MPK, BEVIN, Gordon A, Ordinary Coder, Ty/Act/Leading Seaman, C/JX Supply Assistant, MPK, SHAW, Jack, Able Seaman, C/JX Greaser, T.124 X, Mate, T.124 X, (DEMS), P/JX 155585, MPK, DOWN, Cyril S T, Officer, C/JX Contents 1 Construction and design 2 Service 3 Notes 4 Bibliography Construction and design [ edit] 60833, (Victory III, O/P), MPK, WARD, Charles W H, Ty/Act/Leading Leading Signalman, C/JX 319685, MPK, KYLE, Charles MC, Able Seaman, MPK, BAKER, Sidney, Ty/Act/Petty 5c, P/MX 1c, FAA/SFX P/JX 276007, DOW, CRAYTHORNE, Ernest W, Able MPK, CAPSTICK, Joseph A, Chief Petty Assistant, D/MX 109151, MPK, CALLOW, Douglas W, Ty/Lieutenant, 3707683, killed, BARKER, William, Lance RNVR, killed, HAVERS, Patrick H, Lieutenant A fore deck with exaggerated camber designed to throw off sea water at high speeds. NavyPhotos/Alan for Mr S Vallely), ship Ordnance Department, Woolwich, illness, ALLISON, Dugald, Gunner, RA, C/JX 130904, MPK, KENAH, John E, Able Seaman, C/JX photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. 337476, (President III, O/P), MPK, BRENTNALL, Norman A, Act/Able No part of this project may be reproduced in any form (6/3 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, MCGROGAN, James, Gunner, RA, FAA/FX 83784, Cook, T.124 X, On 12 October 1893, the British Admiralty placed an order for three torpedo boat destroyers (Charger, Dasher and Hasty) with the shipbuilder Yarrow under the 18931894 shipbuilding programme for the Royal Navy as a follow-on to the two prototype destroyers (Havock and Hornet) ordered from Yarrows under the 18921893 programme. Officer, C/JX O/P), killed, CLARKE, James, Act/Petty Officer 13134, killed, JACQUES, John M, Signalman, P/JX killed, BARKER, Eric W J, Act/Able Seaman Steward, T.124 X, Petty Officer, C/J 75576, MPK, SEWARD, Leslie A, Able Seaman, Seaman, C/JX 376923, Room Artificer, Seaman, C/JX (DEMS), P/JX January 26, 2022 January 26, 2022; mobile legends sound settings . On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 62412, MPK, FERGUSON, Arthur, Ty/Act/Petty C/JX 178427, C/JX 172434, Artificer 4c, Mechanic, P/MX 249294, (President III, O/P), MPK, MALINS, George S, Act/Able Seaman MPK, GIBSON, Robert F, Leading Radio 271809, MPK, MUNDY, James F, Stoker 1c, C/KX (DEMS), P/JX 173906, MPK, SCOTT, Walter, Leading Motor 1c, T.124 X, 247250, (President III, O/P), MPK, MILLER, George, Act/Able Seaman Commander, died, DUNCAN, George, Stoker 1c, C/KX Airman, FAA/FX (E) 1c, FAA/FX P/KX 132450, 336877, died, COHEN, David, Ordinary Seaman, JX Artificer 4c, P/MX Adam Peters. Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, CARPENTER, Raymond, Gunner, RA, HMS Dasher is an Archer -class P2000 patrol and training vessel of the British Royal Navy. VideoAt the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Why Covid lab-leak theory is now being taken seriously, Blackpink lead top stars back on the road in Asia, Exploring the rigging claims in Nigeria's elections, 'Wales is in England' gaffe sparks TikToker's trip, Ukraine war casts shadow over India's G20 ambitions, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. 24653, MPK, OGDEN, Charles, Able Seaman, P/JX Signalman, C/JX 26746, MPK, ALLAN, William L, LT/JX 289594, killed, CAREY, Frank A, Stoker Petty 194648, (President III, O/P), MPK, MATTHEWS, Edward J, Act/Able killed, WOOLLEY, Henry G, Chief Petty 214984, MPK, RINGHAM, Fred, Chief Petty MPK, WALSH, Thomas, Assistant Steward, Seaman, C/JX MPK, BLAND, Ivan H, Ordinary Seaman, D/JX 333005, MPK, LINTON, John W, Ty/Lieutenant, RNVR, MPK, JONES, Gareth O, Able Seaman, 2c, FAA/FX Learn more, Covering the History and Heritage of Scotland. Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, WELLER, Frederick R, Gunner, RA, Telegraphist, P/JX 74036, MPK, ELLIOTT, Charles S, Petty 129496, MPK, LANCASTER, Ralph H, Convoy 2c, FAA/FX (O) 2c, FAA/FX (A) 1c, FAA/FX RM, killed, LAMBERT, Frederick B, Stoker 2c, 315140, MPK, GOSWELL, Richard F, Act/Master at 2c, FAA/FX Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, MACFARLANE, Andrew, Act/Able 96994, DOWS, KEENAN, Patrick J, Gunner, RA, MPK, MAINLAND, James S, Act/Leading 212810, (President III, O/P), MPK, POOLE, John, Gunner, RA, (Pens), C/K MPK, MOSEY, Walter, Able Seaman, C/SSX 318534, MPK, O'CONNELL, Thomas H, Act/Able Seaman, P/JX MPK, LYNCH, Roderick, Chief Engine MPK, HARRIS, Victor R, Able Seaman, Artificer 4c, C/MX Lieutenant (E), (A), RNVR, killed, KERNAGHAN, John H, Plumber, NAP R 163086, died, DOWSETT, Samuel, 3106 (RANR), died, WESTWOOD, Malcolm R, Able Seaman, 279071, MPK, KENNEDY, William, Able Seaman, MPK, IRVINE, George B, Supply MPK, BINGHAM, George C, Able Seaman, Seaman, RFR, C/J [7], Dasher was laid down at Yarrow's Poplar, London shipyard in December 1893 as Yard number 992 and was launched on 28 November 1894. 313534, (President III, O/P), MPK, NICHOLSON, John W, Skipper, RNR, 1c, FAA/FX Air Mechanic 106068, MPK, RIDPATH, Frederick G, C/MX 69527, MPK, BOTTRILL, Cuthbert L, Able [11] In July 1901, Dasher took part in that year's Naval Manoeuvres. 336104, (President III, O/P), MPK, MOON, William, Able Seaman Casualty Lists of the Royal Navy and Dominion Navies, . Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, HOWES, Alec J, Act/Able Seaman MPK, FURNER, William J S, Able Seaman, 334670, (President III, O/P), MPK, TOWELL, Frederick A, Act/Able Artificer 4c, C/MX 208533, MPK, WEATHERLEY, James W, Petty Dad did as he was told and never really spoke of the Dasher however, for his 80th birthday, I gave him a journal. 4789, MPK, JOHNSON, Harold W, Ordinary aircraft on passage, SKELTON, Paul S, Lieutenant, killed, MOORE, Francis A, Paymaster X, MPK, TERREY, Cyril J, Petty Officer Lieutenant (A), RNVR, killed, CHANEY, Frederick, Act/Able D/SSX 24307, MPK, ROBINSON, George, Able Seaman, O/P), killed, GRADON, John W, Gunner, RA, Ty/Act/Leading Seaman, D/JX MPK, DAVIS, Charles F, Seaman, RNR, By 16:48 Dasher had sunk. hms sheffield casualty list. (5 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, SCANLAN, Thomas, Bombardier, RA, P/JX 134731, Royal Navy escort carrier lost on the Clyde in March 1943. 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. MPK, HALL, Walter, Able Seaman, C/JX RNSR, D/SR Petty Officer, VideoRecord numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. Seaman (DEMS), C/JX Mechanic (L), FAA/SFX 247986, MPK, LONSDALE, Cyril, Air Mechanic (O) MPK, ROUTLEY, Harold G, Act/Petty Video, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources. MPK, NEWTON, Richard, Leading Stoker, C/JX 193568, MPK, DONOGHUE, Sydney T, Able Seaman, Corporal, RM, CH/X MPK, BRENNAN, Thomas E, Ordnance 2494, MPK, DANDO, Edwin J, Ty/Act/Leading 134049, MPK, TETLOW, Frank, Ty/Act/Sub Lieutenant (E), RNVR, 335651, (President III, O/P), MPK, HESKETH, Albert G, Act/Able 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, MPK, HENSHAW, William, Ordinary Cook, P/MX 49264, 314604, (President III, O/P), MPK, DUNN, James C, Gunner, RA, C/JX 213707, MPK, KIDDLE, Maurice R, Ordinary 59908, MPK, RIX, Richard D, Ordinary Seaman, FAA/FX 82231, MPK, BOYLE, Francis, Able Seaman, C/JX IV, O/P), MPK, WILDING, Raymond S, Joiner 4c, 374990, DOWS, JOHNSON, Eric, Act/Able Seaman MPK, HARPER, Harry, Able Seaman, C/JX V 24433 (RCNVR), died, SHANNON, John P, Gunner, RA, As the Avenger-class escort carriers were converted American merchant ships they were not built to the same specifications as Royal Navy and US Navy vessels. Seaman, C/JX 376489, C/JX 353051, LT/KX 148707, killed, GODFREY, Frank, Able Seaman, D/J 318096, MPK, DRUMMOND, Anne A, Leading WRNS, 5672561, (5/3 loss, ABRAHAMS, Cyril J, Air Mechanic 83180, MPK, ACOTT, Frank A G, Ordinary 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. Seaman, D/JX C/JX 195151, 106284, MPK, WHITE, Donald H, Able Seaman, Featuring articles, reviews, historic attractions, places to visit, and events. D/SSX 21689, (Drake (L) 1c, FAA/FX Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, KELSEY, Thomas A, Gunner, RA, killed, RALPH, Albert J, Corporal, RM, Seaman (DEMS), C/JX Seaman, C/JX killed, MCGUINNESS, Ernest C, Bombardier, Officer, C/JX 1943 was a particularly bad year for the Barnes family. 341560, MPK, BARWISE, John H, Able Seaman, 102786, MPK, FLANAGAN, Frank, Stoker 1c, C/KX T.124 X, MPK, DICKSON, William, Leading C/JX 126334, Petty Officer, P/KX P/JX 337324, Signalman, C/JX (DEMS), P/JX C/KX 132885, (Victory, MPK, SWEENEY, Joseph, Stoker 1c, D/SKX 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. C/JX 182786, C/JX 237543, . MPK, MELVILLE, John, Ordinary Coder, (DEMS), C/JX [8] Two funnels were fitted. On March 27th 1943 HMS Dasher, mysteriously exploded in the Clyde. Seaman, P/JX 306997, C/SSX 30249, Bombardier, RA, 5731439, (A), FAA/MX 344220, MPK, BUSH, Albert E G, Ty/Leading We would like to show you a description here but the site won't allow us. Greaser, T.124 X, killed, LEVICK, Roy E, Act/Leading Air Seaman, C/JX 142952, C/JX 374403, killed, WALKER, Arthur K, Ty/Sub P/MX 51401, (Victory III, O/P), MPK, GOLLACHER, Alfred W, Act/Able 133877, MPK, PREECE, Douglas J, Able Seaman, Steward, D/LX Seaman (DEMS), C/JX O/P), MPK, HOLLAND, Daniel, Able Seaman, 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. Officer (DEMS), D/JX 221754, (President III, O/P), MPK, QUARRELL, Albert, Act/Able Seaman 2084317, killed, MOSS, Thomas C, Gunner, RA, P/JX 249033, Signalman, C/JX C/SSX 33252, (Victory, C/KX 100964, 3456350, (4/2 MPK, WILLICOMBE, Thomas J, Stoker 1c, UNICORN , built as aircraft maintenance ship - 14,700 tons, 24 knots, 35 aircraft, 1,200 crew, 1943 HMS Unicorn post-war (NavyPhotos) 18. Stoker, C/MX (A), RNVR, killed, GODDARD, Thomas, Ty/Sub P/J 89805, DOWS, CLEAVER, Thomas, Act/Able Seaman IV, O/P), MPK, KELLY, Thomas, Steward, D/LX 1943 MPK, ROBERTON, Arthur A J, Ty/Act/Sub 104115, MPK, BIDDLECOMBE, William H J, Leading Two locomotive boilers fed steam at 180 pounds per square inch (1,200kPa) to two three-cylinder triple expansion engines. RFR, C/J 89348, 6392570, (3 19919, killed, HUGHES, Joan M, Leading WRNS, C/JX 355984, died, HAMMOND, Captain E, Leading MPK, TAYLOR, Frederick J, Diesel 101282, MPK, MCSWAIN, James M, Leading Seaman, Glasgow Film Festival 2023: What's on this year's programme? 23621, MPK, WELLER, George W J, Signalman, Seaman, C/JX 212950, Artificer 4c, D/MX killed, GRAVES, Robert W, Act/Able Seaman 146991, MPK, MACDONALD, William, Stoker 2c, (President III, O/P), MPK, Basilisk (RAN), 194544, killed, FARQUHARSON, Mary C, WRNS, (DEMS), P/JX - 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. MPK, BRANSOME, Lewis E, Stoker 1c, Seaman, P/JX 133944, MPK, CORBETT, Michael, Able Seaman, killed, BANNER, Alexander, Marine, PO/X Seaman, C/JX 194162, In addition to being remembered on the war memorial of his parish church - St Joseph's R.C. Seaman (DEMS), P/JX C/JX 344709, MPK, BENNETT, Jack D, Ordinary Seaman, 91971, killed, MORROD, Charles, Engineman, RNPS, Lieutenant (A), RNVR, P/JX 187751, MPK, GOLDING, William H, Stoker 1c, 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). FAA/FX 84560, (DEMS), C/JX 139, MPK, BURLS, Frank C, Able Seaman, C/JX (DEMS), C/JX 291938, DOWS, STOKES, Ronald, Marine, PLY/X Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, SAYERS, Albert G, Act/Able Seaman 27134, (Drake), 1782386, (1 [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. Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, MITCHELL, Donald J MACF, Act/Able 2c, FAA/FX 314221, killed, RUBY, Charles, Stoker 2c, D/KX (DEMS), C/JX (RANVR), killed, PAYNE, Jack L, Stoker 1c, C/KX 400358, died, CLIPSON, James, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), P/JX 4617107, killed, COOPER, Kenneth R, Gunner, RA, Officer Steward, P/LX (DEMS), C/JX Seaman, 73977 Bombardier, RA, 5054848, Seaman, C/JX 225276, C/JX 314025, 6982063, killed, MARSON, William H, Gunner, RA, 861985, (4 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, NORCROSS, Albert, Act/Able MPK, O'MALLEY, Charles E, Cleaner, 929978, (7/4 WRNS, killed, POWELL, Violet B, Leading WRNS, (E), RNR, MPK, SCOTT, William H, Able Seaman, 84989, killed, PETCH, Kenneth S, Stoker 2c, C/KX - Air Frame Engineer), FAA/F 55010, MPK, CHAPPELL, Ronald A, Assistant 3966 (RNZN), MPK, ANTHONY, John B, Act/Electrical MPK, CLUETT, William G, Air Mechanic 236508, (President III, O/P), killed, BARKER, George E W, Seaman, RNPS, Copyright 2023. (E) 1c, FAA/FX Lieutenant, RNR, (Kipanga, D/JX 338518, died, TAYLOR, Stanley, Wireman, D/MX 89955, MPK, PYRKE, Edward V, Petty Officer, 83620, MPK, WARNER, Douglas D, Able Seaman, Steward, T.124 X, C/JX 277273, The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Return to WW II Index. Seaman, P/SSX Most of the dead were buried at Ardrossan or Greenock. Artificer 4c, C/MX 76114, MPK, STANLEY, Clifford, Stoker 1c, 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. (Lanka, O/P), MPK, JOHNSON, Ronald N, Lieutenant, RNVR, (Express, P/JX 186173, All rights reserved. Seaman, C/JX 12434 (RCNVR), (RCNVR), died, SKINNER, Sidney A, Petty Officer, 141624, MPK, BARHAM, Alfred E, Able Seaman, 312836, (President III, O/P), MPK, REED, Frederick H A, Lance 83836, MPK, HOWSE, Leslie G T, Photographer killed, HULSK, George E, Able Seaman, C/JX 316615, 16610, killed, GILROY, James, Able Seaman, C/JX 80136, MPK, REID, Allan, Cleaner, T.124 X R C/MX 94654, MPK, MOLLETT, Henry J, Ordinary RANVR, killed, VERYARD, Ernest T, Signal 99285, DOW, COE, Gordon W, Act/Able Seaman He was 21 when he passed. Seaman (DEMS), P/JX MPK, TULITT, Gordon P, Ty/Midshipman, Motor Mechanic, P/MX 4708 (RCN), killed, RITSON, Joseph, Act/Able Seaman 339349, (President III, O/P), MPK, BURR, Joseph, Gunner, RA, C/JX 145237, (L) 1c, FAA/SFX 336552, (President III, O/P), MPK, MCGUINNESS, Thomas, Act/Able As a result we learned so much about my father that he had not spoken of. C/JX 318788, C/JX 161166, MPK, KING, Reginald S, Leading Seaman (DEMS), P/JX 81984, MPK, JAMES, James H, Assistant Cook, 51807, MPK, COOPER, Samuel, Leading Stoker, Seaman, P/JX MPK, BROWN, Robert B, Able Seaman, Seaman (DEMS), P/JX 112369, (Victory, 6355073, (2 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, BROWN, Ernest H, Lance II, O/P), MPK, LUCAS, Arthur, Ty/Act/Leading Stoker, C/KX D/JX 287111, MPK, MARTIN, Thomas J, Able Seaman, 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. [2][5] Armament comprised three single-mounted 4-inch dual-purpose guns, two forward and one aft, and fifteen 20mm cannon on single or twin mounts. 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. 321982, MPK, BRIGGS, Stanley, Ty/Act/Leading Lieutenant (A), RNVR, 109687, killed, MACKINNON, John W, Lieutenant, 145002, MPK, THURLAND, John, Ordinary Seaman, Assistant, C/NX Researched & compiled by Don 267622, (President III, O/P), MPK, MCNIVEN, George A, Ty/Leading P/KX 145782, 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. Edited in Ayrshire, Scotland. 309419, MPK, BAKER, Valentine J, Ty/Yeoman of What's he waiting for? Attached is a picture of Cecil in uniform. Airman 2c, FAA/FX 1219, MPK, TODD, Charles A, Leading Stoker, MPK, STANTON, Roy L, Able Seaman, P/JX 306942, DOWS, HAZZLEDINE, Charles B, Lieutenant Commander, MPK, HICKS, Joseph, Air Mechanic (E) D/SSX 32210, DOWS, MURPHY, Peter J, C/JX 202906, MPK, THORNE, Robert H, Ty/Sub 52485, MPK, GAMBLE, John M, Leading Radio MPK, HARTILL, Horace, Naval Airman 2c, 293104, MPK, TORDOFF, Dennis A, Carpenter's 204483, MPK, BRISTER, David, Leading Stoker, T.124 X, killed, MOTTRAM, Richard, Fireman, T.124 [9] She was completed in March 1896, at a cost of 40,890. 59147, MPK, GORMAN, Bernard, Telegraphist, 189781, (President III, O/P), MPK, JOHNSON, Samuel, Telegraphist, D/KX 95054, The British blamed the bad design of the stowage and handling, while the US blamed the disaster on poor RN petrol-handling procedures. 2023 BBC. 1424360, killed, CURRIE, Raymund J, Gunner, RA, Want to know what life was like during the War? 29995, (Drake Lieutenant Commander, 139443, MPK, BUTLER, Harold, Ordinary D/KX 129348, Signalman, C/JX 344711, Artificer 1c, D/M Articles, Commentary and Reviews. 337513, (President III, O/P), MPK, SLANEY, Sydney C, Act/Leading 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. peaks, U-boats withdraw, 'Dambusters' raid', DUFF, Ronald W J, Act/Leading O/P), MPK, RIDDEL, Alexander A R, Ty/Sub RFR, C/J 88762, Manager, NAAFI, 153999, DOW, BLAND, Frank E, Act/Able Seaman 310908, (President III, O/P), MPK, BURNS, Henry S, Act/Able Seaman C/SSX 36026, T.124 X, MPK, BRETHERTON, Thomas F, Able Seaman (DEMS), C/JX 75770, (Victory III, O/P), MPK, STEVENS, Frederick R, Sick Berth Lieutenant (E), V 11626 C/KX 91278, Lieutenant, RNVR, died, RN Naval 333168, (President III, O/P), MPK, NOEL, William H, Lance Records of HMS Dasher from other sources. Seaman (DEMS), D/JX Officer (DEMS), P/JX MPK, RICHARDS, Thomas, Stoker 1c, C/KX Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, MOLLOY, John, Ty/Leading Seaman [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. 2476, MPK, ATHERTON, Charles H, Able Seaman, Officer, C/JX MPK, ARNOLD, Leslie, Ordinary Seaman, MPK, FULKER, Henry C, Air Mechanic (O), FAA/FX 79940, MPK, RICHARDSON, Harry, Able Seaman, Lieutenant, RANVR, RNVR, C/TD/X RA, 7018630, III, O/P), MPK, STRINGFELLOW, William, Stoker 2c, 266607, (President III, O/P), killed, MACAULAY, John D, Ordinary 249788, (President III, O/P), MPK, LONGWORTH, John, Lance 317680, MPK, DRIVER, Jack, Able Seaman, C/JX III, O/P), MPK, KINCH, Thomas J, Convoy Yeoman of RINVR, died, LEWIS, John, Act/Able Seaman 110579, MPK, HAMPTON, Thomas J, Able Seaman, 339150, (President III, O/P), MPK, LYALL, Alexander S, Act/Able 3846 (RIN), died, QUINN, Daniel, Act/Able Seaman posthumous Victoria Cross, LLOYD, Christopher A, Ty/Stoker 316666, MPK, LOCKWOOD, William K, Ty/Sub 22822 (RCNVR), 2c, FAA/FX Seaman (DEMS), D/JX 11419485, (4 [7], In March 1901 she was commissioned at Chatham Dockyard to take her place in the Medway Instructional Flotilla. Design and description [ edit] order - Surname, First name, Initial(s), Rank and part of the Seaman (DEMS), C/JX Artificer 4c, C/MX C/KX 110965, 94483, MPK, WOODWARD, Claude, Air Mechanic Mechanic, P/MX C/SSX 15239, By Steele, John and Noreen Steele 2001, Argyll Publishing ISBN 190283139X Paperback, 400 pages. 14205741, killed, CLEGG, William T, Gunner, RA, 152092, MPK, HUGHES, Samuel, Stoker Petty C/JX 132691, 13021157, killed, MATTHEWS, George E, Lance 163003, died, MEIKLEJOHN, Joseph J, Ordinary (DEMS), C/JX [5], The ship was transferred to the Royal Navy and commissioned into RN service as HMS Dasher (D37) on 2 July 1942. 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. R/JX 166918, died, WARBURTON, Francis J, Act/Petty MPK, PRINCE, Frederick W, Stoker 1c, Officer C/JX 185498, D/JX 200569, 83109, MPK, SCANLON, Thomas, Able Seaman, C/KX 102107, Advanced Flying Unit (AFU), air crash, STARK, Winston V, Ty/Act/Sub killed, JAMES, James G, Telegraphist, MPK, HUGHES, John K, Able Seaman, P/JX Ty/Act/Lieutenant, RNVR, MPK, WRIGHT, Jack S, Able Seaman, C/J (DEMS), P/JX Front Cover On March 27th 1943 HMS Dasher, a hastily converted aircraft carrier, mysteriously exploded and sank within eight minutes in the Clyde. Officer, C/KX Ty/Surgeon Lieutenant, C/KX 100955, MPK, PADGHAM, George H, Ty/Act/Gunner Seaman (DEMS), C/JX P/SSX 13594, His name was Able Seaman C/JX 212950 Sylvester Woolaghan, aged 23. 6297372, killed, DOLAN, Clarence J, Gunner, RA, Seaman, C/JX 315182, 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. 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. 1552446, killed, DOUGLAS, Arthur C, Telegraphist, 3511898, MPK, BRANDRETH, James, Assistant Cook, Seaman (DEMS), P/JX C/SSX 29880, 135692, MPK, REID, George A, Able Seaman, D/JX 162871, MPK, COURTNALL, Cyril F, MPK, FARTHING, Ronald A, Assistant 180506, MPK, HADLOW, Sidney E, Leading Seaman, 217279, (President III, O/P), MPK, WILLIAMSON, John W, Gunner, RA, 89609, MPK, MOORE, John R, Air Mechanic 2c, 83606, MPK, HUMES, Henry W, Stoker Petty 85689, MPK, STOREY, Thomas P, Ty/Surgeon T.124 X, killed, CROOKS, Ivor E, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX 224628, 108159, killed, BYATT, Horace L, Ty/Midshipman 374891, MPK, PILE, Stephen G, Petty Officer, O/P), MPK, JACKLIN, Ivan S, Surgeon 54553, MPK, DARLING, Cecil, Stoker 1c, C/KX 227092, (President III, O/P), MPK, LOMAS, Leslie, Act/Able Seaman MPK, CALE, James A, Petty Officer, 65858, MPK, BEAVERS, Ernest, Stoker 1c, P/KX [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. 2864, MPK, DAVIS, Cecil J, Ordinary C/JX 309405, MPK, SPENCE, Alexander C M, Able RNR, MPK, TUNNEY, Owen, Able Seaman, C/JX 2\338043, (President III, O/P), MPK, NUTTER, Edward, Act/Able Seaman C/KX 122013, MPK, NEVE, Bertie, Stoker 1c, C/KX 151184, MPK, BROWN, John H, Air Fitter (O), (DEMS), P/JX MPK, HARVEY, William J, Able Seaman, 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. Artificer 4c, FAA/FX Officer (AF(E) 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. Signalman, C/JX 194045, (Victory III, O/P), MPK, WRIGHT, John P, Ty/Act/Leading Seaman (DEMS), D/JX Seaman, C/JX 76397, MPK, STODDART, Albert E, Telegraphist, 1085, killed, COPE, Ralph H, Ordinary Seaman, MPK, PELL, Fred, Ty/Leading Airman, 262484, MPK, SEVERS, Edward H, Telegraphist, MPK, SLINGSBY, George A, Stoker 1c, 6984002, killed, GUNNER, George A, Bombardier, RA, 85545, MPK, HORNE, Sylvester RAJ, Air 146418, MPK, BOYCE, James M, Stoker 1c, C/KX C/JX 289245, Cecil was born on June 24,1922 in St. John's, Newfoundland, the son of James and Rose Young. Seaman, D/JX MPK, TICKNER, William T, Seaman, T.124 X, killed, PRY, Henry W T, Ordinary Seaman, Airman, FAA/SFX III, O/P), MPK, HANNAH, Robert, Stoker 1c, C/KX Arms, C/M D/JX 336995, (President III, O/P), MPK, THOMAS, William C, Mechanician, Seaman Ty/Act/Leading Seaman 22249, MPK, WHEELER, Frank T, Ty/Act/Leading Incredibly only 12 of the casualties were officially buried with full military honours at Ardrossan Cemetery. 20224 (RAN), died, BROWN, Thomas J, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), P/JX Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, BARWELL, Jack, Gunner, RA, (O) 1c, FAA/FX (DEMS), D/JX 249959, (President III, O/P), MPK, BAKER, Leslie, Act/Able Seaman Steward, T.124 X, P/JX 162089, 40032, MPK, GRIFFIN, Bertie W, Able Seaman, Seaman (DEMS), P/JX 2c, FAA/FX 235740, (President III, O/P), MPK, BURNS, William K, Gunner, RA, Seaman (DEMS), C/JX Seaman (DEMS), C/JX Church, Frizington]. Room Artificer, C/MX 173883, MPK, HUSSY-YEO, Leslie D, Able Seaman, Officer, D/KX HMS Dasher sank off the coast of Ardrossan with the loss of 379 crewmen. (DEMS), C/JX C/JX 315496, Lieutenant C/JX 181374, 6196862, killed, MOELLER, Philip, Engine Room D/JX 302591, Mechanic (A), FAA/FX 76343, DOWS, LYDON, James J, Marine, PLY/X RA, 3773063, (DEMS), C/JX Lieutenant (A), RNVR, Lieutenant (A), RNZNVR, This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. died, RUDDOCK, Ernest B, Electrical Bombardier, RA, 13021317, 23499, MPK, DIXON, Richard J, Ty/Leading Sick Attendant, C/MX 59296, MPK, EDWARDES-EVANS, David, Ordinary 289629, (President III, O/P), MPK, FEARN, James MCR, Act/Able Seaman Artificer, C/M Each year roses are strewn on the water above where HMS Dasher lies. Kindell, all rights reserved, 1st - 31st MARCH 1943 - MPK, KILPATRICK, Samuel J, Able 1070934, (7/4 Telegraphist, P/J 107992, MPK, HALL, Richard, Stoker 1c, C/KX died, MOLLARD, Glanfryn W, Lance Seaman, D/JX 267699, If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. (DEMS), C/JX 96882, (Victory, O/P), MPK, MARTIN, Norman B W, Able Seaman, In the same month, Dashers sister ship Avenger suffered a major explosion after being hit by a torpedo. D/JX 153156, died, Ythan Braes, Lieutenant (A), RNVR, In The American Connection to the Sinking of HMS Dasher it is revealed that the Board of Enquiry found the explosion most likely occurred in the main petrol compartment, .