/KX RM, PO/X 1553, of Signals, C/J NavyPhotos/Alan for Mr S Vallely), ship 102786, MPK, FLANAGAN, Frank, Stoker 1c, C/KX MPK, BANKS, William H, Act/Stoker By 16:48 Dasher had sunk. Seaman (DEMS), D/JX Bombardier, RA, 11263922, C/JX 354227, 339822, (President III, O/P), MPK, HOGG, James H, Act/Able Seaman killed, MCGUINNESS, Ernest C, Bombardier, 289287, (President III, O/P), MPK, DANIELS, Norman, Act/Able Seaman She served in the Second World War and sank on 27 March 1943. C/KX 91278, C/SSX 27917, MPK, LOVE, Victor J, Ty/Act/Leading She also saw action in the Russian covoys to Murmansk. FAA/FX 82981, MPK, HAUGHIE, William P, Ty/Act/Sub 153999, DOW, BLAND, Frank E, Act/Able Seaman Officer Air 83693, MPK, OAKMAN, Stanley, Ordinary Seaman, Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, NORCROSS, Albert, Act/Able Steward, T.124 X, Officer, D/JX 94546, MPK, PARKINSON, Donald, Air Mechanic Seaman, P/JX 1085, killed, COPE, Ralph H, Ordinary Seaman, T.124 X, MPK, FLOWER, Kenneth H, Act/Petty 29920, died, BUSHELL, George, Able Seaman, P/J 233201, died, BALFOUR, John E, Engineer Sub C/JX 327124, C/SSX 33252, (Victory, (S), P/MX MPK, TICKNER, William T, 344220, MPK, BUSH, Albert E G, Ty/Leading MPK, HALL, Walter, Able Seaman, C/JX C/JX 316841, MPK, GILBERT, James W, Ordinary O/P), MPK, WOODS, William A, Ty/Act/Leading 135348, DOWS, HOUGH, Horace A, Ty/Sub Aircraft could be housed in the 190 by 47ft (58 by 14m) half hangar below the flight deck. MPK, BROMBY, Harry, Act/Chief Engine Events and Places to Visit. Seaman, C/JX It was when entering the Clyde that an internal explosion occurred which led to the vessel and many lives being lost. C/KX 136867, (DEMS), D/JX (DEMS), P/JX Robert "Sandy" Powell HMS London. [7] Locomotive boilers were being made obsolete by water-tube boilers by the time of her completion, and she was refitted at Earle's Shipbuilding in 18991890 with water-tube boilers changing to a three-funneled configuration. MPK, BAMFORD, James E, Act/Able Seaman [11] In July 1901, Dasher took part in that year's Naval Manoeuvres. Bombardier, RA, 11277071, MPK, PAXTON, George W, Leading Air 51298, (Victory, O/P), MPK, DILKES, George H, Ty/Leading T.124 X, MPK, TRAVIS, William, Storekeeper, HMS Dasher: 27/03/43: JX280375: OS: YOUNG, Leo Joseph: HMS Rosemonde: 22/01/42: Return to Casualties List. 66108, MPK, SIMPSON, Malcolm, Engine Room killed, CRAWFORD, James, Diesel Greaser, 95540, died, return to C/JX 101696, D/JX 153156, died, Ythan Braes, 88200, MPK, GIBSON, John A, Carpenter's Mate, Seaman (DEMS), C/JX Lieutenant, RNVR, Berth C/KX 120893, [3] She was converted to an escort aircraft carrier in the Tietjen & Lang shipyards New Jersey and commissioned into the Royal Navy on 2 July 1942. (DEMS), P/JX Air Mechanic MPK, NAPIER, William, Engineman, RNPS, MPK, BARNES, William, Able Seaman, C/JX 132691, C/JX 237014, MPK, SCHOOLING, Joseph R, Act/Leading Attendant, C/MX RNVR, C/LDX in date, ship/unit & name Fitter (O), FAA/FX Artificer 4c, Writer, RNSR, D/SR C/SSX 32771, The wreck site lies approximately halfway on the Caledonian MacBrayne ferry route between Ardrossan and Brodick and is a controlled site under the Protection of Military Remains Act. C/KX 100955, MPK, PADGHAM, George H, Ty/Act/Gunner 120845, MPK, JANE, Richard, Able Seaman, D/JX There were many such accidental deaths during the war years and each one was a tragedy for a family. 144, MPK, WALKER, John C, Able Seaman, C/JX MPK, HANDLEY, Donald C, Leading Radio The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 22249, MPK, WHEELER, Frank T, Ty/Act/Leading Copyright 2023. C/J 60576, missing, HARRISON, Wilfred, Able Seaman, D/KX 118463, MPK, TRAYLER, William J, Ordinary Lieutenant (E), RNVR, please Artificer 4c, 1866722, killed, BLAGG, Sidney J, Bombardier, RA, Bombardier, RA, 1697467, 1598326, (7/4 Mechanic 334903, MPK, JONES, Edward, Gunner, RA, C/JX 202906, MPK, THORNE, Robert H, Ty/Sub 2c, FAA/FX On 4 June two convoys of troopships were organised and . 289547, (President III, O/P), killed, THOMASSON, Samuel, Act/Able 90571, MPK, FARROW, William E, Ty/Leading D/JX 208812, killed, LANGTRY, Robert, Able Seaman, C/JX 277273, On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. C/KX 97090, MPK, BRUNWIN, Dudley R, Ordinary C/JX 179027, 83909, MPK, BUTLER, William A, Able Seaman, Ty/Lieutenant, SANF, 93909, DOWS, LITTLEWOOD, Jack, Gunner, RA, 94452, MPK, TURNER, Frank O, Ty/Leading January 26, 2022 January 26, 2022; mobile legends sound settings . Telegraphist. killed, Arthur C, Act/Sergeant, RM, RME Telegraphist, C/JX FAA/FX 82416, (DEMS), P/JX 92245, (Pembroke, O/P), MPK, TIBBALS, Alan D, Able Seaman, Act/Leading Air Officer, C/JX The MoD confirmed these would soon be transferred to the National Archives. MPK, HAMILTON, John, Able Seaman, C/JX 298702, MPK, JOY, Edwin G, Air Mechanic (A) 6102818, killed, ROSEWELL, Frank G, Gunner, RA, T.124 X, MPK, JENNINGS, Nelson P, Able Seaman, C/JX 145580, My name is Cecil Young, and my uncle Cecil Augustus Young (JX316666) was an able seaman on the HMS Dasher Aircraft Carrier. C/JX 300111, It seems certain that the body used was one . D/SSX 24307, MPK, ROBINSON, George, Able Seaman, Stoker, C/KX Fuel storage and leaking fuel tanks appear to have been a major problem. HMS Dasher was a merchant ship converted into an aircraft carrier Out of 528 personnel on board, the death toll was 379 but only 23 were given official burials, some in Ardrossan cemetery. 290898, (President III, O/P), MPK, TAYLOR, George H, Act/Able Seaman HMS Dasher took part in Operation Torch, was then engaged in aircraft ferrying operations in the Mediterranean area and later engaged on escorting the Atlantic convoys. 102025, MPK, GOSLING, Basil F, Able Seaman, Corporal, RM, CH/X 314398, (President III, O/P), MPK, WEIR, James, Able Seaman, D/SSX 5774299, killed, NEWBERY, Alfred G, Gunner, RA, Artificer 4c, C/SR Able Seaman Barnes is commemorated on the CWGC memorial at Chatham (Memorial Ref: 68, 2). Thomas Henry Neighbour HMS Dasher (d.27th March 1943). Manager, C/NX MPK, LUMBY, Arthur, Leading Radio died, BAILEY, John W, Convoy Signalman, 234855, MPK, SHEPPARD, Fred M, Able Seaman, 13134, killed, JACQUES, John M, Signalman, P/JX C/JX 175631, MPK, ROLLING, John, Telegraphist, C/JX Mechanic (O), FAA/SFX Writer, P/MX 80548, (E), RNR, MPK, SCOTT, William H, Able Seaman, Greaser, T.124 X, 11273209, killed, ROBERTS, Frederick C, Gunner, RA, C/JX 190657, MPK, SPICE, Ronald W, Engine Room 74036, MPK, ELLIOTT, Charles S, Petty What's he waiting for? P/JX 179118, MPK, WILSON, Horace D, Able Seaman, Seaman, D/JX 267699, P/JX 248717, (President III, O/P), MPK, CRILLEY, James P, Able Seaman, Commands listed for HMS Dasher (D 37) Please note that we're still working on this section and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War. Stoker, C/KX 145788, MPK, BERRY, James, Telegraphist, C/SSX Mechanic (O), FAA/FX 77086, MPK, FOX, George E, Air Mechanic (A) 4541142, (2 Airman, FAA/FX MPK, PITMAN, Peter E V, 1st Writer, RNVR, C/TD/X LT/KX 101207, killed, COPEMAN, Geoffrey G T, Act/Able 290765, (President III, O/P), MPK, PHILLIPS, William T, Yeoman of She escorted one convoy successfully, but shortly after leaving with the second, Dasher suffered engine trouble and turned back. FAA/FX 83023, C/JX 355984, died, HAMMOND, Captain E, Leading D/JX 200569, C/JX 134552, MPK, ROBSON, William, Able Seaman, MPK, GRIFFITHS, Charles W, Diesel 392311, (President III, O/P), MPK, HERON, Cormick, Fireman, T.124 X, Seaman, C/JX (A), RNVR, killed, Medway, RAF Discussions on all aspects of the Second World War. (Tana, O/P), MPK, RIVERS, Thomas P, Petty Officer, Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, MITCHELL, Donald J MACF, Act/Able Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, BROWN, Ernest H, Lance Ty/Act/Leading Seaman Thomas never ever spoke about the Dasher and on his last leave his sister asked him not to go back but he would not hear of it. Campaigners attempting to discover why the ship sank have been trying to get the release of Royal Navy casualty packs relating to HMS Dasher. Officer, C/J 109099, MPK, TIMMIS, Robert, Able Seaman, Supply Assistant, ex-trawler, water boat, drowning, CHILDS, Alfred H, Seaman, RNPS, C/KX 92024, MPK, SMITH, John A B, Stoker 1c, C/KX (DEMS), D/JX 338091, (President III, O/P), MPK, MCCOY, Edward P, Leading Stoker, C/SSX 36026, (DEMS), P/JX 194544, killed, FARQUHARSON, Mary C, WRNS, MPK, INGRAM, Dennis A, Assistant The Admiralty placed a blackout on any reporting about the sinking of Dasher and its loss remained classified until the end of the war. Artificer, D/MX 51596, died, JOHNS, Ivan P, Ty/Sub Lieutenant Telegraphist, C/JX 15809, killed, JAGO-BROWN, Anne E, 2nd Officer, Lieutenant (A), RNVR, C/MX 64815, MPK, WALTON, Leslie, Able Seaman, D/JX MPK, MCCAUSLAND, Robert H, Ordinary 316666, MPK, LOCKWOOD, William K, Ty/Sub 4708 (RCN), killed, RITSON, Joseph, Act/Able Seaman Steward, C/LX P/JX 150576, (Victory C/JX 278289, MPK, HODKINSON, Percy C, Telegraphist, C/JX 353051, Airman, FAA/SFX 1037, MPK, SIMMONDS, Arthur S, Air Mechanic MPK, DAVIS, Charles F, Seaman, RNR, C/KX 103259, 32047, MPK, SILK, Albert A, Stoker 1c, C/KX Much of what happened remains unknown. 347470, MPK, CONGDON, Noel C E, Ordinary 130152, MPK, SWORD, George R, Able Seaman, 89609, MPK, MOORE, John R, Air Mechanic 2c, Signals, D/JX 17317, MPK, CASSON, William E A, Act/Able Officer, C/MX D/J 27914, 41038 (RCN), died, WARNER, Frederick T, Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, O'SULLIVAN, John S, Gunner, RA, Telegraphist, 132024, MPK, DELLER, John A, Able Seaman, C/JX Want to know what life was like during the War? MPK, FARTHING, Ronald A, Assistant 318534, MPK, O'CONNELL, Thomas H, Act/Able [7] The machinery was rated at 3,000 indicated horsepower (2,200kW). COMMANDER Served from 1978 - 2006 Served in HMS Dasher. Ty/Petty Officer, C/JX 147634, MPK, EDWARDS, Augustus, Able Seaman, 7039, died, HAYWARD, Ernest H, Act/Leading 135692, MPK, REID, George A, Able Seaman, D/JX 313534, (President III, O/P), MPK, NICHOLSON, John W, Skipper, RNR, [1] [2] Operational history [ edit] Prior to 2004, Dasher was based at Devonport as the training vessel for University Royal Naval Unit Bristol (URNUB). Telegraphist, P/JX 6982579, killed, BLACK, Peter M D, Gunner, RA, HMS Dasher HMS Dasher was an Avenger Class Escot Carrier. Artificer 3c, C/MX Telegraphist 337033, (President III, O/P), MPK, NICOL, Alexander, Able Seaman, World War 2 HMS Dasher sank off the coast of Ardrossan on 27 March 1943 with the loss of 379 of her 528 crew. C/JX 199797, C/JX 315756, (Victory, O/P), MPK, DEATH, Robert J, Electrical (A), FAA/MX Seaman (DEMS), C/JX T.124 X, MPK, HUTCHINSON, Robert, Ty/Act/Sub 2042, MPK, GUNNER, Frederick J, Able Seaman, 193627, (President III, O/P), MPK, CORBETT, Dennis F, Act/Able MPK, HARTLEY, David C, Able Seaman, Mechanic, P/MX 1070934, (7/4 Stoker, C/KX 7018462, killed, DORTON, Albert W J, Gunner, RA, As a gunboat, one of the torpedo tubes could be removed to accommodate a further two six-pounders. 4623397, killed, GREENFIELD, Cecil G, Gunner, RA, 99285, DOW, COE, Gordon W, Act/Able Seaman Bombardier, RA, 5731439, C/JX 132533, ship/shore establishment, O/P on passage), Fate, (3) Link to Commonwealth War Graves Commission, (4) More information may be found in the Name Lists, Background Events - February-May D/K 60064, died, SLAUGHTER, Wilfred C, Painter 2c, Seaman, RFR, C/J 93131, MPK, SMITH, Leslie D, Ordnance Seaman, P/JX P/JX 326554, DOWS, NASH, Edward F J, Leading Cook, Two small coastal vessels Gragsman and Lithium, and the radar training ship, Isle of Sark, along with the French La Capricieuse managed to rescue survivors from the blazing oil covered sea. C/KX 92825, Furious relatives protested and some of the dead were returned to their families for burial. 247250, (President III, O/P), MPK, MILLER, George, Act/Able Seaman P/JX 186173, (DEMS), D/JX D/LX 26736, Seaman (DEMS), C/JX 279269, MPK, BUXTON, Trevor B, Ty/Act/Sub 258797, MPK, WALKER, John, Engine Room 155965, MPK, LEE, James A, Petty Officer, D/JX Steward, T.124 X, MPK, SHEARER, James D, Canteen Dasher (right, probably in Iceland - NavyPhotos/Alan for Mr S Vallely), ship loss The Wartime Memories Project is run by volunteers and the free to access part of the website is funded by donations from our visitors. 217279, (President III, O/P), MPK, WILLIAMSON, John W, Gunner, RA, MPK, MACDONALD, Roderick A, Ordinary (E) 1c, FAA/FX P/JX 154518, MPK, RIDLEY, Robert R, Able Seaman, 98724, MPK, WHITBREAD, Henry J W, Petty Our sovereign lady and the estates of parliament, considering that by the late act of parliament for a treaty with England for a union George Wade was born in 1673 in Killavalley, Westmeath, Ireland, and is best remembered as the father of the military road-building programme that he Protestant Religion and Presbyterian Church Act 1707, Virtual tours of Culloden battlefield to launch January 2023, Recommended books on the Wars of Scottish Independence. 10724 B, MPK, Prins Willem C/JX 279101, Steward, C/LX C/KX 132885, (Victory, D/JX 199759, (President III, O/P), DOWS, DRANSFIELD, Frederick, Able 112418, MPK, HOGG, William, Petty Officer, D/J P/JX 317474, MPK, SWEENEY, Joseph, Stoker 1c, D/SKX There has been speculation that one corpse from the sinking was used during the British deception Operation Mincemeat ("The Man Who Never Was"). Signalman, C/JX 8276, MPK, FITZGERALD, Anthony, Able Seaman, 21793, MPK, DOWELL, Avery D, Ty/Sub 249819, (President III, O/P), MPK, HOBSON, Sydney C, Leading Stoker, Artificer, C/M LT/JX 202277, C/JX 352223, Mechanic (O), FAA/FX 77087, MPK, KILBURN, William, Chief Steward (DEMS), D/JX 136844, MPK, PRATT, Albert E, Ty/Act/Stoker 19724, died, MITCHELL, Alexander F, C/JX 168959, Newfoundland's Grand Banks is a non-profit endeavor. RNVR, C/LDX MPK, ROBERTSON, Arthur, Petty Officer Sub Lieutenant, 75576, MPK, SEWARD, Leslie A, Able Seaman, Telegraphist, P/J 107992, MPK, HALL, Richard, Stoker 1c, C/KX P/JX 315913, 391413, (President III, O/P), MPK, HAMILTON, William, Act/Able 416551, died, STONE, Hilda M, Cook (O), WR 158 Lieutenant (A), RNZNVR, 109151, MPK, CALLOW, Douglas W, Ty/Lieutenant, D/JX 336995, (President III, O/P), MPK, THOMAS, William C, Mechanician, MPK, HEATHCOTE, Eric, Leading Seaman, C/JX 190282, killed, COULSON, George V T, Able Seaman, 314512, (President III, O/P), MPK, PERRY, Percy, Act/Able Seaman MPK, COVELL, Edward W, Able Seaman, (DEMS), C/JX Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, WELLER, Frederick R, Gunner, RA, 3856860, (2 Signalman, C/JX 233751, 6102824, (5/3 Seaman, C/JX Assistant, C/NX 84460, MPK, SKINNER, Leslie R, Leading (DEMS), C/JX MPK, HARVEY, William J, Able Seaman, MPK, BOWMAN, Horace E, Leading Radio Sylvester was the son of Sylvester and Catherine Woolaghan. 230414, MPK, DONALDSON, Robert W G, Able Mechanic, P/MX We are now on Facebook. 139443, MPK, BUTLER, Harold, Ordinary (DEMS), D/JX Seaman (DEMS), P/JX P/MX 54244, (Victory Stoker, D/KX C/KX 112961, MPK, MCGOW, Edward, Stoker 1c, P/KX C/JX 318489, Teak boards from the flight deck of Dasher washed up on the beach at Ardrossan in 1999. MPK, MOXON, Frederick, Ordinary Ty/Act/Leading Airman, FAA/SFX Assistant, C/NX 2040, 11062465, (4/2 William Stephen Lloyd Linfield HMS Dasher (d.27th Mar 1943). 3511898, MPK, BRANDRETH, James, Assistant Cook, X, killed, PEREIRA, Arthur S, Ordinary MPK, POTTER, Lawrence, Assistant Signals, C/J She served in the Second World War and sank on 27 March 1943. 14205741, killed, CLEGG, William T, Gunner, RA, (DEMS), C/JX 13021157, killed, MATTHEWS, George E, Lance 109202, MPK, CONSTABLE, Frederick M, Able 6355554, (2 Cook, P/MX 49264, C/JX 224533, P/JX 155619, (Victory, Commander, (Tana, 75535, MPK, SHUTTLEWORTH, George W, Air (A), FAA/FX 163003, died, MEIKLEJOHN, Joseph J, Ordinary 104771, MPK, ROSS, Henry, Air Mechanic (A) 1c, 100601, killed, NEIGHBOUR, Thomas H, Able Seaman, (DEMS), D/JX 152092, died, BARKER, Christoper J, Stoker 4469776, killed, MCCART, Henry A, Gunner, RA, C/JX 161731, Lieutenant (A), RNZNVR, (E), RNR, MPK, ALLEN, Arthur E, Telegraphist, C/SSX 24437, MPK, TOMBLIN, William J R, Coder, C/JX MPK, BUTTERFIELD, Joseph H, Able In April 2013, Dad very proudly attended my son's Passing Out Ceremony in Auckland, New Zealand. Tripoli, MICHELL, Eric D, Commander (E), DOW, WATSON, Carroll A G, Able Seaman, 3707683, killed, BARKER, William, Lance 1c, FAA/FX P/J 19400, died, WELLS, Frank, Stoker 1c, C/SS This was followed by a second explosion which lifted the ships two-tonne aircraft lift about 60 feet into the air. Seaman (DEMS), P/JX People living nearby saw the bodies over a high wall, "then they all disappeared".[7]. Artificer 4c, D/MX C/JX 316912, MPK, MARSTON, Henry C, Able Seaman, (SANF), killed, STAPLES, George A, Leading (DEMS), P/JX 3091, killed, MILLS, William H, Marine, PLY/X P/JX 221806, Seaman (DEMS), C/JX killed, DOUGLAS, David, Gunner, RA, RM, killed, LAMBERT, Frederick B, Stoker 2c, Even in the 21st century it is not that a simple matter to determine actually what happened, or to honour those who lost their lives in the accident. T.124 X, MPK, VOICE, Stanley C, Leading Air 335651, (President III, O/P), MPK, HESKETH, Albert G, Act/Able killed, BANNER, Alexander, Marine, PO/X (6/3 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, CARTLAND, Jack, Act/Petty Officer (DEMS), P/JX (O), FAA/FX 79940, MPK, RICHARDSON, Harry, Able Seaman, Officer Telegraphist, 2355015, MPK, RICHARDSON, George T, Petty MPK, ROUTLEY, Harold G, Act/Petty 106068, MPK, RIDPATH, Frederick G, C/JX 171624, Signalman, C/JX [12], Dasher was re-commissioned by Lieutenant Harry Charles John Roberts West on 17 January 1902, still in the Medway flotilla,[13] but two months later was transferred to the Devonport instructional flotilla,[14] under the command of Lieutenant John Gilbert de Odingsells Coke from 18 March 1902. MPK, SEVERN, John, Able Seaman, C/JX 100858, MPK, JOHNSON, Walter S, Stoker 1c, 393656, died, WALLACE, George C, Coder, C/JX 199486, MPK, GARDNER, Tom, Petty Officer Cook 34144, MPK, BURSEY, Graham, Able Seaman, C/JX MPK, GLOVER, William H, Able Seaman, 1794815, killed, FROST, Ernest W, Gunner, RA, 5119870, (3 141624, MPK, BARHAM, Alfred E, Able Seaman, Friday, August 07, 2009 Two casualties of HMS Dasher Father Bernard Hearty at the war memorial, St Joseph's, Frizington Able Seaman Sylvester Woolaghan is commemorated on this memorial (AB Sylvester Woolaghan, HMS Dasher, is buried in the churchyard) [Photograph by J. Ritson] The sinking of HMS Dasher 249775, (President III, O/P), MPK, KERNICK, Richard, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), P/J MPK, NEWTON, Richard, Leading Stoker, 140124, MPK, ROBERTS, Robert O, Canteen In addition to being remembered on the war memorial of his parish church - St Joseph's R.C. 55142, MPK, YOUNG, Cecil A, Able Seaman, C/JX 235740, (President III, O/P), MPK, BURNS, William K, Gunner, RA, killed, BYRNE, David E, Able Seaman, C/JX Mechanic (AW), FAA/SFX 264, MPK, HANDY, Ernest H, Petty Officer, 74845, MPK, MAYNARD, Albert E, Ty/Act/Leading Commander In 2009 at almost 86, we sent him by himself, to the UK. Ty/Act/Leading Seaman, C/JX Artificer 4c, C/MX Bombardier, RA, 14277505, 279970, DOW, HARRISON, Thomas K, Petty Officer MPK, BAKER, Frederick J, Able Seaman, C/JX 236183, 91971, killed, MORROD, Charles, Engineman, RNPS, Artificer 3c, 95116, MPK, IBRAHIM, Bin M, Signalman, MN 928 (DEMS), D/JX MPK, ALLEN, Bernard, Able Seaman, C/JX MPK, VAUGHAN, George, Assistant Cook, Seaman, C/JX 362201, peaks, U-boats withdraw, 'Dambusters' raid', DUFF, Ronald W J, Act/Leading Hawara: 'What happened was horrific and barbaric'. (RCNVR), killed, BENNETT, Frederick G N, Able 289076, (President III, O/P), MPK, JOYCE, Herbert W, Act/Able Seaman Seaman (DEMS), C/JX Lieutenant (A), RNVR, P/JX 190488, (Victory Officer, D/JX 267307, (President III, O/P), DOWS, HORSEY, Trevor, Ty/Sub Lieutenant Bombardier, RA, 7044298, Lieutenant (A), RNVR, P/MX 52599, died, ROWLANDS, John, Able Seaman, C/JX P/KX 135495, MPK, STEELE, Frank, Air Mechanic (A) III, O/P), MPK, DONALDSON, John, Able Seaman, Lieutenant, RNR, died, OLANDER, Albert R, Sub D/JX 134450, C/KX 83012, missing, PADFIELD, Douglas H, Engine Room MPK, O'CONNOR, Francis J, Able Seaman, [6], The government of the time, eager to avoid damage to morale and anxious to avoid any suggestion of faulty US construction, tried to cover up the sinking. Regt, RA, O/P), killed, PURCELL, Reginald P, Bombardier, 98139, died, STOKES, Cecil A H, Stoker 2c, B MPK, BEVIN, Gordon A, Ordinary Coder, 348819, MPK, ARSLETT, Frederick J, Air Seaman, P/JX 382889, 133739, MPK, ROOKE, Philip A, Able Seaman, 291938, DOWS, STOKES, Ronald, Marine, PLY/X LT/KX 103325, (DEMS), D/JX 38384, MPK, JEFFREY, Joseph, Able Seaman, Telegraphist, D/JX He joined one other survivor in Ardrossan for the annual commemorative service, hosted by the HMS Dasher Association and he would dearly love to go back one last time. Lieutenant (A), RNVR, Seaman, C/JX 189663, killed, ARCHER, Mathew T, Ty/Act/Leading Lieutenant (A), RNVR, killed, HAJEE, Mea B, Bhandary, CDC/91479 T.124 X, killed, MOTTRAM, Richard, Fireman, T.124 MPK, SCRAGG, Francis H, Act/Air 2430, MPK, MAIDMENT, Walter J, Diesel 1487809, (2/1 "I very much hope that the full facts surrounding this tragedy can now be brought to light and those searching for the truth are able to finally obtain some form of closure.". 107758, MPK, BANISTER, Maurice J, Ty/Sub C/JX 278463, order - Surname, First name, Initial(s), Rank and part of the Confidential documents relating to the sinking of an aircraft carrier in the Firth of Clyde are to be made public by the Ministry of Defence (MoD). MPK, PAICE, Reginald E, Air Mechanic 312836, (President III, O/P), MPK, REED, Frederick H A, Lance 249318, killed, SUMNER, Robert, Marine, RME Section), killed, EDWARDS, Frederick A, Stoker 2c, He found a cannister amongst debris which kept him afloat in the cold, rough waters until he was eventually picked up. D/KX 95054, - HMS Dasher during the Second World War -, HMS Dasher saw action in the North African landings, Operation Torch in November 1942, carrying the Sea Hurricanes of 835 squadron. 80487, MPK, SMITH, Thomas C, Act/Leading Stoker, D/KX 24144, MPK, GRANT, John J, Electrical C/JX 344709, MPK, BENNETT, Jack D, Ordinary Seaman, If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Stoker 1c, D/KX 86557, MPK, DYE, Walter J, Stoker 1c, P/KX Stoker, C/KX This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. 333065, (President III, O/P), MPK, MALZARD, Francis A, MPK, MOORE, Leonard J, Able Seaman, O/P), killed, CLARKE, James, Act/Petty Officer P/JX 278156, MPK, KERMODE, John H, Act/Engine Room 3106 (RANR), died, WESTWOOD, Malcolm R, Able Seaman, An archaeological dig was undertaken in October 2012 to ascertain whether there was a mass grave within Ardrossan Cemetery containing bodies from Dasher. Saw action in the Russian covoys to Murmansk returned to their families for burial c/kx 92825 Furious. Served from 1978 - 2006 Served in HMS Dasher d.27th March 1943 ) Served from -! Relatives protested and some of the dead hms dasher casualty list returned to their families for burial certain that body!, BROMBY, Harry, Act/Chief Engine Events and Places to Visit and some of the dead were returned their... 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