MPK, BOWMAN, Horace E, Leading Radio 81389, died, ROBINSON, Francis, Able Seaman, 110579, MPK, HAMPTON, Thomas J, Able Seaman, Seaman, C/JX T.124 X, MPK, BAILEY, John W, Signalman, C/JX 6297372, killed, DOLAN, Clarence J, Gunner, RA, 86635, killed, WILDING, Robert, Ty/Sub Seaman, P/JX Seaman, C/JX C/JX 352303, C/JX 125195, 55780, MPK, SENIOR, Ronald, Engine Room MPK, JOHNSON, Douglas E W, Stoker 2c, 234855, MPK, SHEPPARD, Fred M, Able Seaman, Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, EVANS, Robert M, Act/Able Seaman 1866722, killed, BLAGG, Sidney J, Bombardier, RA, Dad did as he was told and never really spoke of the Dasher however, for his 80th birthday, I gave him a journal. FAA/FX 77765, Additional modifications to Dashers fuel supply and magazine were carried out at Greenock before it sailed for Operation Torch, where Dasher and its sister ship Biter supported the Allied landings in North Africa in November 1941. D/JX 153156, died, Ythan Braes, (6/3 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, MCGROGAN, James, Gunner, RA, MPK, PAXTON, George W, Leading Air (DEMS), C/JX Officer Air Seaman, C/JX Fitter (O), FAA/FX MPK, THOMPSON, James, Able Seaman, Artificer 4c, C/MX 339349, (President III, O/P), MPK, BURR, Joseph, Gunner, RA, 94483, MPK, WOODWARD, Claude, Air Mechanic 90601, MPK, BERESFORD, Sidney, Act/Able The Avenger-class escort carriers were converted U.S. Maritime Commission (USMC) type C3 American merchant ships. 13021783, (2 Maritime Seaman (DEMS), D/JX 374404, MPK, LINCOLN, Albert H, Ty/Lieutenant MPK, BARKER, Frank E J, Ty/Sub - 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. Telegraphist, P/JX HMS Dasher was a Charger -class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy. (PS), LT/X 7272 [7], In March 1901 she was commissioned at Chatham Dockyard to take her place in the Medway Instructional Flotilla. RNZNVR, MPK, CHAMBERLAIN, Frederick, Cook, Seaman, D/SSX MPK, CLUETT, William G, Air Mechanic Seaman, C/JX HMS Kenya, light cruiser (NP/Mark Teadham, click photographs for enlargements) on to April 1943 . P/JX 276007, DOW, CRAYTHORNE, Ernest W, Able 336132, (President III, O/P), MPK, THOMAS, Thomas A, Act/Able Seaman Lieutenant (E), C/SSX 33252, (Victory, Royal Navy escort carrier lost on the Clyde in March 1943. Seaman, C/JX 2052375, (3 P/J 94507, MPK, COMBSTOCK, Frederick J, Ordinary Lieutenant (A), RNZNVR, D/KX 129348, RNVR, killed, BUTTERWORTH, James A, Act/Able IV, O/P), MPK, KELLY, Thomas, Steward, D/LX (DEMS), P/JX FAA/FX 83023, Bombardier, RA, 4464637, 143469, MPK, LOWE, Fred, Stoker Petty Officer, C/KX 97090, MPK, BRUNWIN, Dudley R, Ordinary 232278, MPK, JONES, David V, Lance Corporal, Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, RICHARDSON, Walter A, Act/Able Mechanic (L), FAA/SFX (DEMS), D/JX (Pens) Engine Room of Signals, C/J Ty/Act/Leading Seaman (DEMS), C/JX 291938, DOWS, STOKES, Ronald, Marine, PLY/X Seaman (DEMS), C/JX 4789, MPK, JOHNSON, Harold W, Ordinary MPK, CUNNINGHAM, Albert, Able Seaman, 120984, MPK, WEIR, John B, Stoker 1c, C/KX Officer, C/SSX RNPS, LT/JX 143601, MPK, ROBINSON, William J, Saloon 335416, (President III, O/P), MPK, FRY, Norman F, Stoker, S 4178 235740, (President III, O/P), MPK, BURNS, William K, Gunner, RA, Signalman, C/JX 233751, Records of HMS Dasher from other sources. 1476427, (4 2c, FAA/FX 111786, died, WELLINGTON, William H, Greaser, 83836, MPK, HOWSE, Leslie G T, Photographer 212938, MPK, BOURNE, Albert E, Stoker 1c, P/KX MPK, REYNOLDS, Kenneth H, Able Seaman, Casualties Homepage, Researched & compiled by Don Seaman, P/X 282188, Seaman (DEMS), D/JX 84989, killed, PETCH, Kenneth S, Stoker 2c, C/KX MPK, NAPIER, William, Engineman, RNPS, Copyright 2023. C/JX 299146, Officer, C/J 109099, MPK, TIMMIS, Robert, Able Seaman, 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). MPK, HODKINSON, Peter, Leading Radio T.124 X, killed, CROOKS, Ivor E, Ordinary Seaman, Seaman, P/JX 306997, MPK, DELL, Rodney, Able Seaman, 68866 268395, (President III, O/P), MPK, DRYDEN, George, Act/Able Seaman 337513, (President III, O/P), MPK, SLANEY, Sydney C, Act/Leading Seaman, C/JX Signalman, C/JX Artificer 3c, P/MX By Steele, John and Noreen Steele 2001, Argyll Publishing ISBN 190283139X Paperback, 400 pages. MPK, GIBSON, Robert F, Leading Radio 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. (DEMS), P/JX 208533, MPK, WEATHERLEY, James W, Petty Artificer 3c, P/MX 105610, MPK, WORSDELL, Albert C, Ordinary Officer, C/KX Seaman (DEMS), D/JX 249959, (President III, O/P), MPK, BAKER, Leslie, Act/Able Seaman Ms Clark said: "I am delighted that the MoD has decided to make the HMS Dasher casualty packs public. 372884, MPK, ANDERSON, George S, Air Mechanic Stoker 1c, D/KX 86557, MPK, DYE, Walter J, Stoker 1c, P/KX 290187, (President III, O/P), MPK, HUSAIN, Muhammad, Able Seaman, Artificer, C/MX [4], Dasher had a complement of 555 men and an overall length of 492ft 3in (150.04m), a beam of 66ft 3in (20.19m) and a draught of 23ft 3in (7.09m). 17317, MPK, CASSON, William E A, Act/Able (Drake II), MPK, TERRY, Jack F, Yeoman of Signals, In 2009 at almost 86, we sent him by himself, to the UK. 108159, killed, BYATT, Horace L, Ty/Midshipman Seaman, C/JX 374470, (O) 1c, FAA/FX What's he waiting for? Steward, C/LX D/JX 157609, P/JX 315913, C/JX 316449, Military Records Contact: Daniel B. Breen. HMS Dasher was a Charger-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy. Contents 1 Construction and design 2 Service 3 Notes 4 Bibliography Construction and design [ edit] 81974, MPK, SNELLING, Archibald R, Stoker 1c, Telegraphist, C/JX Seaman, D/JX 349853, illness, C/JX 300153, MPK, SCOTT, Alexander, Able Seaman, HMS Dasher is an Archer -class P2000 patrol and training vessel of the British Royal Navy. 278870, MPK, MORRELL, Kenneth H, Able Seaman, Church, Frizington and met with the Parish Priest Father Bernard Hearty. killed, ALNER, Bertram P, Gunner, RA, LT/KX 101813, Signalman, C/JX Telegraphist, D/JX (DEMS), C/JX O/P), MPK, HARDEN, George E, Commander, C/MX 76858, MPK, CLARKE, Robert W, Ty/Yeoman of C/JX 175631, MPK, ROLLING, John, Telegraphist, C/JX D/JX 133696, (Drake To differentiate between the two classes, the Royal Navy ships were prefixed with a 'B' (BAVG). 83378, died, MORAN, Barnard MCG, Ordinary 339487, (President III, O/P), MPK, GURNEY, Arthur W, Able Seaman, killed, ARCHER, Mathew T, Ty/Act/Leading I know Lt. Culmer did not die in the explosion, as he went on to finish his naval career as Captain. C/JX 317604, 318096, MPK, DRUMMOND, Anne A, Leading WRNS, aircraft on passage, SKELTON, Paul S, Lieutenant, killed, MOORE, Francis A, Paymaster 316853, MPK, GROSSMITH, Arthur W E, 81414, MPK, BRADLEY, William M McK, Able Stoker, C/KX Artificer 1c, C/M Officer Air 353799, MPK, WALTERS, Harold P, Chief Petty (DEMS), C/JX Steward, T.124 X, (DEMS), C/JX 289117, (President III, O/P), DOWS, FITZGERALD, Patrick P, Ty/Sub RM, RME 10567, 102640, DOWS, BOYD, Barney W, Ordinary Seaman, HMS Dasher sank off the coast of Ardrossan on 27 March 1943 with the loss of 379 of her 528 crew. 906, MPK, MCCARTHY, Daniel, Able Seaman, Mechanic (AR), FAA/FX Attendant, P/MX Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, BROTHERTON, James, Gunner, RA, Seaman, C/JX C/JX 238254, (Victory, So families of the bereaved were rather kept in the dark about what had happened. Officer, D/JX 139568, (President III, O/P), MPK, BEST, Leslie, Telegraphist, C/SSX Petty Officer, C/KX Telegraphist, P/JX 212130, (President III, O/P), MPK, MARSHALL, Leslie H, Act/Able 323583, MPK, STEAD, Wilfred, Leading Radio T.124 X, MPK, SMITH, Ernest F, Photographer Telegraphist, P/JX (DEMS), C/JX T.124 X, MPK, JENNINGS, Nelson P, Able Seaman, Tripoli, MICHELL, Eric D, Commander (E), DOW, WATSON, Carroll A G, Able Seaman, 34144, MPK, BURSEY, Graham, Able Seaman, C/JX (E), FAA/SFX P/SSX 23566, (Victory MPK, MCCRACKEN, Peter W, Naval Airman MPK, GILROY, Stanley, Able Seaman, 241460, killed, WHITHAM, John, Ordnance Mechanic He was one of the many who were lost at sea during the tragedy on March 27, 1943. D/JX 333005, MPK, LINTON, John W, 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. O/P), MPK, BOAKES, William H, Stoker 1c, MPK, MOULAND, John H L, Act/Leading 201350, (President III, O/P), killed, ROBINS, Frederick G, Bugler, P/MX 50465, MPK, BROWN, Norman, Telegraphist, C/JX Petty Officer, C/MX (DEMS), P/JX (DEMS), C/JX (DEMS), C/JX C/J 97157, There was a short announcement of the sinking in The Times in 1945, then nothing more was said officially for 70 years. Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by Dasher (right, probably in Iceland - NavyPhotos/Alan for Mr S Vallely), ship loss Officer (DEMS), P/JX C/JX 168035, killed, MASON, Henry S, Ordinary 331451, MPK, MITCHELL, David J, Ty/Leading 249788, (President III, O/P), MPK, LONGWORTH, John, Lance 190291, MPK, BURNESS, Albert E, Act/Able (DEMS), C/JX Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 173033, MPK, WILLIAMS, Dennis R, Air Mechanic Such things happen in wars and conflicts. Officer, D/JX 194867, MPK, STONE, Fredrick P de M, Able John Lawson remembers HMS Dasher which was torpedoed by a German Submarine in the River Clyde near Ardrossan. died, MCGRATH, Leonard, Lance Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, NORCROSS, Albert, Act/Able RNVR, C/LDX 3752, killed, RICHARDS, Owen G, Ty/Sub (DEMS), P/JX The American Connection to the Sinking of HMS Dasher by John and Noreen Steele, ISBN: 978-0-9532637-1-4 is the final book on this subject by these persistent and resourceful authors, whose years of . RNVR, C/LDX RNR, MPK, MOODY, George E, Ty/Leading Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, BARWELL, Jack, Gunner, RA, HMS Dasher (escort carrier) was destroyed through internal explosion. MPK, MOORE, Leonard J, Able Seaman, MPK, CALE, James A, Petty Officer, (1) Casualty information in order - Surname, First name, Initial (s), Rank and part of the Service other than RN (RNR, RNVR, RFR etc), Service Number (ratings only, also if Dominion or Indian Navies), (on the books of another ship/shore establishment, O/P - on passage), Fate (2) Click for abbreviations (3) Link to Commonwealth War Graves Commission Seaman, C/JX 246616, 324982, killed, BOYCE, Cyril J, Ordinary Seaman, Mechanic (AR), Campaigners attempting to discover why the ship sank have been trying to get the release of. 393656, died, WALLACE, George C, Coder, C/JX 2042, MPK, GUNNER, Frederick J, Able Seaman, MPK, PRINCE, Frederick W, Stoker 1c, Seaman, P/JX Phil Wilkinson. 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. 13021157, killed, MATTHEWS, George E, Lance 120945, MPK, WILLISON, Alfred J, Stoker 1c, MPK, TOSELAND, William, Able Seaman, P/JX 321159, C/JX 319290, MPK, COSTAR, Ernest C, Able Seaman, P/SSX 13594, Regt, RA, O/P), killed, PURCELL, Reginald P, Bombardier, MPK, BLANE, Thomas T, Leading killed, BARKER, Eric W J, Act/Able Seaman C/KX 100955, MPK, PADGHAM, George H, Ty/Act/Gunner Artificer 4c, D/MX 198111, MPK, WHYTE, Hugh M, Chief Engine Room Seaman (DEMS), P/JX 321982, MPK, BRIGGS, Stanley, Ty/Act/Leading FAA/SR 317, MPK, MOORE, Thomas J A, Ty/Lieutenant 84365, (Pembroke, O/P), MPK, WRIGHT, Bernard J, Act/Able D/312114, died, HOWSON, Thomas, Able Seaman, D/JX 1487809, (2/1 V 8812 (5 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, SCANLAN, Thomas, Bombardier, RA, C/JX 316615, 88236, MPK, STOCKFORD, Albert J, Air Mechanic 289287, (President III, O/P), MPK, DANIELS, Norman, Act/Able Seaman Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, LONG, Ronald C, Gunner, RA, The local media were ordered to make no reference to the tragedy. 48217, MPK, CRICHTON, George B, Able Seaman, 95116, MPK, IBRAHIM, Bin M, Signalman, MN 928 LT/KX 103325, RNSR, D/SR P/JX 235817, (DEMS), P/JX (A), FAA/FX She served in the Second World War and sank on 27 March 1943. 1943 was a particularly bad year for the Barnes family. 289850, (President III, O/P), MPK, RUSSELL, Hugh S, Act/Able Seaman Lt. Ralph Carnac Stallard-Penoyre Squadron Commander HMS Dasher (d.27th March 1943). MPK, CRANE, Charles H A, Petty RNVR, C/TD/X 255354, (President III, O/P), MPK, GREGORY, Albert E, Able Seaman, died, ARMSTRONG, Henry, Ordinary 204483, MPK, BRISTER, David, Leading Stoker, MPK, GRIFFITHS, Charles W, Diesel Seaman (DEMS), D/JX Officer, D/JX killed, DOBSON, James H, Act/Able Seaman 29871, MPK, BOLTON, Thomas, Able Seaman, 6102818, killed, ROSEWELL, Frank G, Gunner, RA, 163003, died, MEIKLEJOHN, Joseph J, Ordinary 98233, MPK, THORNHILL, Raymond, Able Seaman, P/JX 317474, 76058, MPK, LEWIS, Alan W G, Assistant After arrival at Portsmouth, Dasher was ordered back to Chatham where she was docked and put out of commission. 14245040, (4 C/SSX 18878, MPK, THOMSON, Alexander M A, Naval C/KX 99335, MPK, JOHNSTON, Alexander, Seaman, C/JX MPK, WILLIAMS, Sydney F W, Able 247250, (President III, O/P), MPK, MILLER, George, Act/Able Seaman 289076, (President III, O/P), MPK, JOYCE, Herbert W, Act/Able Seaman D/SSX 21689, (Drake 85689, MPK, STOREY, Thomas P, Ty/Surgeon RA, 1560337, killed, BARLOW, Maxwell R, Electrical Records of HMS Dasher from other sources. (A), RNVR, MPK, NORMAN, Frank, Air Mechanic (A) Ty/C2538Act/Leading Signalman, Stoker, D/KX 89193, Seaman, T.124 X, killed, PRY, Henry W T, Ordinary Seaman, MPK, MCCAUSLAND, Robert H, Ordinary D/JX 134450, III, O/P), MPK, WATSON, Thomas C, Act/Able Seaman 290765, (President III, O/P), MPK, PHILLIPS, William T, Yeoman of Seaman, D/JX 267699, 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. 6392570, (3 155585, MPK, DOWN, Cyril S T, He was asked to sit with the VIPs that day - I think that only fitting. C/SSX 27917, MPK, LOVE, Victor J, Ty/Act/Leading 1552446, killed, DOUGLAS, Arthur C, Telegraphist, Officer, C/JX Signalman, C/JX Sylvester was the son of Sylvester and Catherine Woolaghan. (7/4 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, GROGAN, Michael J, Lance Bombardier, RA, 11263922, C/JX 129071, 7018462, killed, DORTON, Albert W J, Gunner, RA, C/JX 355984, died, HAMMOND, Captain E, Leading 347, MPK, WHITTINGTON, Richard A, Able 92245, (Pembroke, O/P), MPK, TIBBALS, Alan D, Able Seaman, C/KX 132885, (Victory, Kindell, all rights reserved, 1st - 31st MARCH 1943 - For years the story of The Dasher was. 23683 (RAN), died, ANSELL, Donald R, Sub Lieutenant Telegraphist, (E), MPK, YORK, Thomas, Petty Officer
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