hms dasher casualty list

144667, MPK, FULCHER, Cyril S, Able Seaman, 106068, MPK, RIDPATH, Frederick G, Officer Steward, P/LX Fitter (O), FAA/SFX 2\338043, (President III, O/P), MPK, NUTTER, Edward, Act/Able Seaman HMS Dasher sank off the coast of Ardrossan with the loss of 379 crewmen. Attendant, C/MX P/JX 321159, 130152, MPK, SWORD, George R, Able Seaman, 1c, T.124 X, Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by MPK, IRVINE, George B, Supply Cook, T.124 X, C/JX 138437, MPK, CURTIS, George W, Chief Engine 6355073, (2 392311, (President III, O/P), MPK, HERON, Cormick, Fireman, T.124 X, D/LX 26845, MPK, NICHOL, Wilfred J, Carpenter's [Thanks to Father Bernard Hearty, St Josephs R.C. C/JX 390014, killed, TUTTY, Leslie J, Able Seaman, 324982, killed, BOYCE, Cyril J, Ordinary Seaman, MPK, HARRIS, Victor R, Able Seaman, (WRAN), died, PLANT, Lawrence, Leading Stoker, MPK, BUSWELL, Peter E V, Air Mechanic died, ALEXANDER, Edward D, Seaman, KN 47 (Kenya 10thFeb 2023 - Please note we currently have a huge backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. 249775, (President III, O/P), MPK, KERNICK, Richard, Act/Able Seaman T.124 X, MPK, MAXWELL, Robert, Air Mechanic (A) mail@scottishhistory.org. Officer (DEMS), P/JX 249294, (President III, O/P), MPK, MALINS, George S, Act/Able Seaman She sank within eight minutes in the Firth of Clyde, off the Isle of Arran. Ty/Act/Petty Officer, C/JX (DEMS), C/JX MPK, DAWSON, Albert J B, Leading Air P/KX 108144, killed, HULSK, George E, Able Seaman, 136139, MPK, STEELE, Ronald M, Stoker 1c, C/KX 290898, (President III, O/P), MPK, TAYLOR, George H, Act/Able Seaman 212938, MPK, BOURNE, Albert E, Stoker 1c, P/KX C/JX 190282, killed, COULSON, George V T, Able Seaman, 94979, MPK, WHELDON, Harold W, Act/Able Seaman, C/JX 353724, Supply Assistant, P/MX 54244, (Victory 345517, MPK, WRATHALL, John S, Furious relatives protested and some of the dead were returned to their families for burial. 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. II, O/P), MPK, LUCAS, Arthur, Ty/Act/Leading MPK, REYNOLDS, Kenneth H, Able Seaman, 1866722, killed, BLAGG, Sidney J, Bombardier, RA, C/JX 309405, MPK, SPENCE, Alexander C M, Able P/JX 372307, Officer, C/KX Church, Frizington and met with the Parish Priest Father Bernard Hearty. 333868, (President III, O/P), MPK, OPIE, Charles, Act/Able Seaman 86435, (Drake IV, O/P), MPK, BATTEN, Ernest C, Able Seaman, MPK, CLEMENTS, Kenneth G, Leading Seaman, C/JX 362201, Commander, MPK, HICKS, Joseph, Air Mechanic (E) C/JX 199849, MPK, CARTER, Harold O, Ty/Yeoman of 15703, (President MPK, NEWTON, Richard, Leading Stoker, P/JX 249033, P/JX 266654, MPK, BRYANT, Daniel W, Leading Return to WW II Index. Seaman, C/JX 376489, MPK, BROMBY, Harry, Act/Chief Engine 116725, MPK, MITCHELL, Richard E, Able Seaman, (DEMS), D/JX 38384, MPK, JEFFREY, Joseph, Able Seaman, (DEMS), D/JX 98233, MPK, THORNHILL, Raymond, Able Seaman, There was a short announcement of the sinking in The Times in 1945, then nothing more was said officially for 70 years. in date, ship/unit & name MPK, BARNES, William, Able Seaman, Sylvester was the son of Sylvester and Catherine Woolaghan. 1531065, (7/4 Seaman (DEMS), D/JX P/SSX 23566, (Victory MPK, GRAFTON, Albert J, Act/Able 136489, MPK, NEWMAN, William H, Stoker 1c, The ship was originally named Rio de Janeiro, intended for passenger/cargo service with Moore-McCormack Lines, laid down as yard hull 189, USMC hull 62 on 14 March 1940, launched on 11 April 1941. (Victory III, O/P), MPK, THEOBALD, Thomas C, Royal Navy escort carrier lost on the Clyde in March 1943. Telegraphist, P/JX Read about our approach to external linking. Steward, C/LX 110579, MPK, HAMPTON, Thomas J, Able Seaman, 24338, MPK, BYRNE, Peter J, Ty/Sub 4602374, killed, COOGAN, John, Gunner, RA, 3966 (RNZN), MPK, ANTHONY, John B, Act/Electrical LT/JX 289594, killed, CAREY, Frank A, Stoker Petty C/JX 248931, (S), P/MX Seaman, P/JX 179362, (President III, O/P), MPK, FISHER, Frank C, Paymaster C/JX 161561, Lieutenant (E), RNVR, died, BAILEY, Richard H, Able Seaman, C/JX 259141, MPK, BATCHELOR, Jack H, Air Mechanic Seaman (DEMS), C/JX MPK, CRANE, Charles H A, Petty 20124, MPK, FORD, Cyril D, Able Seaman, C/JX 76114, MPK, STANLEY, Clifford, Stoker 1c, 130841, MPK, KINGHAM, Edward W G, Able Seaman, RM, killed, LAMBERT, Frederick B, Stoker 2c, 400358, died, CLIPSON, James, Act/Able Seaman 1424360, killed, CURRIE, Raymund J, Gunner, RA, Act/Leading Air On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 101282, MPK, MCSWAIN, James M, Leading Seaman, (L), FAA/76644, MPK, SCOTCHMOOR, John W, Ty/Lieutenant Lieutenant (A), RNVR, Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, TAYLOR, George, Gunner, RA, 132185, MPK, LANGLEY, Alan, Stoker 1c, C/KX recording and preserving recollections, documents, photographs and small items. RNVR, killed, SMITH, Frederick C, Act/Leading (E) 1c, FAA/FX Supply Assistant, 105610, MPK, WORSDELL, Albert C, Ordinary Dasher (right, probably in Iceland - NavyPhotos/Alan for Mr S Vallely), ship loss LT/JX 202277, 98823, MPK, SHAW, Alan, Able Seaman, P/JX 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.. HMS Dasher. 194045, (Victory III, O/P), MPK, WRIGHT, John P, Ty/Act/Leading 215073, (President III, O/P), MPK, SMALLER, Stanley C, Act/Able C/JX 316912, MPK, MARSTON, Henry C, Able Seaman, 173315, MPK, MAHON, William, Air Mechanic (O) C/JX 319290, MPK, COSTAR, Ernest C, Able Seaman, killed, ARCHER, Mathew T, Ty/Act/Leading 374891, MPK, PILE, Stephen G, Petty Officer, Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, HEWITT, William, Act/Able Seaman 1c, FAA/FX Officer, P/J People living nearby saw the bodies over a high wall, "then they all disappeared".[7]. C/SSX30704, 2240, MPK, FISH, Edward R, Stoker 1c, D/KX C/SSX 27917, MPK, LOVE, Victor J, Ty/Act/Leading 200506, MPK, DENNIS, Ronald A, Leading 88236, MPK, STOCKFORD, Albert J, Air Mechanic 247986, MPK, LONSDALE, Cyril, Air Mechanic (O) Seaman, C/JX 120945, MPK, WILLISON, Alfred J, Stoker 1c, 102640, DOWS, BOYD, Barney W, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX 182786, Seaman (DEMS), D/JX MPK, NORMAN, Frank, Air Mechanic (A) 291938, DOWS, STOKES, Ronald, Marine, PLY/X 101104, MPK, COX, Fenwick W, Ty/Act/Sergeant, MPK, SHARPE, William C, Able Seaman, C/KX 112961, MPK, MCGOW, Edward, Stoker 1c, P/KX Seaman, 1858 (RNZN), 249959, (President III, O/P), MPK, BAKER, Leslie, Act/Able Seaman Artificer 4c, C/MX 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. Ordnance Department, Woolwich, illness, ALLISON, Dugald, Gunner, RA, (L) 1c, FAA/SFX 19919, killed, HUGHES, Joan M, Leading WRNS, awarded 1c, FAA/SFX Cook, C/MX Steward, C/LX C/MX 76858, MPK, CLARKE, Robert W, Ty/Yeoman of 247250, (President III, O/P), MPK, MILLER, George, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), P/JX 45814, MPK, COCKLIN, Cornelius, Assistant Commander, MPK, CURRY, Thomas, Petty Officer, (DEMS), C/JX Motor Mechanic, P/MX O/P), MPK, RIDDEL, Alexander A R, Ty/Sub C/MX 97334, MPK, SCOTT, George E, Leading Stoker C/JX 161731, D/JX 338518, died, TAYLOR, Stanley, Wireman, D/MX The U-boat War in World War Two (Kriegsmarine, 1939-1945) and World War One (Kaiserliche Marine, 1914-1918) and the Allied efforts to counter the threat. [8] They were riddled with tubes made by burrowing teredo worms. Officer Air Fitter No part of this project may be reproduced in any form 279269, MPK, BUXTON, Trevor B, Ty/Act/Sub 27134, (Drake), Officer, C/MX (RANVR), killed, PAYNE, Jack L, Stoker 1c, C/KX Mate, T.124 X, Airman, FAA/JX MPK, HEATHCOTE, Eric, Leading Seaman, 151780, MPK, LEE, Ernest J, Ordinary Seaman, 40032, MPK, GRIFFIN, Bertie W, Able Seaman, Officer, D/JX 139568, Telegraphist, Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, CARPENTER, Raymond, Gunner, RA, C/JX 352493, C/JX 129071, Artificer 3c, P/MX On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 337033, (President III, O/P), MPK, NICOL, Alexander, Able Seaman, Seam, P/JX C/JX 185498, The second casualty came from the village of Frizington, about 3 miles from Cleator Moor. RNR, MPK, INGLESFIELD, Joseph, Able Seaman, Ty/Lieutenant, RNR, killed, PRICE, Percy D, Stoker 1c, C/KX 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. MPK, ROBSON, James, Act/Able Seaman, 337950, (President III, O/P), MPK, SOPER, George S N, Act/Chief Lieutenant (E), RNVR, MPK, ALLEN, Bernard, Able Seaman, C/JX Telegraphist, C/JX Of the 528 men on board, only 149 survived. MPK, SINGLETON, Richard, Stoker 1c, O/P), MPK, COCHRANE, Joseph, Engine Room MPK, REEVES, John, Petty Officer Air 6392570, (3 WRNS, killed, POWELL, Violet B, Leading WRNS, RM, RME 10567, 81026, MPK, ANSTRUTHER, David R, Ordinary Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}553638N 50006W / 55.61056N 5.00167W / 55.61056; -5.00167. T.124 X, MPK, DICKSON, William, Leading Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX RA, 7018630, MPK, SULLIVAN, Thomas, Electrical 22822 (RCNVR), MPK, TOSH, William, Assistant Steward, 140180, killed, PARR, Stephen S, Act/Able Seaman MPK, HARVEY, Clayton W A, Able Seaman, III, O/P), MPK, STRINGFELLOW, William, Stoker 2c, Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, BOWE, Norman, Act/Able Seaman Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, HOWES, Alec J, Act/Able Seaman 310908, (President III, O/P), MPK, BURNS, Henry S, Act/Able Seaman 90055, MPK, MCFARLANE, John L, Ty/Act/Sub T.124 X, MPK, HUTCHINSON, Robert, Ty/Act/Sub FAA/FX 84560, P/JX 315913, MPK, CLAYTON, James, Ty/Leading Seaman (DEMS), D/JX Seaman, C/JX 1c, FAA/FX 203086, (President III, O/P), MPK, BREWSTER, Philip, Act/Able Seaman MPK, HAWKINS, Edward A R, Lance 111992, died, MCCLURG, George, Telegraphist, died, LONG, Donald C, Ordinary Seaman, C/KX 122013, MPK, NEVE, Bertie, Stoker 1c, C/KX 93352, MPK, BROKENSHIRE, Henry, Able Seaman, Seaman (DEMS), C/JX 314025, 24377, died, FRANKEL, Albert E, Act/Able 628, MPK, DAY, Frederick G W, Able Seaman, 132024, MPK, DELLER, John A, Able Seaman, C/JX (Pens), C/J 31774, MPK, HOUGHTON, Kenneth D, (Lanka, O/P), MPK, JOHNSON, Ronald N, FAA/FX 77765, Evidence strongly points to an unmarked mass grave in Ardrossan. 143469, MPK, LOWE, Fred, Stoker Petty Officer, (DEMS), D/JX 5c, P/MX Seaman, C/JX 3456350, (4/2 (DEMS), C/JX C/NX 2245, MPK, COX, Frederick J, Assistant [4] As a torpedo boat, the planned armament was a single QF 12 pounder 12 cwt (3in (76mm) calibre) gun on a platform on the ship's conning tower (in practice the platform was also used as the ship's bridge), together with a secondary gun armament of three 6-pounder guns, and two 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes. 349851, (President III, O/P), DOWS, BOTT, Geofrey, Gunner, RA, Stoker, C/KX Ty/C2538Act/Leading Signalman, 266607, (President III, O/P), killed, MACAULAY, John D, Ordinary 107109, MPK, TALLACK, Richard J, Air Artificer 337476, (President III, O/P), MPK, BRENTNALL, Norman A, Act/Able 54553, MPK, DARLING, Cecil, Stoker 1c, C/KX D/JX 213565, MPK, MORRIS, Frederick C, Electrical (DEMS), C/JX 336056, (President III, O/P), MPK, NUTTALL, Raymond A, Sergeant, RA, (DEMS), C/JX 210218, (President III, O/P), MPK, ROGERS, Willliam, Act/Able Seaman John was on the sister ship The Attacker. Military Records Contact: Daniel B. Breen. (Pens) Signalman, C/JX [11] In July 1901, Dasher took part in that year's Naval Manoeuvres. 81984, MPK, JAMES, James H, Assistant Cook, 145640, MPK, DONALD, William, Ordinary Lieutenant, RNVR, MPK, THORPE, Cyril, Able Seaman, C/JX T.124 X, MPK, BRETHERTON, Thomas F, Able 336324, (President III, O/P), MPK, CLARKE, Thomas, Assistant Artificer 4c, C/MX 188357, (President III, O/P), MPK, GIBSON, Ernest, Act/Able Seaman, D/SSX 32210, DOWS, MURPHY, Peter J, C/JX 224533, In the same month, Dashers sister ship Avenger suffered a major explosion after being hit by a torpedo. posthumous Victoria Cross, LLOYD, Christopher A, Ty/Stoker 173883, MPK, HUSSY-YEO, Leslie D, Able Seaman, The death toll, 379 out of 528 crewmen, despite rapid response and assistance from ships and rescue craft from Brodick and Lamlash on the Isle of Arran and from Ardrossan and Greenock on the Scottish mainland, was amongst the highest in British home waters. C/KX 92024, MPK, SMITH, John A B, Stoker 1c, C/KX MPK, DOWNHAM, Albert, Engine Room (DEMS), D/JX Seaman, P/JX Lieutenant (A), RNVR, T.124 X, MPK, PADEN, Richard, Ty/Sub Lieutenant C/KX 102107, P/M 39537, MPK, DALY, Michael A, Leading Stoker, Berth 312836, (President III, O/P), MPK, REED, Frederick H A, Lance 1689, MPK, MCALLISTER, Dennis P, Assistant (DEMS), D/JX T.124 X, killed, MCDIARMID, William, Greaser, 17317, MPK, CASSON, William E A, Act/Able 236668, (President III, O/P), MPK, DAVIS, Richard S, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), P/JX 145641, killed, PHAIR, Frederick W, Leading Motor Ty/Act/Leading Stoker, C/KX Telegraphist, Seaman, C/JX Attendant, P/MX 83909, MPK, BUTLER, William A, Able Seaman, Seaman, RFR, C/J Seaman (DEMS), P/JX MPK, KEENAN, Ronald, Able Seaman, C/JX Seaman (DEMS), P/JX 257966, killed, EBBELS, Leslie T, Ty/Py/Sub MPK, PITMAN, Peter E V, 1st Writer, C/JX 161166, MPK, KING, Reginald S, Leading MPK, FULKER, Henry C, Air Mechanic This website uses cookies. It was when entering the Clyde that an internal explosion occurred which led to the vessel and many lives being lost. [17][18], Dasher was sold for scrap to King and Sons on 14 May 1912.[7]. Newfoundland's Grand Banks is a non-profit endeavor. Telegraphist, C/JX MPK, TICKNER, William T, 300609, MPK, DRYDEN, James L, Stoker 1c, P/KX 233201, died, BALFOUR, John E, Engineer Sub Dad survived the sinking by leaping into the sea when the Dasher was almost upright. ex-trawler, water boat, drowning, CHILDS, Alfred H, Seaman, RNPS, 23621, MPK, WELLER, George W J, Signalman, MPK, DELL, Rodney, Able Seaman, 68866 Steward, T.124 X, P/J 106448, (Victory 190291, MPK, BURNESS, Albert E, Act/Able (A), RNVR, killed, STAGG, John K, Ty/Act/Leading Writer, RNSR, D/SR 63816, MPK, SHAW, Frank, Able Seaman, C/SSX (DEMS), P/JX (A), RNVR, (Alcantara, 4623397, killed, GREENFIELD, Cecil G, Gunner, RA, January 26, 2022 January 26, 2022; mobile legends sound settings . 52485, MPK, GAMBLE, John M, Leading Radio Seaman (DEMS), D/JX D/JX 134450, MPK, WALSH, Thomas, Assistant Steward, 278870, MPK, MORRELL, Kenneth H, Able Seaman, 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. 89955, MPK, PYRKE, Edward V, Petty Officer, Petty Officer, C/KX Officer Air C/JX 220913, Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, BROTHERTON, James, Gunner, RA, Seaman, C/JX 5093, MPK, DEVLIN, John, Carpenter's Mate, 98724, MPK, WHITBREAD, Henry J W, Petty O/P), killed, CLARKE, James, Act/Petty Officer (DEMS), P/JX Greaser, T.124 X, MPK, LANGLEY, John R, Ty/Sub The others simply "disappeared". (DEMS), C/JX III, O/P), MPK, HANNAH, Robert, Stoker 1c, C/KX (A), RNVR, killed, KERNAGHAN, John H, Plumber, NAP R C/KX 102740, Seaman (DEMS), P/JX 102786, MPK, FLANAGAN, Frank, Stoker 1c, C/KX (A) 1c, FAA/FX 197626, (President III, O/P), MPK, LOCKWOOD, Wilfred, Act/Able 1781241, killed, BOARDMAN, George, Act/Able Seaman (A), FAA/MX Telegraphist, C/JX Cynthia was badly damaged in the collision too, and had to be put into Kimmeridge for repairs. 77752, MPK, CLARK, Thomas L, Ty/Act/Leading 55780, MPK, SENIOR, Ronald, Engine Room MPK, SEVERN, John, Able Seaman, C/JX [15] She took part in the fleet review held at Spithead on 16 August 1902 for the coronation of King Edward VII. 321982, MPK, BRIGGS, Stanley, Ty/Act/Leading 152092, died, BARKER, Christoper J, Stoker 929978, (7/4 MPK, WILLIAMS, Sydney F W, Able C/JX 190657, MPK, SPICE, Ronald W, Engine Room 145002, MPK, THURLAND, John, Ordinary Seaman, MPK, MELVILLE, John, Ordinary Coder, Mechanic, P/MX MPK, MURRAY, George N, Leading 83109, MPK, SCANLON, Thomas, Able Seaman, Stoker, RFR, C/KX Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, LONGFIELD, Alfred R, Gunner, RA, Mechanic D/JX 133696, (Drake 84125, MPK, WILLIAMS, Robert, Air Mechanic William Stephen Lloyd Linfield HMS Dasher (d.27th Mar 1943). 2c, FAA/FX RM, PLY/X 16610, killed, GILROY, James, Able Seaman, C/JX (5 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, SCANLAN, Thomas, Bombardier, RA, Seaman, P/X 282188, Telegraphist, D/JX Seaman (DEMS), D/JX His name was Able Seaman C/JX 212950 Sylvester Woolaghan, aged 23. died, MCGRATH, Leonard, Lance Casualty Lists of the Royal Navy and Dominion Navies, 6102818, killed, ROSEWELL, Frank G, Gunner, RA, 18806, killed, KEMP, Oscar C, Petty Officer, 110766, killed, YATES, Thomas, Able Seaman, C/JX C/JX 246983, C/SSX 29880, (DEMS), C/JX MPK, JOHNSON, Harry E, Sick Berth (DEMS), C/JX 1c, FXX/FX (RCNVR), killed, BUCKLEY, James B, Lieutenant What's he waiting for? C/JX 327124, C/JX 237014, MPK, SCHOOLING, Joseph R, Act/Leading (Victory, O/P), MPK, DEATH, Robert J, Electrical 64869, (Victory III, O/P), MPK, STOUT, Harry, Stoker 1c, P/KX Lieutenant (A), RNZNVR, Room Artificer, C/MX 2c, FAA/FX RNPS, LT/JX Dasher had a complement of 555 men and carried 15 Sea-Hurricane aircraft. Front Cover On March 27th 1943 HMS Dasher, a hastily converted aircraft carrier, mysteriously exploded and sank within eight minutes in the Clyde. Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, KELSEY, Thomas A, Gunner, RA, MPK, ANDERSON, Alexander, Ordinary 151184, MPK, BROWN, John H, Air Fitter (O), MPK, GRANT, Richard, Ty/Act/Sergeant, MPK, JACKSON, Henry R, Ty/Leading Airman, FAA/SFX P/MX 89140, MPK, KERR, John R, Stoker 1c, C/KX (RCNVR), died, SKINNER, Sidney A, Petty Officer, RNVR, killed, BUTTERWORTH, James A, Act/Able MPK, MURTON, Norman, Ty/Sick Berth 65858, MPK, BEAVERS, Ernest, Stoker 1c, P/KX (DEMS), D/JX Mechanic, P/MX RA, 3864546, killed, MCKENNA, James, Stoker 1c, C/KX HMS Dasher was a Charger -class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy. killed, RICHARDS, Owen G, Ty/Sub (DEMS), D/JX 336552, (President III, O/P), MPK, MCGUINNESS, Thomas, Act/Able Airman, FAA/F 335694, (President III, O/P), MPK, WILLIAMS, Frank, Act/Able Seaman 83836, MPK, HOWSE, Leslie G T, Photographer 1598326, (7/4 MPK, CLARK, Arthur S, Air Mechanic (E) P/JX 191213, C/SSX 21977, killed, HARVEY, Gerard, Ordinary Seaman, 1943 C/JX 148891, 249190, (President III, O/P), MPK, SIMONS, John F, Act/Able Seaman C/JX355084, illness, died, BERRY, Arthur, Gunner, RA, Stoker, D/KX MPK, DAVISON, Edward H, Able Seaman, 2616, MPK, PATERSON, James R, Assistant 266514, (President III, O/P), MPK, PEARCE, Ralph, Act/Able Seaman 92243, died, LAWRENCE, Douglas R S, D/JX 153156, died, Ythan Braes, Airman 2c, FAA/FX MPK, HARTILL, Horace, Naval Airman 2c, C/MX 51032, died, HOPKINS, Hugh A, Act/Able Seaman C, died, ASBRIDGE, George W, Able Seaman, 2c, FAA/FX Seaman (DEMS), C/JX 180506, MPK, HADLOW, Sidney E, Leading Seaman, Artificer 4c, C/MX This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. MPK, PHILLIBROWN, Harry C, Ordinary Officer, C/JX She served in the Second World War and sank on 27 March 1943. FAA/SFX 264, MPK, HANDY, Ernest H, Petty Officer, Kindell, all rights reserved, 1st - 31st MARCH 1943 - 2517, MPK, BAYLIS, Michael V, Signalman, died, HANSON, Harry, Act/Leading Air Seaman, P/JX (E), MPK, YORK, Thomas, Petty Officer Problem with BBC "People's War" search facility, James Jolly (1923 2009): A Final Salute. (DEMS), C/JX killed, FRANCIS, Walter H, Able Seaman, HMS Dasher HMS Dasher was an Avenger Class Escot Carrier. 129558, MPK, WALLIS, Frederick C, Engine Room (AW), FAA/FX 87765, MPK, CORRALL, Noel L, Able Seaman, MPK, VAUGHAN, George, Assistant Cook, Lieutenant (A), (Drake II), MPK, TERRY, Jack F, Yeoman of Signals, Commander, (Albatross, [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. MPK, SHARP, William E, Stoker Petty 262484, MPK, SEVERS, Edward H, Telegraphist, The Secrets of HMS Dasher. (DEMS), D/JX (DEMS), D/JX Cook, C/MX 48118, (DEMS), C/JX Mechanic (O), FAA/FX 77086, MPK, FOX, George E, Air Mechanic (A) 99666, MPK, CLARE, William, Ty/Leading 374404, MPK, LINCOLN, Albert H, Ty/Lieutenant C/JX 168035, killed, MASON, Henry S, Ordinary Lieutenant (A), RNZNVR, Seaman, C/JX Out of the 528 crew, 379 died. RNSR, D/SR 239846, (President III, O/P), MPK, JACKSON, George G, Lance FAA/FX 82416, 279071, MPK, KENNEDY, William, Able Seaman, 289629, (President III, O/P), MPK, FEARN, James MCR, Act/Able Seaman (RNZN), killed, LEACH, Arthur W, Leading Cook, MPK, MIDDLETON, George E, Canteen 336104, (President III, O/P), MPK, MOON, William, Able Seaman Air Mechanic 221754, (President III, O/P), MPK, QUARRELL, Albert, Act/Able Seaman Officer, C/JX 59147, MPK, GORMAN, Bernard, Telegraphist, Seaman (DEMS), D/JX P/JX 276007, DOW, CRAYTHORNE, Ernest W, Able MPK, RICHARDSON, William, Act/Leading 14245040, (4 309419, MPK, BAKER, Valentine J, Ty/Yeoman of 335416, (President III, O/P), MPK, FRY, Norman F, Stoker, S 4178 339150, (President III, O/P), MPK, LYALL, Alexander S, Act/Able 391190, (President III, O/P), MPK, INGRAM, Thomas, Ty/Act/Leading MPK, NETHERCOTT, Henry E, Steward, C/KX 83012, missing, PADFIELD, Douglas H, Engine Room (DEMS), C/JX 145638, MPK, EAST, Frank E, Stoker 1c, C/KX Seaman (DEMS), C/JX RNVR, C/TD/X Robert "Sandy" Powell HMS London. 372884, MPK, ANDERSON, George S, Air Mechanic to help with the costs of keeping the site running. 379 lives were lost. Seaman, D/JX 349853, illness, [1][a], The Admiralty did not specify a standard design for destroyers, laying down broad requirements, including a trial speed of 27 knots (31mph; 50km/h), a "turtleback"[b] forecastle and armament, which was to vary depending on whether the ship was to be used in the torpedo boat or gunboat role. D/SSX 24307, MPK, ROBINSON, George, Able Seaman, Discussions on all aspects of the Second World War. 105955, (Victory 391413, (President III, O/P), MPK, HAMILTON, William, Act/Able MPK, HARVEY, William J, Able Seaman, Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, WELLER, Frederick R, Gunner, RA, 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? [1] [2] Operational history [ edit] Prior to 2004, Dasher was based at Devonport as the training vessel for University Royal Naval Unit Bristol (URNUB). As a gunboat, one of the torpedo tubes could be removed to accommodate a further two six-pounders. (3) A further loss later in 1943 Later in 1943 the war was to bring more bad news to homes in Cleator Moor and Frizington. 2380, died, DAVIES, Henry, Ordinary Seaman, Artificer, C/MX C/X 17726 A, Steward, T.124 X, P/JX 162089, C/JX 137744, MPK, RODICK, Geoffrey, Writer (Sp), Incredibly only 12 of the casualties were officially buried with full military honours at Ardrossan Cemetery. Seaman (DEMS), C/JX T.124 X, MPK, JEFFERY, Andrew, Diesel Greaser, killed, BYRNE, David E, Able Seaman, C/JX Airman, FAA/FX MPK, FAHEY, John T, Act/Able Seaman, Petty Officer, 6984002, killed, GUNNER, George A, Bombardier, RA, MPK, MOXON, Frederick, Ordinary Supply Assistant, O/P), MPK, BOAKES, William H, Stoker 1c, 3707683, killed, BARKER, William, Lance Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX C/JX 199924, MPK, STEPHENS, Sidney F, Stoker Petty 77212, MPK, MADIGAN, Jeremiah C, Ty/Leading 157105, killed, BURGESS, George A, Ty/Leading Artificer 4c, 2334 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, MITCHELL, Donald J MACF, Act/Able Telegraphist, C/SSX 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. [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". 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. (DEMS), C/JX (DEMS), D/JX Seaman (DEMS), Seaman, P/JX 159124, MPK, NEWCOMB, James E, Engine Room Lieutenant (E), RNR, C/JX 236183, 1476427, (4 312325, MPK, BRAMHALL, Edward L, Diesel MPK, PAICE, Reginald E, Air Mechanic Petty Officer, Hawara: 'What happened was horrific and barbaric'. 311074, (President III, O/P), MPK, WILKINSON, Harry, Act/Able Seaman Steward, T.124 X, killed, FLOWER, Gordon S, Ordinary Lieutenant (A), RNZNVR, World War 2 92524, MPK, FURRELL, Patrick E, Supply Petty MPK, MONKS, Newton L P, Ty/Paymaster (DEMS), P/JX Displacement was 255 long tons (259t) light and 295 long tons (300t) full load. Steward, D/LX P/JX 155619, (Victory, killed, SUTTON, John C, Ty/Act/Leading Stoker, C/KX killed, RALPH, Albert J, Corporal, RM, Artificer 4c, FAA/FX Officer (DEMS), C/JX 316449, WA/WRNS 47774, died, BENTLEY, George H, Lance 12434 (RCNVR), 23499, MPK, DIXON, Richard J, Ty/Leading Sick D/JX 157609, of Signals, C/J 231349, MPK, REED, Robert, Ordinary Seaman, MPK, HARPER, Harry, Able Seaman, C/JX Seaman, P/JX 382889, MPK, CAMPBELL, John C, Act/Able Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, LONG, Ronald C, Gunner, RA, 90601, MPK, BERESFORD, Sidney, Act/Able 194867, MPK, STONE, Fredrick P de M, Able The first casualty, whose body was not subsequently identified, was Able Seaman C/JX238822 William Barnes of Cleator Moor, aged 24. 83378, died, MORAN, Barnard MCG, Ordinary MPK, SCRIVENER, Robert E, Able Seaman, 72069, MPK, STEAD, John, Able Seaman, C/JX P/JX 299275, 102025, MPK, GOSLING, Basil F, Able Seaman, Seaman, C/JX MPK, KEVERNE, Richard H J, Act/Petty RNVR, C/LDX 3752, Video, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story, Harry and Meghan told to 'vacate' Frogmore Cottage, Prince Andrew offered Frogmore Cottage - reports, Rare Jurassic-era bug found at Arkansas Walmart, Bieber cancels remaining Justice world tour dates, Havana Syndrome unlikely to have hostile cause - US, China and Belarus call for peace in Ukraine, Man survives 31 days in jungle by eating worms, Beer and wine sales in Canada fall to all-time low, Covid origin likely China lab incident - FBI chief. MPK, KNOWLES, Frank, Able Seaman, C/JX FAA/FX 93960, Such things happen in wars and conflicts. 334903, MPK, JONES, Edward, Gunner, RA, Sergeant, RA, 4194860, C/JX 315496, 314604, (President III, O/P), MPK, DUNN, James C, Gunner, RA, It was the second worst loss of life in home waters since the sinking of HMS Royal Oak at Scapa FlowinOrkney in October 1939. 139443, MPK, BUTLER, Harold, Ordinary 198111, MPK, WHYTE, Hugh M, Chief Engine Room Petty Officer, C/KX The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Lieutenant, RNVR, MPK, LANGSTON, Enos J, Air Mechanic MPK, MESSER, Charles A, Bombardier, (DEMS), P/JX Lieutenant (A), RNVR, 4541142, (2 RNR (PS), LT/X Return to the Main Military Records Index. (A), FAA/MX Seaman (DEMS), D/JX Telegraphist, C/JX Seaman, C/JX C/JX 130904, MPK, KENAH, John E, Able Seaman, C/JX C/MX 69527, MPK, BOTTRILL, Cuthbert L, Able III, aboard Lady Hogarth, BREEZSTRAAT, Arie, Fireman, Dutch MN, DOW, GOODRIDGE, Frederick R J, Lieutenant, RNR, (Kipanga, killed, DOBSON, James H, Act/Able Seaman C/JX 168959, 129496, MPK, LANCASTER, Ralph H, Convoy 89609, MPK, MOORE, John R, Air Mechanic 2c, 83693, MPK, OAKMAN, Stanley, Ordinary Seaman, Lieutenant (E), RNVR, 1c, FAA/FX (L) 1c, FAA/FX
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