110579, MPK, HAMPTON, Thomas J, Able Seaman, Act/Able Seaman, P/JX 51807, MPK, COOPER, Samuel, Leading Stoker, 345517, MPK, WRATHALL, John S, Angelo, air operations 25 March 1943, BARBOUR, Michael Artificer 4c, 2334 The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Artificer 3c, P/MX (L) 1c, FAA/SFX C/J 97157, Air Mechanic MPK, BRENNAN, Thomas E, Ordnance 81389, died, ROBINSON, Francis, Able Seaman, MPK, BOWMAN, Horace E, Leading Radio 338395, (President III, O/P), MPK, KENDRICK, Horace, Ty/Act/Sergeant Cook, C/MX (DEMS), C/JX C/JX 278463, 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. 1424360, killed, CURRIE, Raymund J, Gunner, RA, MPK, RICHARDSON, William, Act/Leading to help with the costs of keeping the site running. Descripton: The authors' third book on HMS Dasher establishes a connection between this ship's sinking and The Man Who Never Was, the Allied ruse to deceive the Germans about the likely point of mainland Europe allied invasion. Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, WELLER, Frederick R, Gunner, RA, Lieutenant (E), (DEMS), C/JX Officer, P/JX 149527, (AW), FAA/FX 87765, MPK, CORRALL, Noel L, Able Seaman, [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. 391190, (President III, O/P), MPK, INGRAM, Thomas, Ty/Act/Leading 51298, (Victory, O/P), MPK, DILKES, George H, Ty/Leading 289547, (President III, O/P), killed, THOMASSON, Samuel, Act/Able Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, HARRISON, Joseph, Gunner, RA, Steward, T.124 X, RNPS, LT/KX Steward, C/LX Telegraphist 266177, (President III, O/P), MPK, FARLEY, George H, Ty/Act/Leading Officer, P/J C/KX 91278, Seaman, C/JX Seaman (DEMS), C/JX 2240, MPK, FISH, Edward R, Stoker 1c, D/KX She participated in Operation Torch, with her sister ship Biter, carrying Sea Hurricanes of 804 Naval Air Squadron. (DEMS), P/JX MPK, LIDDLE, Richard, Ordinary Seaman, C/MX 64815, MPK, WALTON, Leslie, Able Seaman, D/JX 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). 314512, (President III, O/P), MPK, PERRY, Percy, Act/Able Seaman RMB/X 1791, died, CLARKE, Frederick, Petty Officer, 289076, (President III, O/P), MPK, JOYCE, Herbert W, Act/Able Seaman Steward, T.124 X, 249381, (President III, O/P), MPK, ALLEN, Roy S, Ty/Sub Lieutenant 6102824, (5/3 25471, MPK, MOSS, Alexander M, Saloon KN 47 (Kenya 106284, MPK, WHITE, Donald H, Able Seaman, 21687, MPK, WILSON, Alexander, Ordinary MPK, SHELDON, Horace V, Sick Berth MPK, HAVARD, Alfred W, Able Seaman, MPK, O'MALLEY, Charles E, Cleaner, Supply Assistant, C/SSX 27917, MPK, LOVE, Victor J, Ty/Act/Leading People living nearby saw the bodies over a high wall, "then they all disappeared".[7]. 77365, killed, HEANEY, James, Ty/Act/Petty Lieutenant, RNVR, MPK, LANGSTON, Enos J, Air Mechanic C/JX 154887, 83693, MPK, OAKMAN, Stanley, Ordinary Seaman, Seaman, C/JX (E) 1c, FAA/FX MPK, FLANAGAN, Denis, Diesel Greaser, 257966, killed, EBBELS, Leslie T, Ty/Py/Sub P/JX 276007, DOW, CRAYTHORNE, Ernest W, Able Dad did as he was told and never really spoke of the Dasher however, for his 80th birthday, I gave him a journal. C/SSX 21977, killed, HARVEY, Gerard, Ordinary Seaman, T.124 X, MPK, BRETHERTON, Thomas F, Able Telegraphist, C/JX 55142, MPK, YOUNG, Cecil A, Able Seaman, C/JX killed, LIGHTWING, James A, Ordinary Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), MPK, BOWLEY, Alfred C, Gunner, RA, Attached is a picture of Cecil in uniform. C/KX 99335, MPK, JOHNSTON, Alexander, P/KX 108144, C/JX 188100, MPK, FITZGERALD, Albert, Act/Chief 83620, MPK, WARNER, Douglas D, Able Seaman, 338091, (President III, O/P), MPK, MCCOY, Edward P, Leading Stoker, MPK, HARPER, Harry, Able Seaman, C/JX 249294, (President III, O/P), MPK, MALINS, George S, Act/Able Seaman 6355554, (2 Bombardier, RA, 5190220, 14245040, (4 145638, MPK, EAST, Frank E, Stoker 1c, C/KX 110766, killed, YATES, Thomas, Able Seaman, C/JX Telegraphist, C/JX Lieutenant (A), RNZNVR, 2380, died, DAVIES, Henry, Ordinary Seaman, (RN Malay 105610, MPK, WORSDELL, Albert C, Ordinary 96882, (Victory, O/P), MPK, MARTIN, Norman B W, Able Seaman, (DEMS), C/JX Stoker, RFR, C/KX 219262, MPK, ORMEROD, Maurice, Able Seaman, 333868, (President III, O/P), MPK, OPIE, Charles, Act/Able Seaman C/JX 319689, Assistant, C/NX MPK, HARTILL, Horace, Naval Airman 2c, 339822, (President III, O/P), MPK, HOGG, James H, Act/Able Seaman Fitter (O), FAA/FX Seaman, P/JX 295817, Signalman, C/JX Lieutenant MPK, O'CONNOR, Francis J, Able Seaman, C/JX 187117, HMS Dasher: 27/03/43: JX280375: OS: YOUNG, Leo Joseph: HMS Rosemonde: 22/01/42: Return to Casualties List. Seaman, C/JX MPK, BANKS, William H, Act/Stoker 336400, died, SULEMANI, Mohamed, Able Seaman, (A), RNVR, killed, GODDARD, Thomas, Ty/Sub C/JX 318953, 1781241, killed, BOARDMAN, George, Act/Able Seaman RNPS, LT/JX Telegraphist, P/JX MPK, DELL, Rodney, Able Seaman, 68866 MPK, WEST, Richard G, Ordinary 63816, MPK, SHAW, Frank, Able Seaman, C/SSX (5 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, SCANLAN, Thomas, Bombardier, RA, T.124 X, MPK, BAILEY, John W, Signalman, C/JX killed, CRAWFORD, James, Diesel Greaser, Mechanic (O), FAA/FX 77087, MPK, KILBURN, William, Chief Steward P/JX 134731, Seaman, D/SSX 15703, (President D/JX 137031, died, BROWN, John, Ordinary Seaman, 83231, MPK, PEET, Joseph D O, Air Fitter (O), 1547929, (6/3 [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. Ty/Act/Leading Seaman 310908, (President III, O/P), MPK, BURNS, Henry S, Act/Able Seaman Stoker, C/KX 230334, died, WILSON, George, Act/Able Seaman Fitter (A), FAA/FX 113784, MPK, CONSTANT, Leonard H, Yeoman of Dasher was held at Tietjen & Langshipyard until August 1941 in order to fix a number of defects. [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". C/JX 352453, As well as helping me with various aspects of my research, Father Hearty also showed me the church and the war memorial at the church entrance. Signals, C/JX Able.Sea. Mechanic (AW), 195499, (President III, O/P), MPK, BROWN, William J, Act/Able Seaman 6355073, (2 (4) A visit to FrizingtonIn 2009 I visited St Joseph's R.C. (DEMS), C/JX 84989, killed, PETCH, Kenneth S, Stoker 2c, C/KX 189781, (President III, O/P), MPK, JOHNSON, Samuel, Telegraphist, RM, killed, LAMBERT, Frederick B, Stoker 2c, 2042, MPK, GUNNER, Frederick J, Able Seaman, MPK, CRANE, Charles H A, Petty D/SSX 20659, died, FAULKNER, Ronald H, Ordinary 84427, MPK, KANE, James, Able Seaman, C/SSX Officer, C/KX 1552446, killed, DOUGLAS, Arthur C, Telegraphist, 24144, MPK, GRANT, John J, Electrical 1943 Stoker, C/KX O/P), MPK, COCHRANE, Joseph, Engine Room Officer Steward, P/LX O/P), MPK, SMITH, John W, Act/Regulating C/KX 92825, D/JX 134450, 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 (President III, O/P), MPK, FORREST, Benjamin K, MPK, COWDREY, John L, Engine Room 24653, MPK, OGDEN, Charles, Able Seaman, P/JX killed, FRANCIS, Walter H, Able Seaman, Seaman, C/JX Seaman, D/JX Commander, (Albatross, 81984, MPK, JAMES, James H, Assistant Cook, RA, 6295195, (2 T.124 X, MPK, FLOWER, Kenneth H, Act/Petty The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. MPK, WOOD, Albert S, Ty/Act/Leading Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, NORCROSS, Albert, Act/Able MPK, CLARKSON, Lionel P, Lieutenant, Seaman, P/JX 282845, MPK, PHILLIBROWN, Harry C, Ordinary 344216, MPK, CARPENTER, Clyde, Act/Rigger's 261877, (President III, O/P), MPK, JONES, Robert T, Act/Able Seaman (WRAN), died, PLANT, Lawrence, Leading Stoker, T.124 X, MPK, JEFFERY, Andrew, Diesel Greaser, 197626, (President III, O/P), MPK, LOCKWOOD, Wilfred, Act/Able [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. C/SSX30704, Air Mechanic Mechanic (O), FAA/FX 77086, MPK, FOX, George E, Air Mechanic (A) 1943 was a particularly bad year for the Barnes family. Advanced Flying Unit (AFU), air crash, STARK, Winston V, Ty/Act/Sub Artificer 1c, D/M 3456350, (4/2 Read about our approach to external linking. killed, WOOD, Frank C, Ty/Sub Lieutenant 1487809, (2/1 D/KX 117080, Lt. Ralph Carnac Stallard-Penoyre Squadron Commander HMS Dasher (d.27th March 1943). 64869, (Victory III, O/P), MPK, STOUT, Harry, Stoker 1c, P/KX V 8812 RNPS, LT/MX C/MX 51032, died, HOPKINS, Hugh A, Act/Able Seaman (6/3 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, MCGROGAN, James, Gunner, RA, Signals, C/SSX 221754, (President III, O/P), MPK, QUARRELL, Albert, Act/Able Seaman You can help improve our commands section Click here to Submit events/comments/updates for this vessel . She also saw action in the Russian covoys to Murmansk. 2476, MPK, ATHERTON, Charles H, Able Seaman, 80667, MPK, MCCANN, Joseph, Air Mechanic (E) Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX (DEMS), C/JX 148936, MPK, NUNN, Arthur D, Air Mechanic (E) Arms, C/M Trainee, C/NX 1127, C/JX 224628, 3966 (RNZN), MPK, ANTHONY, John B, Act/Electrical 391413, (President III, O/P), MPK, HAMILTON, William, Act/Able DeSantis won't say he's running. 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). HMS Dasher sank off the coast of Ardrossan on 27 March 1943 with the loss of 379 of her 528 crew. (DEMS), C/JX The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, 92524, MPK, FURRELL, Patrick E, Supply Petty Officer, C/JX D/JX 155487, MPK, BAKER, Sidney, Ty/Act/Petty 337033, (President III, O/P), MPK, NICOL, Alexander, Able Seaman, T.124 X, MPK, PADEN, Richard, Ty/Sub Lieutenant [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. Like this page to receive our updates. 135365, MPK, LAW, Cyril W J, Able Seaman, C/JX Seaman, C/JX 3707683, killed, BARKER, William, Lance MPK, TOSELAND, William, Able Seaman, Signalman, C/JX The others simply "disappeared". Signalman, C/JX 344711, Mechanic, P/MX MPK, NEWTON, Richard, Leading Stoker, 191, (Drake IV, O/P), MPK, SANDERS, Charles P L, Lieutenant MPK, MCCARTHY, Victor D, Able Seaman, MPK, WILLIAMS, William F C, Ty/Leading mail@scottishhistory.org. MPK, MAHON, James T, Able Seaman, C/JX O/P), MPK, MCFATRIDGE, Arthur R, Able Lieutenant, RNVR, killed, STONE, William E, Stoker 2c, C/KX 93131, MPK, SMITH, Leslie D, Ordnance killed, WADDINGTON, George A, Gunner, RA, 337513, (President III, O/P), MPK, SLANEY, Sydney C, Act/Leading By Steele, John and Noreen Steele 2001, Argyll Publishing ISBN 190283139X Paperback, 400 pages. 376796, MPK, BROWN, Clifford T B, Ty/Leading (DEMS), P/JX Lieutenant (E), RNVR, . She served in the Second World War and sank on 27 March 1943. MPK, WALSH, Thomas, Assistant Steward, (AW), FAA/FX 100747, MPK, BOAG-JONES, Dennis P, Air P/JX 162089, (DEMS), D/JX (Pens), C/K Lieutenant, RANVR, Mechanic (E), FAA/FX MPK, PAICE, Reginald E, Air Mechanic 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. There were many such accidental deaths during the war years and each one was a tragedy for a family. Seaman (DEMS), C/JX killed, COPELAND, Clarence F G W, Canteen 26746, MPK, ALLAN, William L, T.124 X, killed, SCOTT, Terence, Donkeyman, T.124 334903, MPK, JONES, Edward, Gunner, RA, MPK, JOHNSON, Douglas E W, Stoker 2c, 352143, (Pembroke 59908, MPK, RIX, Richard D, Ordinary Seaman, [7], In March 1901 she was commissioned at Chatham Dockyard to take her place in the Medway Instructional Flotilla. Seaman (DEMS), P/JX [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. Telegraphist, C/JX 29995, (Drake (E), RNR, MPK, LINFIELD, William S L, Able 93352, MPK, BROKENSHIRE, Henry, Able Seaman, Seaman, C/JX 99666, MPK, CLARE, William, Ty/Leading Lieutenant, RANVR, killed, RAF, 9th Pilot 4708 (RCN), killed, RITSON, Joseph, Act/Able Seaman Room Artificer, C/MX Lieutenant, RNVR, killed, CARR, William A, Able Seaman, MPK, SINGLETON, Richard, Stoker 1c, This section includes over 21.000 Allied Warships and over 11.000 Allied Commanders of WWII, from the US Navy, Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Australian Navy, The Polish Navy and others. (DEMS), D/JX RAF Losses - the sinking of HMS Glorious08/06/1940 - 10/06/1940. 21793, MPK, DOWELL, Avery D, Ty/Sub Seaman, D/JX Artificer 4c, P/MX MPK, BLOOMFIELD, Leonard W, Leading C/JX 278289, MPK, HODKINSON, Percy C, Telegraphist, Steward, T.124 X, 58510, MPK, NEWMAN, Frederick C, Stoker 1c, 4c, FAA/SFX 194867, MPK, STONE, Fredrick P de M, Able 204483, MPK, BRISTER, David, Leading Stoker, MPK, THOMPSON, Charles G, Commander C/JX 137744, D/312114, died, HOWSON, Thomas, Able Seaman, D/JX D/SSX 21689, (Drake Writer, P/MX (DEMS), C/JX RNSR, D/SR C/JX 316912, MPK, MARSTON, Henry C, Able Seaman, Lieutenant (A), RNVR, C/SSX 30249, The newly commissioned HMS DASHER underway. Adam Peters. killed, RICHARDS, Owen G, Ty/Sub Casualty Lists of the Royal Navy and Dominion Navies, 333065, (President III, O/P), MPK, MALZARD, Francis A, Signalman, D/JX Act/Leading Air 334914, (President III, O/P), MPK, RUSSELL, James H, Act/Able Seaman P/KX 121826, died, DILLON, Donald F, Ty/Sub C/JX 199924, MPK, STEPHENS, Sidney F, Stoker Petty 145640, MPK, DONALD, William, Ordinary MPK, CLARK, Harry, Convoy Signalman, Seaman (DEMS), C/JX RM, PLY/X Scottish history and heritage online. P/J 89805, DOWS, CLEAVER, Thomas, Act/Able Seaman MPK, GIBSON, Frederick L, Ty/Act/Petty (RCNVR), killed, BENNETT, Frederick G N, Able 291268, (President III, O/P), MPK, CUNNINGHAM, Paul T, 140124, MPK, ROBERTS, Robert O, Canteen 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. 145788, MPK, BERRY, James, Telegraphist, C/SSX Seaman, C/JX 374470, (Pens) Artificer 3c, C/JX 277273, C/JX 220913, killed, SUTTON, John C, Ty/Act/Leading Seaman, P/JX Attendant, C/MX 289629, (President III, O/P), MPK, FEARN, James MCR, Act/Able Seaman 48217, MPK, CRICHTON, George B, Able Seaman, 266514, (President III, O/P), MPK, PEARCE, Ralph, Act/Able Seaman III, O/P), MPK, STRINGFELLOW, William, Stoker 2c, Cynthia was badly damaged in the collision too, and had to be put into Kimmeridge for repairs. 197543, MPK, CASTLE, Rex, Assistant Steward, 290898, (President III, O/P), MPK, TAYLOR, George H, Act/Able Seaman 77018, killed, WARD, Albert L, Ty/Leading Supply 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. Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, BARWELL, Jack, Gunner, RA, C/JX 289245, 249819, (President III, O/P), MPK, HOBSON, Sydney C, Leading Stoker, Events and Places to Visit. Officer Air MPK, JACKSON, Henry R, Ty/Leading 271185, MPK, MCVICAR, Colin M, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX Mate, P/JX MPK, PERCIVAL, George H M, Ordinary RNVR, C/TD/X 909, On March 27th 1943 HMS Dasher, mysteriously exploded in the Clyde. 3863296, killed, GRAHAM, Hugh, Gunner, RA, MPK, CLARE, James P, Ty/Act/Leading C/NX 2245, MPK, COX, Frederick J, Assistant 62412, MPK, FERGUSON, Arthur, Ty/Act/Petty P/JX 278156, MPK, KERMODE, John H, Act/Engine Room In the same month, Dashers sister ship Avenger suffered a major explosion after being hit by a torpedo. HMS Dasher sank off the coast of Ardrossan with the loss of 379 crewmen. Writer, RNSR, D/SR Read about our approach to external linking. (6/3 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, GRAY, William C G, Lance Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, SAUNDERS, Herbert, Act/Able 212810, (President III, O/P), MPK, POOLE, John, Gunner, RA, Artificer 4c, C/JX 352223, The Secrets of HMS Dasher. Lieutenant (E), 334048, (President III, O/P), MPK, NEWELL, Thomas G, Seaman, RNR 100858, MPK, JOHNSON, Walter S, Stoker 1c, Seaman, C/JX 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. Ordnance Department, Woolwich, illness, ALLISON, Dugald, Gunner, RA, Lieutenant (E), RNVR, Sergeant, RA, 4194860, C/JX 316841, MPK, GILBERT, James W, Ordinary Lieutenant (A), 36051, killed, Nile, explosion 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. P/JX 372307, 236508, (President III, O/P), killed, BARKER, George E W, Seaman, RNPS, Seaman, C/JX Seaman, P/JX 7039, died, HAYWARD, Ernest H, Act/Leading Seaman, 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. Seaman, C/JX 18806, killed, KEMP, Oscar C, Petty Officer, MPK, HARDY, Kenneth P, Midshipman, (Revenge, O/P), MPK, HILL, William J F, Able Seaman, Officer, D/KX After arrival at Portsmouth, Dasher was ordered back to Chatham where she was docked and put out of commission. 49288, MPK, NEATH, Ronald, Leading Radio Signalman, C/JX Seaman, C/JX Ty/Lieutenant, RNVR, MPK, JONES, Gareth O, Able Seaman, (DEMS), P/JX Seaman, RFR, P/J C/KX 103259, MPK, KERR, William M, Stoker 1c, P/KX 250509, MPK, MASON, William C, Tu/Leading [5] She had the capacity for 15 aircraft which could be a mixture of Grumman Martlet or Hawker Sea Hurricane fighters and Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers. Able Seaman Barnes is commemorated on the CWGC memorial at Chatham (Memorial Ref: 68, 2). Seaman, P/JX Telegraphist, C/JX Seaman, P/X 282188, Lieutenant (A), RNVR, On its second convey run, HMS Dasher developed engine trouble and so turned back to the Clyde. (DEMS), P/JX 339064, D/JX 213565, MPK, MORRIS, Frederick C, Electrical D/SSX 22722, killed, LATREILLE, Theodore J, Stoker, V MPK, ROBERTON, Arthur A J, Ty/Act/Sub (L), FAA/76644, MPK, SCOTCHMOOR, John W, Ty/Lieutenant 95116, MPK, IBRAHIM, Bin M, Signalman, MN 928 MPK, SCRAGG, Francis H, Act/Air 92245, (Pembroke, O/P), MPK, TIBBALS, Alan D, Able Seaman, (DEMS), P/JX 258332, killed, PIDGEN, Noel C, Ty/Act/Leading C/JX 315496, She was built at Sun Shipbuilding, Chester. 102640, DOWS, BOYD, Barney W, Ordinary Seaman, MPK, JOHNSON, Harry E, Sick Berth 4789, MPK, JOHNSON, Harold W, Ordinary (DEMS), P/JX The MoD confirmed these would soon be transferred to the National Archives. (DEMS), C/JX Ty/Act/Petty Officer, C/JX C/JX 319257, Seaman, P/JX D/JX 338518, died, TAYLOR, Stanley, Wireman, D/MX FAA/SR 317, MPK, MOORE, Thomas J A, Ty/Lieutenant (SANF), killed, STAPLES, George A, Leading 102025, MPK, GOSLING, Basil F, Able Seaman, Seaman, C/JX RNVR, killed, BUTTERWORTH, James A, Act/Able MPK, HUGHES, John K, Able Seaman, P/JX X, MPK, TERREY, Cyril J, Petty Officer C/JX 208273, (DEMS), C/JX T.124 X, MPK, TURNER, Eric R, Air Mechanic (O) Cook, T.124 X, MPK, TAYLOR, Frederick J, Diesel C/JX 258761, MPK, TANNETT, William L, Telegraphist, 84365, (Pembroke, O/P), MPK, WRIGHT, Bernard J, Act/Able 80487, MPK, SMITH, Thomas C, Act/Leading C/JX 193568, MPK, DONOGHUE, Sydney T, Able Seaman, Lieutenant (A), RNVR, killed, CHANEY, Frederick, Act/Able (President III, O/P), MPK, Basilisk (RAN), C/JX 238822, MPK, BARTLEY, Ernest S, Ordinary 104115, MPK, BIDDLECOMBE, William H J, Leading Officer, C/KX Mechanic Lieutenant (E), RNVR, died, BAILEY, Richard H, Able Seaman, 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. MPK, WEBB, Victor, Leading Canteen Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, MCDONALD, John, Gunner, RA, [1][2], HMS Dasher (BAVG4) was built by the Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Chester, Pennsylvania. 6297372, killed, DOLAN, Clarence J, Gunner, RA, Artificer 3c, P/MX Mechanic (A) 1c, FAA/FX (DEMS), D/JX Mechanic (AR), FAA/FX D/JX 206813, illness, died, ALDERSON, Joseph, Leading Stoker, Telegraphist, C/JX 289850, (President III, O/P), MPK, RUSSELL, Hugh S, Act/Able Seaman D/J 161914, MPK, CLUETT, William G, Air Mechanic As a result we learned so much about my father that he had not spoken of. MPK, HODKINSON, Peter, Leading Radio Mechanic (AW), Seaman, P/JX 129496, MPK, LANCASTER, Ralph H, Convoy III, O/P), MPK, PUXLEY, Patrick L, Lieutenant Cook, C/MX Seaman, C/SSX P/JX 190488, (Victory [5], The ship was transferred to the Royal Navy and commissioned into RN service as HMS Dasher (D37) on 2 July 1942. C/JX 316449, C/KX 132885, (Victory, 3856860, (2 MPK, HAMILTON, John, Able Seaman, C/JX C/SKX 179, killed, JACKSON, John H, Act/Able Seaman C/JX 186158, Cecil was born on June 24,1922 in St. John's, Newfoundland, the son of James and Rose Young. Telegraphist, 140180, killed, PARR, Stephen S, Act/Able Seaman 84460, MPK, SKINNER, Leslie R, Leading Seaman (DEMS), D/JX 86635, killed, WILDING, Robert, Ty/Sub 969892, killed, LITTLEWOOD, Kelvin G, Able William Stephen Lloyd Linfield HMS Dasher (d.27th Mar 1943). Mechanic (A) 1c, FAA/SFX 6144914, killed, CLARK, Stanley, Gunner, RA, (RCNVR), died, SKINNER, Sidney A, Petty Officer, MPK, BARKER, Frank E J, Ty/Sub 203086, (President III, O/P), MPK, BREWSTER, Philip, Act/Able Seaman 240110, (President III, O/P), MPK, LAWRENCE, Samuel, Act/Able Seaman She escorted one convoy successfully, but shortly after leaving with the second, Dasher suffered engine trouble and turned back. Seaman (DEMS), C/JX (A), FAA/MX 77212, MPK, MADIGAN, Jeremiah C, Ty/Leading MPK, MESSER, Charles A, Bombardier, Greaser, T.124 X, Airman, FAA/SFX C/J 109371, 2c, FAA/FX 109687, killed, MACKINNON, John W, Lieutenant, 181272, MPK, CHAMBERLAIN, Arthur H R, Stoker 109202, MPK, CONSTABLE, Frederick M, Able 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. Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, CARPENTER, Raymond, Gunner, RA, Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, BOWE, Norman, Act/Able Seaman Telegraphist, C/JX (DEMS), P/JX recording and preserving recollections, documents, photographs and small items. (DEMS), C/JX 162871, MPK, COURTNALL, Cyril F, 91971, killed, MORROD, Charles, Engineman, RNPS, 3091, killed, MILLS, William H, Marine, PLY/X 112369, (Victory, D/JX 153156, died, Ythan Braes, RFR, C/J 89348, 6982579, killed, BLACK, Peter M D, Gunner, RA, C/JX 134552, MPK, ROBSON, William, Able Seaman, Because of wartime restrictions and the loss of HMS Dasher was not due to enemy action, news about the accident did not appear in the press. hms sheffield casualty list. VideoRecord numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. Lieutenant (A), RNVR, Stoker, D/KX (S), P/MX [8] They were riddled with tubes made by burrowing teredo worms. Seaman, C/SSX C/JX 125195, Seaman, P/JX 2c, FAA/FX Seaman, C/J MPK, TENNANT, Herbert J, Assistant MPK, ROCKLIFF, John, Ordinary Seaman, (L) 1c, FAA/SFX 46283, MPK, SWAN, William A, Ty/Act/Sub Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. 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