MPK, LANGLEY, John R, Ty/Sub Seam, P/JX 232704, MPK, REGNIER, Ernest H, Leading 75845, MPK, CLIFFORD, James J, Petty Officer Commander, (Albatross, killed, CRAWFORD, James, Diesel Greaser, (A), RNVR, Artificer 2c, C/MX 1c, FAA/FX 83378, died, MORAN, Barnard MCG, Ordinary T.124 X, MPK, PLANT, Percy H, Able Seaman, C/JX 82212, MPK, BOND, Douglas A, Ordinary Petty Officer, C/KX 249381, (President III, O/P), MPK, ALLEN, Roy S, Ty/Sub Lieutenant Bombardier, RA, 7886765, Seaman (DEMS), D/JX HMS Dasher sank off the coast of Ardrossan with the loss of 379 crewmen. P/SSX 13594, 38173, MPK, OATES, Leonard C, Act/Leading (E), RNR, MPK, LINFIELD, William S L, Able Officer, C/JX Lt. Ralph Carnac Stallard-Penoyre Squadron Commander HMS Dasher (d.27th March 1943). RNPS, LT/JX 266514, (President III, O/P), MPK, PEARCE, Ralph, Act/Able Seaman MPK, CLARKSON, Lionel P, Lieutenant, C/JX 314025, 81414, MPK, BRADLEY, William M McK, Able 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. RN C/JX 134552, MPK, ROBSON, William, Able Seaman, 152092, MPK, HUGHES, Samuel, Stoker Petty 20124, MPK, FORD, Cyril D, Able Seaman, C/JX killed, ALNER, Bertram P, Gunner, RA, MPK, EHRLICK, Cecil H P, Stoker 1c, MPK, ANDERSON, Alexander, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX 142952, (DEMS), C/JX V 11626 Petty Officer, C/J C/KX 152636, Seaman, C/JX 353724, 205601, MPK, PLEASANTS, Alfred G, Petty 191580, (President III, O/P), MPK, Dasher (right, probably in Iceland - C/KX 100964, Seaman, C/JX 20187, MPK, VARCOE, Jack, Assistant Steward, (RCNVR), died, SKINNER, Sidney A, Petty Officer, Lieutenant (A), RNVR, (DEMS), C/JX Seaman, D/JX 393731, MPK, MATTHEWS, William H, Act/Able (DEMS), P/J 2c, FAA/FX The local media were ordered to make no reference to the tragedy. killed, SUTTON, John C, Ty/Act/Leading C/KX 110965, C/JX 317604, By early June 1940, the British position in Norway had become perilous, as was the growing threat to the UK from the success of the German Blitzkrieg that an evacuation of the forces landed in Norway had become a necessity. MPK, BRAMWELL, Reginald R, Ordinary 93532, MPK, SITCH, Robert A, Able Seaman, Ty/Act/Lieutenant Commander Civilians who died as the result of accidents, even when engaged on 'essential war work' such as on the merchant vessels or fishing fleets, are not normally listed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, and usually not remembered on war memorials. [7] She reached a speed of 26.21 knots (30.16mph; 48.54km/h) during sea trials. O/P), killed, CLARKE, James, Act/Petty Officer C/JX 145237, (DEMS), C/JX HMS Dasher was built in the USA as a merchant ship, but converted to an escort aircraft carrier and commissioned into the Royal Navy on 2 July 1942. O/P), MPK, BOAKES, William H, Stoker 1c, Petty Officer, C/KX In 2009 at almost 86, we sent him by himself, to the UK. Mechanic (AR), FAA/FX Kindell, all rights reserved. 86307, MPK, COCKERELL, Leslie H, Act/Able 157105, killed, BURGESS, George A, Ty/Leading 105955, (Victory 200506, MPK, DENNIS, Ronald A, Leading C/JX 145580, RINVR, died, LEWIS, John, Act/Able Seaman 14245040, (4 Add a Name to this List Officer, P/J It seems certain that the body used was one . 317680, MPK, DRIVER, Jack, Able Seaman, C/JX In addition to being remembered on the war memorial of his parish church - St Joseph's R.C. 6196862, killed, MOELLER, Philip, Engine Room RA, 7018630, RNVR, C/LDX MPK, HINES, Victor M, Leading Stoker, Officer Telegraphist, Seaman, C/JX Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, MCDONALD, John, Gunner, RA, Commander, (Tana, D/K 60064, died, SLAUGHTER, Wilfred C, Painter 2c, 6355073, (2 HMS Dasher (D37) was a Royal Navy Avenger-class escort carrier that suffered a major internal explosion and sank midway between the Isle of Arran and Ardrossan on the Clyde on 27 March 1943. T.124 X, MPK, SMITH, Ernest F, Photographer Commander, MPK, HICKS, Joseph, Air Mechanic (E) C/MX 76009, (Pembroke, [5], Aircraft facilities were a small combined bridgeflight control on the starboard side and above the 410ft (120m) long wooden flight deck, one aircraft lift 43 by 34ft (13 by 10m), one aircraft catapult and nine arrestor wires. By 16:48 Dasher had sunk. He was 21 when he passed. MPK, SOUTH, Ralph D, Able Seaman, C/JX C/JX 187108, FAA/FX 89500, 314398, (President III, O/P), MPK, WEIR, James, Able Seaman, D/SSX 7039, died, HAYWARD, Ernest H, Act/Leading LT/JX 166076, C/SSX 32771, 1552446, killed, DOUGLAS, Arthur C, Telegraphist, Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy, List of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=HMS_Dasher_(1894)&oldid=1094586339, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 23 June 2022, at 13:58. (E), FAA/SFX 1242, MPK, MUDD, Horace H, Act/Able Seaman, 338091, (President III, O/P), MPK, MCCOY, Edward P, Leading Stoker, LT/KX 101813, T.124 X, MPK, JEFFERY, Andrew, Diesel Greaser, The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. (DEMS), P/JX C/JX 168959, C/JX 327124, Articles, Commentary and Reviews. C/MX 120712, killed, THOMAS, Ernest E, Stoker Petty 111786, died, WELLINGTON, William H, Greaser, C/JX 278463, MPK, MOXON, Frederick, Ordinary D/LX 26845, MPK, NICHOL, Wilfred J, Carpenter's Artificer 4c, FAA/FX 93960, only, also if Dominion or Indian Navies), (on the books of another (DEMS), P/JX Telegraphist, C/JX (6/3 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, CARTLAND, Jack, Act/Petty Officer He was just 19 at the time. 109687, killed, MACKINNON, John W, Lieutenant, My name is Cecil Young, and my uncle Cecil Augustus Young (JX316666) was an able seaman on the HMS Dasher Aircraft Carrier. killed, TARASOFF, Frederick, Able Seaman, (L), FAA/76644, MPK, SCOTCHMOOR, John W, Ty/Lieutenant 248813, MPK, COMBER, Alfred J, Able Seaman, D/JX 302998, died, HARRIS, Charles E, Act/Chief MPK, COVELL, Edward W, Able Seaman, C/JX 318489, IV, O/P), MPK, WILDING, Raymond S, Joiner 4c, C/MX 100723, V 34758 MPK, ROCKLIFF, John, Ordinary Seaman, 196892, MPK, JOHNSON, Albert E, Ordinary 20224 (RAN), died, BROWN, Thomas J, Act/Able Seaman 311648, (President III, O/P), MPK, JENNINGS, Thomas F, Act/Petty (DEMS), P/JX 58510, MPK, NEWMAN, Frederick C, Stoker 1c, Steward, D/LX Able Seaman Barnes is commemorated on the CWGC memorial at Chatham (Memorial Ref: 68, 2). C/JX 126334, 628, MPK, DAY, Frederick G W, Able Seaman, P/JX 134731, Bombardier, RA, 4464637, O/P), MPK, HOLLAND, Daniel, Able Seaman, Artificer 4c, C/MX (DEMS), C/JX WRNS, killed, POWELL, Violet B, Leading WRNS, 1c, FAA/FX P/JX 266654, MPK, BRYANT, Daniel W, Leading Officer, C/JX T.124 269432, With training completed for the day, Dasher began to head back to Greenock when an explosion occurred at around 16:40. All rights reserved. P/JX 249033, 334903, MPK, JONES, Edward, Gunner, RA, MPK, MIDDLETON, George E, Canteen 391190, (President III, O/P), MPK, INGRAM, Thomas, Ty/Act/Leading Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, WELLER, Frederick R, Gunner, RA, 234855, MPK, SHEPPARD, Fred M, Able Seaman, C/JX 300111, died, HANSON, Harry, Act/Leading Air 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). 341846, DOWS, BOWES, Frederick A, Ordinary 319685, MPK, KYLE, Charles MC, Able Seaman, Kindell, all rights reserved, 1st - 31st MARCH 1943 - Seaman, C/JX 317966, MPK, BAMFORD, James E, Act/Able Seaman MPK, LUMBY, Arthur, Leading Radio C/JX 344709, MPK, BENNETT, Jack D, Ordinary Seaman, MPK, RODICK, Geoffrey, Writer (Sp), Seaman, C/JX 212950, P/JX 200142, (President III, O/P), MPK, O'BRIEN, Thomas J, Gunner, RA, Seaman, C/JX 315182, Stoker, C/KX Signals, D/JX Mechanic (A) 1c, FAA/SFX 84460, MPK, SKINNER, Leslie R, Leading 352143, (Pembroke 90055, MPK, MCFARLANE, John L, Ty/Act/Sub C/JX 237543, Lieutenant (A), RNZNVR, Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, SAYERS, Albert G, Act/Able Seaman P/MX 52599, died, ROWLANDS, John, Able Seaman, C/JX Seaman, C/JX 90571, MPK, FARROW, William E, Ty/Leading 271819, MPK, WILLIAMS, Lynn, Ordinary Seaman, Sylvester was the son of Sylvester and Catherine Woolaghan. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 261046 your information is still in the queue, please do not resubmit, we are working through them as quickly as possible. 215073, (President III, O/P), MPK, SMALLER, Stanley C, Act/Able Greaser, T.124 X, D/JX 302591, 96994, DOWS, KEENAN, Patrick J, Gunner, RA, C/JX 208319, DOW, MCFARLANE, James, Engine Room 337642, (President III, O/P), MPK, WALKER, William H, Gunner, RA, C/JX 353084, Petty Officer, Lieutenant (E), RNVR, P/JX 346235, died, COPPOCK, Norman J, Able Seaman, Learn more, Covering the History and Heritage of Scotland. (DEMS), D/JX 293174, died, ANDREWS, William H A, Chief Petty C/JX 184129, MPK, CHIVERS, Henry T, Ordinary Coder, If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. (DEMS), C/JX Ty/Act/Leading Stoker, C/KX 17317, MPK, CASSON, William E A, Act/Able Launched on 11 April 1941, the vessel was converted to an escort . O/P), killed, ILLINGWORTH, Joseph W, Electrical We are now on Facebook. Robert "Sandy" Powell HMS London. 257293, (President III, O/P), MPK, TODD, Isaac B, Act/Able Seaman [1][2], HMS Dasher (BAVG4) was built by the Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Chester, Pennsylvania. MPK, GRAFTON, Albert J, Act/Able MPK, FALLA, Leslie L, Ordinary MPK, HARTLEY, David C, Able Seaman, Cook, C/MX 83180, MPK, ACOTT, Frank A G, Ordinary HMS Dasher sank off the coast of Ardrossan on 27 March 1943 with the loss of 379 of her 528 crew. O/P), killed, GRADON, John W, Gunner, RA, Mechanic (AW), 250509, MPK, MASON, William C, Tu/Leading C/JX 195146, 180506, MPK, HADLOW, Sidney E, Leading Seaman, (PS), LT/X 7272 died, ARMSTRONG, Henry, Ordinary C/JX 190282, killed, COULSON, George V T, Able Seaman, 268395, (President III, O/P), MPK, DRYDEN, George, Act/Able Seaman C/J 109371, C/MX 76858, MPK, CLARKE, Robert W, Ty/Yeoman of Bombardier, RA, 1697467, 85689, MPK, STOREY, Thomas P, Ty/Surgeon 315140, MPK, GOSWELL, Richard F, Act/Master at Artificer 4c, D/MX Dasher was able to reach Swanage Bay where the destroyer was cleared of water and was then able to proceed to Portsmouth at 8 knots on 17 April. T.124 X, MPK, HUTCHINSON, Robert, Ty/Act/Sub Officer, D/JX 5c, P/MX P/JX 235817, 28106, MPK, MCATEER, Matthew P, Stoker 1c, 335984, (President III, O/P), MPK, HILLMAN, Luther G, Act/Petty Officer, B/V 146 (MN), died, LEGGETT, Arthur A, Skipper 1689, MPK, MCALLISTER, Dennis P, Assistant Seaman, C/JX Seaman (DEMS), C/JX MPK, MCMURRAY, John P, Naval Airman 199486, MPK, GARDNER, Tom, Petty Officer Cook 1499, MPK, BROWN, Alexander M, Ordinary 106835, killed, JONES, Watkin G, Act/Able Seaman, D/JX 155487, 228234, (President III, O/P), MPK, TILLETT, Stephen D, Act/Able 4349958, killed, MCCORMICK, John, Lance HMS Dasher (D37) was a British Royal Navy aircraft carrier, of the Avenger class, converted merchant vessels, and one of the shortest-lived escort carriers. peaks, U-boats withdraw, 'Dambusters' raid', DUFF, Ronald W J, Act/Leading The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 109202, MPK, CONSTABLE, Frederick M, Able C/JX 353051, 81389, died, ROBINSON, Francis, Able Seaman, (E), RNR, MPK, ALLEN, Arthur E, Telegraphist, MPK, CALE, James A, Petty Officer, killed, WOOLLEY, Henry G, Chief Petty C/KX 102107, MPK, CHAPLIN, George W B, Chief Petty C/JX 260436, 313060, (President III, O/P), MPK, LAVISHER, Albert, Gunner, RA, (A), FAA/MX Seaman, C/SSX 36069, 82785, MPK, ROLPH, Alfred J, Stoker 1c, C/KX 100858, MPK, JOHNSON, Walter S, Stoker 1c, D/KX 90151, 4623608, killed, PATRICK, Eric R, Ty/Lieutenant, Seaman (DEMS), C/JX 2704, MPK, MILNER, Victor, Able Seaman, C/JX Royal Navy escort carrier lost on the Clyde in March 1943. MPK, HARDY, Kenneth P, Midshipman, (Revenge, O/P), MPK, HILL, William J F, Able Seaman, Seaman, C/JX C/JX 224628, Artificer 1c, C/M Bombardier, RA, 13021317, (DEMS), C/JX Seaman, P/JX 282845, O/P), MPK, MCFATRIDGE, Arthur R, Able Lieutenant (E), RNR, Angelo, air operations 25 March 1943, BARBOUR, Michael (6/3 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, O'SULLIVAN, Matthew, Act/Able Signals, D/JX (E), RNR, MPK, MORGAN, Frederick A, Able Seaman, The Admiralty placed a blackout on any reporting about the sinking of Dasher and its loss remained classified until the end of the war. MPK, PHILLIBROWN, Harry C, Ordinary Officer Air 289547, (President III, O/P), killed, THOMASSON, Samuel, Act/Able Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, MACFARLANE, Andrew, Act/Able 4602374, killed, COOGAN, John, Gunner, RA, P/KX 108144, Officer, C/K Seaman, C/JX 351170, 2593, MPK, NORTON, John B, Signalman, C/JX Father Bernard Hearty at the war memorial, St Joseph's, Frizington. 1c, FAA/FX C/X 17726 A, 81984, MPK, JAMES, James H, Assistant Cook, 306000, died, O'REGAN, Cornelius C, Marine, P/JX 155619, (Victory, HMS Dasher HMS Dasher was an Avenger Class Escot Carrier. Mechanic, P/MX C/JX 316615, 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. Telegraphist, please C/JX 354227, D/JX 137031, died, BROWN, John, Ordinary Seaman, C, died, ASBRIDGE, George W, Able Seaman, 309419, MPK, BAKER, Valentine J, Ty/Yeoman of Commander, MPK, 21719 (RAN), D/JX 200569, (DEMS), P/JX MPK, O'CONNOR, Francis J, Able Seaman, The St Josephs parish church memorial lists the parishioners who lost their lives in both World Wars, 11 of these being from the Second World War. 233201, died, BALFOUR, John E, Engineer Sub Seaman, C/JX P/KX 135495, MPK, STEELE, Frank, Air Mechanic (A) 91318, killed, PARR, Frederick H, Petty Officer C/JX 134868, 162871, MPK, COURTNALL, Cyril F, MPK, GRIFFITHS, William R, Air Fitter 2c, FAA/FX Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX (DEMS), C/JX Assistant, C/NX 2040, Like this page to receive our updates. 204483, MPK, BRISTER, David, Leading Stoker, killed, BANNER, Alexander, Marine, PO/X MPK, O'BRIEN, Arnold, Ordinary Seaman, Berth 315276, MPK, STONE, William H G, Able Seaman, So families of the bereaved were rather kept in the dark about what had happened. MPK, GILROY, Stanley, Able Seaman, Many escaped from the ship but died of hypothermia or of burns suffered when escaped fuel ignited on the water. C/JX 149039, C/JX 193568, MPK, DONOGHUE, Sydney T, Able Seaman, 2\338043, (President III, O/P), MPK, NUTTER, Edward, Act/Able Seaman MPK, BINGHAM, George C, Able Seaman, (DEMS), P/JX III, O/P), MPK, SAMS, William E, Leading Seaman, P/X 282188, (E), FAA/SFX Seaman, C/JX Artificer 4c, P/MX Those who died while serving in the Armed Forces in WW2, such as those lost on HMS Dasher, are listed by the CWGC even if this was not the result of enemy action. 83909, MPK, BUTLER, William A, Able Seaman, 374404, MPK, LINCOLN, Albert H, Ty/Lieutenant C/JX 352493, Officer, P/J 97099, 81775, MPK, WAIN, George W, Leading Air Seaman, C/SSX (O) 1c, FAA/FX Air Mechanic C/JX 195151, 261877, (President III, O/P), MPK, JONES, Robert T, Act/Able Seaman 168689, MPK, YOUNG, Albert J, Petty Officer 333253, (President III, O/P), MPK, WOOLCOTT, Victor S, Gunner, RA, Father Hearty told me when he was a young lad during the war years he had lost his own father - a seaman out of Fleetwood, Lancashire when the vessel was accidentally lost. Propulsion was provided by four diesel engines connected to one shaft giving 8,500bhp (6,300kW), which could propel the ship at 16.5 knots (30.6km/h; 19.0mph). Artificer, C/M MPK, PITMAN, Peter E V, 1st Writer, Room Artificer, III, O/P), MPK, ROWE, William C E, Petty Officer, "Many questions surrounding the sinking of HMS Dasher have been left unanswered for far too long. 36325, MPK, GRIFFITHS, William M, Ordinary 1531065, (7/4 1219, MPK, TODD, Charles A, Leading Stoker, Furious relatives protested and some of the dead were returned to their families for burial. C/KX 122013, MPK, NEVE, Bertie, Stoker 1c, C/KX Read about our approach to external linking. Assistant, C/NX C/JX 179027, 257966, killed, EBBELS, Leslie T, Ty/Py/Sub C/SSX 27917, MPK, LOVE, Victor J, Ty/Act/Leading D/JX 336995, (President III, O/P), MPK, THOMAS, William C, Mechanician, C/JX 199849, MPK, CARTER, Harold O, Ty/Yeoman of (DEMS), C/JX T.124 X, killed, SCOTT, Terence, Donkeyman, T.124 C/JX 156512, 68947 (SANF), (Pembroke, O/P), MPK, CRANSTON, Robert B, Able Seaman, Dad survived the sinking by leaping into the sea when the Dasher was almost upright. Officer Steward, P/LX C/JX 319290, MPK, COSTAR, Ernest C, Able Seaman, 344216, MPK, CARPENTER, Clyde, Act/Rigger's Seaman, C/JX 94979, MPK, WHELDON, Harold W, Act/Able 51807, MPK, COOPER, Samuel, Leading Stoker, 15809, killed, JAGO-BROWN, Anne E, 2nd Officer, T.124 X, MPK, FLOWER, Kenneth H, Act/Petty C/SSX 30249, C/JX 356808, MPK, FLANAGAN, Denis, Diesel Greaser, 2c, FAA/FX 246665, MPK, BUSH, John R, Ty/Leading Seaman, Artificer 4c, C/MX 266607, (President III, O/P), killed, MACAULAY, John D, Ordinary The Avenger-class escort carriers were converted U.S. Maritime Commission (USMC) type C3 American merchant ships. 136844, MPK, PRATT, Albert E, Ty/Act/Stoker Seaman (DEMS), D/JX Steward, T.124 X, The change was revealed in a letter to Katy Clark, the Labour MP for North Ayrshire and Arran, whose constituency includes the town of Ardrossan. killed, GRAVES, Robert W, Act/Able Seaman Seaman, C/JX Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by 120019, MPK, COOK, Stanley, Electrical Airman, FAA/SFX Artificer 4c, FAA/FX C/JX 175631, MPK, ROLLING, John, Telegraphist, C/JX 99264, MPK, MORRIS, Cyril E, Able Seaman, 87319, MPK, JACKSON, Leonard, Act/Able 3091, killed, MILLS, William H, Marine, PLY/X D/LX 29115, 258797, MPK, WALKER, John, Engine Room Regt, RA, O/P), killed, PURCELL, Reginald P, Bombardier, RNVR, C/TD/X 909, 129496, MPK, LANCASTER, Ralph H, Convoy Fitter (A), FAA/FX Much of what happened remains unknown. Stoker 1c, D/KX 86557, MPK, DYE, Walter J, Stoker 1c, P/KX Lieutenant, RNVR, killed, STONE, William E, Stoker 2c, C/KX Officer, P/JX 149527, RM, killed, LAMBERT, Frederick B, Stoker 2c, D/SSX 20659, died, FAULKNER, Ronald H, Ordinary C/KX 105295, C/JX355084, illness, died, BERRY, Arthur, Gunner, RA, MPK, HARTILL, Horace, Naval Airman 2c, MPK, MCLELLAN, John, Air Mechanic 1c, 312836, (President III, O/P), MPK, REED, Frederick H A, Lance 109151, MPK, CALLOW, Douglas W, Ty/Lieutenant, C/KX 91278, 265579, (President III, O/P), MPK, DYER, Sydney G, Act/Able Seaman MPK, SCRAGG, Francis H, Act/Air C/JX 352303, Telegraphist, D/JX 160256, MPK, CLAUSON, William D, Able Seaman, [11] In July 1901, Dasher took part in that year's Naval Manoeuvres. 51298, (Victory, O/P), MPK, DILKES, George H, Ty/Leading 861985, (4 FAA/FX 94804, 40032, MPK, GRIFFIN, Bertie W, Able Seaman, 86308, MPK, CLARK, William E, Ty/Leading 193627, (President III, O/P), MPK, CORBETT, Dennis F, Act/Able Arthur Allen HMS Dasher (d.27th March 1943), AbleSea. MPK, DAVISON, Edward H, Able Seaman, Seaman, C/JX 303407, Steward, T.124 X, Front Cover On March 27th 1943 HMS Dasher, a hastily converted aircraft carrier, mysteriously exploded and sank within eight minutes in the Clyde. killed, KENT, Matthew H E, Sailor, T.124 Steward, C/LX (DEMS), D/JX USA, as mercantile Rio de Janeiro. MPK, MACDONALD, Roderick A, Ordinary killed, DOBSON, James H, Act/Able Seaman Steward, T.124 X, 153999, DOW, BLAND, Frank E, Act/Able Seaman 3106 (RANR), died, WESTWOOD, Malcolm R, Able Seaman, P/JX 157069, 222509, (President III, O/P), MPK, CURTIS, John A, Act/Able Seaman 289076, (President III, O/P), MPK, JOYCE, Herbert W, Act/Able Seaman 190291, MPK, BURNESS, Albert E, Act/Able (DEMS), P/JX C/JX 300153, MPK, SCOTT, Alexander, Able Seaman, It was the second worst loss of life in home waters since the sinking of HMS Royal Oak at Scapa FlowinOrkney in October 1939. 237244, (President III, O/P), MPK, WATTS, John P, Act/Able Seaman P/MX 89140, MPK, KERR, John R, Stoker 1c, C/KX Seaman (DEMS), P/JX died, RUDDOCK, Ernest B, Electrical IV, O/P), MPK, KELLY, Thomas, Steward, D/LX 3973656, killed, KIDD, Ernest, Lance Bombardier, D/JX 333005, MPK, LINTON, John W, 1808759, (4/2 190986, (President III, O/P), MPK, HICKSON, Thomas, Act/Able Seaman 2355015, MPK, RICHARDSON, George T, Petty (L) 1c, FAA/FX IV, O/P), MPK, JONES, Richard E, Able Seaman, MPK, BRENNAN, Thomas E, Ordnance 293104, MPK, TORDOFF, Dennis A, Carpenter's Fuel storage and leaking fuel tanks appear to have been a major problem. Mechanic (O), FAA/FX 77087, MPK, KILBURN, William, Chief Steward LT/KX 101207, killed, COPEMAN, Geoffrey G T, Act/Able C/SKX 179, killed, JACKSON, John H, Act/Able Seaman 89609, MPK, MOORE, John R, Air Mechanic 2c, P/JX 317014, C/MX 69527, MPK, BOTTRILL, Cuthbert L, Able Hawara: 'What happened was horrific and barbaric'. 112418, MPK, HOGG, William, Petty Officer, D/J Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, SULLIVAN, William, Act/Able 1c, FAA/FX Greaser, T.124 X, 11416131, (6 (Pembroke II), MPK, TOTT, Frederick, Petty Officer 135692, MPK, REID, George A, Able Seaman, D/JX By Steele, John and Noreen Steele 2001, Argyll Publishing ISBN 190283139X Paperback, 400 pages. 1424360, killed, CURRIE, Raymund J, Gunner, RA, Officer Air 236508, (President III, O/P), killed, BARKER, George E W, Seaman, RNPS, Airman, FAA/JX (AW), FAA/FX 87765, MPK, CORRALL, Noel L, Able Seaman, MPK, TICKNER, William T, 416551, died, STONE, Hilda M, Cook (O), WR 158 66108, MPK, SIMPSON, Malcolm, Engine Room Airman, FAA/FX MPK, BRETT, Dennis G, Air Mechanic (O) 6982063, killed, MARSON, William H, Gunner, RA, MPK, KEENAN, Ronald, Able Seaman, C/JX MPK, SULLIVAN, Thomas, Electrical 6102824, (5/3 Signalman, C/JX 366668, MPK, LANGTREE, Robert, Able Seaman, MPK, WALSH, Thomas, Assistant Steward, 194867, MPK, STONE, Fredrick P de M, Able 314604, (President III, O/P), MPK, DUNN, James C, Gunner, RA, P/JX 186173, 19724, died, MITCHELL, Alexander F, MPK, DOUGHTY, William G, Stoker 1c, 249190, (President III, O/P), MPK, SIMONS, John F, Act/Able Seaman Seaman, C/JX The first casualty, whose body was not subsequently identified, was Able Seaman C/JX238822 William Barnes of Cleator Moor, aged 24. RNVR, killed, HAVERS, Patrick H, Lieutenant Seaman (DEMS), Lieutenant, MPK, STAMP, John G, Petty Officer, 353799, MPK, WALTERS, Harold P, Chief Petty 1c, T.124 X, Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, SEYMOUR, Cyril F, Gunner, RA, Want to know what life was like during the War? Lieutenant (A), RNVR, Aviation History and Nostalgia - Casualty packs released for sunken carrier HMS Dasher - BBC News - Casualty packs released for sunken carrier HMS Dasher A question for anyone who knows about these things - what IS a Casualty pack? Such things happen in wars and conflicts. 86050, MPK, ROBERTS, Peter, Leading Seaman, C/JX 189663, D/JX 199759, (President III, O/P), DOWS, DRANSFIELD, Frederick, Able Seaman, C/JX 72069, MPK, STEAD, John, Able Seaman, C/JX Advanced Flying Unit (AFU), air crash, STARK, Winston V, Ty/Act/Sub 92579, MPK, HOBBS, Joseph F, Able Seaman, Lieutenant Trainee, C/NX 1127, 969892, killed, LITTLEWOOD, Kelvin G, Able 133877, MPK, PREECE, Douglas J, Able Seaman, (WRAN), died, PLANT, Lawrence, Leading Stoker, Edited by Gordon Smith, Naval-History.Net . C/JX 168035, killed, MASON, Henry S, Ordinary MPK, WARREN, Albert J, Ordinary Airman, FAA/FX C/JX 187117, MPK, JOHNSON, Harry E, Sick Berth 6982579, killed, BLACK, Peter M D, Gunner, RA, D/KX 95054, 291938, DOWS, STOKES, Ronald, Marine, PLY/X 289287, (President III, O/P), MPK, DANIELS, Norman, Act/Able Seaman 48217, MPK, CRICHTON, George B, Able Seaman, C/JX 258761, MPK, TANNETT, William L, Telegraphist, There was a short announcement of the sinking in The Times in 1945, then nothing more was said officially for 70 years. [7] A witness said in 2021 that survivors had told her that there was a mortuary where they were taken to identify about fifty bodies laid out, "just dumped". 249294, (President III, O/P), MPK, MALINS, George S, Act/Able Seaman Assistant, C/MX 11273209, killed, ROBERTS, Frederick C, Gunner, RA, (DEMS), C/JX 336056, (President III, O/P), MPK, NUTTALL, Raymond A, Sergeant, RA, Seaman, P/JX Researched & compiled by Don 219262, MPK, ORMEROD, Maurice, Able Seaman, Cook, T.124 X, 1c, FXX/FX 339150, (President III, O/P), MPK, LYALL, Alexander S, Act/Able The body of one of these two was never formally identified, while the second was identified and was buried near the family home. 197626, (President III, O/P), MPK, LOCKWOOD, Wilfred, Act/Able Mechanic (O), FAA/SFX 100601, killed, NEIGHBOUR, Thomas H, Able Seaman, 929978, (7/4 338752, (President III, O/P), MPK, BOUCHER, Joseph I, Act/Able died, COAN, Charles W, Able Seaman, D/KX 82609, MPK, LYFIELD, Albert R, Chief Petty MPK, BROWN, Robert B, Able Seaman, MPK, PELL, Fred, Ty/Leading Airman, killed, BARKER, Eric W J, Act/Able Seaman MPK, THOMPSON, James, Able Seaman, MPK, MARTIN, Thomas J, Able Seaman, C/J 97157, Petty Officer, C/JX 156068, died, CONWAY, James, Marine, PLY/X 105763, killed, LAVER, Albert F, Ty/Act/Corporal, 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 66725, MPK, BARNARD, Richard A, Ordinary MPK, PRICE, Fleetwood E, Seaman, D/JX Casualty Lists of the Royal Navy and Dominion Navies, . (RN Malay MPK, DIGGINS, John H, Able Seaman, 62412, MPK, FERGUSON, Arthur, Ty/Act/Petty RNVR, C/TD/X Private Alexander Barnes was married to Mrs Freda Mary Barnes of Frizington. 318096, MPK, DRUMMOND, Anne A, Leading WRNS, No part of this project may be reproduced in any form 93909, DOWS, LITTLEWOOD, Jack, Gunner, RA, 359516, killed, PETTY, Charles J, Able Seaman, 136489, MPK, NEWMAN, William H, Stoker 1c, Illustrious class , FORMIDABLE , ILLUSTRIOUS , IMPLACABLE , INDEFATIGABLE, INDOMITABLE , VICTORIOUS , 6 ships - 23,000 tons, 31 knots, 36+ aircraft, 1,400 crew, 1940-44 HMS Formidable 17. 267622, (President III, O/P), MPK, MCNIVEN, George A, Ty/Leading Officer (DEMS), P/JX MPK, HARVEY, William J, Able Seaman, 391413, (President III, O/P), MPK, HAMILTON, William, Act/Able 152092, died, BARKER, Christoper J, Stoker Lieutenant, RNVR, 271890, killed, DAVIS, Stanley, Ty/Leading Casualties Homepage, Researched & compiled by Don The most terrible memories for him are the moments he spent under the water, trying to surface; the horror when the fuel on the water ignited - killing so many of his colleagues; and the task of trying to identify bodies in the days that followed. RNVR), killed, MILTON, Arthur R, Act/Able P/KX 145782, 4c, FAA/FX 83525, drowning, died, BASTIN, Leslie G, Ordinary 115433, killed, CAMERON, George, Leading Seaman, CH/X 108301, died, FISHLOCK, Hubert L D, Act/Able On 27 March 1943, Dasher was out from Greenock on the Clyde carrying out exercises with the ships embarked Sea Hurricanes and Swordfish aircraft in preparation for a strike against the German warship Tirpitz in Norway. 11416169, (6 132024, MPK, DELLER, John A, Able Seaman, C/JX MPK, BUSWELL, Peter E V, Air Mechanic Shortly after getting to the Firth of Clyde on 27 March 1943, she suffered a major internal explosion and sank.[5]. Seaman, C/JX 325305, MPK, MARTIN, Robert, Stoker 2c, D/KX 152619, MPK, BILLINGSLEY, Morgan E, Able 146418, MPK, BOYCE, James M, Stoker 1c, C/KX Signals, C/J Telegraphist, C/SSX Officer, D/JX 139568, Mechanic, P/MX C/JX 259141, MPK, BATCHELOR, Jack H, Air Mechanic 7018462, killed, DORTON, Albert W J, Gunner, RA, Bombardier, RA, 5054848, Sergeant, RA, 4194860, killed, ARCHER, Mathew T, Ty/Act/Leading Newfoundland's Grand Banks is a non-profit endeavor. (DEMS), P/JX C/JX 190657, MPK, SPICE, Ronald W, Engine Room Seaman, P/JX Artificer, D/MX MPK, WILLIAMS, William F C, Ty/Leading C/JX 299146, 89955, MPK, PYRKE, Edward V, Petty Officer, 2c, FAA/FX MPK, SHEARER, James D, Canteen RANVR, killed, VERYARD, Ernest T, Signal KN 47 (Kenya C/JX 172873, MPK, HICKMAN, William H G, Leading C/KX 100955, MPK, PADGHAM, George H, Ty/Act/Gunner Telegraphist, C/WRX 55780, MPK, SENIOR, Ronald, Engine Room Arms, C/M Act/Regulating Petty (A), RNVR, killed, JONES, David S, Able Seaman, D/JX C/JX 248931, P/KX 132450, (DEMS), C/JX (DEMS), C/JX RA, 3773063, Want to find out more about your relative's service? MPK, KEVERNE, Richard H J, Act/Petty 120845, MPK, JANE, Richard, Able Seaman, D/JX 1c, C/KX 92245, (Pembroke, O/P), MPK, TIBBALS, Alan D, Able Seaman, Seaman, C/JX (DEMS), C/JX MPK, MCCARTHY, Victor D, Able Seaman, 194544, killed, FARQUHARSON, Mary C, WRNS, C/KX 132885, (Victory, 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. Seaman, C/JX 376923, Telegraphist, C/JX Seaman, C/JX She sank within eight minutes with the loss of 379 lives, only 149 of those on board survived. 228952, MPK, WATERHOUSE, Harry, Steward, C/LX Seaman, RFR, C/J (4) A visit to FrizingtonIn 2009 I visited St Joseph's R.C. Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, HEWITT, William, Act/Able Seaman There were merits in both arguments, but thereafter the stowage on her British-operated sister ships was reduced from 75,00088,000USgal (280,000330,000L) down to 36,000USgal (140,000L), and the USN reduced theirs also but not as drastically. P/J 19400, died, WELLS, Frank, Stoker 1c, C/SS Seaman (DEMS), D/JX Lieutenant (A), RNVR, 2c, FAA/FX C/JX 156464, 181752, died, ELSWORTH, Harold E, Able Seaman, Mechanic, P/MX 129558, MPK, WALLIS, Frederick C, Engine Room C/KX 92825, MPK, REYNOLDS, Kenneth H, Able Seaman, Assistant, P/MX 82797, 3456350, (4/2 MPK, ARNOLD, Leslie, Ordinary Seaman,
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