Mechanic (AR), MPK, JONES, Norman E, Able Seaman, Lieutenant (A), RNVR, killed, TREVOR, Dennis R, Air Mechanic MPK, TOSH, William, Assistant Steward, Ty/Ty/Act/Leading Seaman, D/JX Lieutenant (A), RNVR, killed, CHANEY, Frederick, Act/Able Airman, FAA/SFX RNZNVR, MPK, CHAMBERLAIN, Frederick, Cook, Seaman (DEMS), C/JX 969892, killed, LITTLEWOOD, Kelvin G, Able Lieutenant, RNVR, (Express, Signalman, D/JX Ms Clark said: "I am delighted that the MoD has decided to make the HMS Dasher casualty packs public. As a gunboat, one of the torpedo tubes could be removed to accommodate a further two six-pounders. 22822 (RCNVR), MPK, MELVILLE, John, Ordinary Coder, 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. 93131, MPK, SMITH, Leslie D, Ordnance MPK, HAMILTON, John, Able Seaman, C/JX RANVR, killed, VERYARD, Ernest T, Signal killed, SUTTON, John C, Ty/Act/Leading 75845, MPK, CLIFFORD, James J, Petty Officer MPK, SHAW, Jack, Able Seaman, C/JX 2864, MPK, DAVIS, Cecil J, Ordinary killed, LIGHTWING, James A, Ordinary She was built at Sun Shipbuilding, Chester. You can help improve our commands section Click here to Submit events/comments/updates for this vessel . C/X 17726 A, MPK, JOHNSON, Harry, Able Seaman, Steward, T.124 X, 135348, DOWS, HOUGH, Horace A, Ty/Sub All rights reserved. 1943 MPK, MOULAND, John H L, Act/Leading Dad did as he was told and never really spoke of the Dasher however, for his 80th birthday, I gave him a journal. posthumous Victoria Cross, LLOYD, Christopher A, Ty/Stoker KN 47 (Kenya MPK, BRANSOME, Lewis E, Stoker 1c, 2\338043, (President III, O/P), MPK, NUTTER, Edward, Act/Able Seaman Stoker, C/KX MPK, BINGHAM, George C, Able Seaman, Greaser, T.124 X, 1c, T.124 X, 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? P/JX 190488, (Victory C/JX 379344, 80667, MPK, MCCANN, Joseph, Air Mechanic (E) Mechanic, P/MX Mechanic C/KX 132885, (Victory, 536076, (President III, O/P), MPK, WORDLEY, Walter, Telegraphist, "I very much hope that the full facts surrounding this tragedy can now be brought to light and those searching for the truth are able to finally obtain some form of closure.". 2182086, killed, BUCKLEY, George, Act/Able Seaman LT/JX 202277, Signals, D/JX [9] She was completed in March 1896, at a cost of 40,890. Attendant, C/MX 59296, MPK, EDWARDES-EVANS, David, Ordinary 374889, MPK, PIGDEN, Charles F, Ordinary Officer, C/JX Corporal, RM, CH/X FAA/FX 83784, Seaman, C/JX 353101, MPK, SNOWDON, John N, Ty/Sub 120945, MPK, WILLISON, Alfred J, Stoker 1c, C/JX 237543, P/JX 201214, died, MARSDEN, Stephen A, Musician, Lieutenant (A), RNVR, Steward, T.124 X, C/JX 224628, loss, ABRAHAMS, Cyril J, Air Mechanic C/SSX 29880, 45814, MPK, COCKLIN, Cornelius, Assistant 336106, (President III, O/P), MPK, MOORE, Robert, Ordinary D/JX 173636, Dasher had a complement of 555 men and carried 15 Sea-Hurricane aircraft. RNPS, LT/JX 88200, MPK, GIBSON, John A, Carpenter's Mate, (DEMS), D/JX D/JX 333005, MPK, LINTON, John W, (DEMS), C/JX Ty/Lieutenant, SANF, 160256, MPK, CLAUSON, William D, Able Seaman, 1794815, killed, FROST, Ernest W, Gunner, RA, Fitter (E), FAA/SFX 89955, MPK, PYRKE, Edward V, Petty Officer, Seaman, P/JX 129496, MPK, LANCASTER, Ralph H, Convoy 159124, MPK, NEWCOMB, James E, Engine Room Seaman, C/SSX 36069, Seaman, C/JX 249959, (President III, O/P), MPK, BAKER, Leslie, Act/Able Seaman MPK, PAICE, Reginald E, Air Mechanic MPK, O'MALLEY, Charles E, Cleaner, 336104, (President III, O/P), MPK, MOON, William, Able Seaman 145641, killed, PHAIR, Frederick W, Leading Motor 310908, (President III, O/P), MPK, BURNS, Henry S, Act/Able Seaman 83693, MPK, OAKMAN, Stanley, Ordinary Seaman, 125656, MPK, WILLIAMS, Geoffrey A, Able C/JX 149039, (Victory, O/P), 145638, MPK, EAST, Frank E, Stoker 1c, C/KX Cook, T.124 X, 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. Bombardier, RA, 7886765, 338395, (President III, O/P), MPK, KENDRICK, Horace, Ty/Act/Sergeant Fitter (O), FAA/SFX C/JX 353051, C/KX 80479, Assistant, P/MX 82797, His name was Able Seaman C/JX 212950 Sylvester Woolaghan, aged 23. P/JX 346235, died, COPPOCK, Norman J, Able Seaman, Ty/Lieutenant, RNR, killed, PRICE, Percy D, Stoker 1c, C/KX The Admiralty placed a blackout on any reporting about the sinking of Dasher and its loss remained classified until the end of the war. by Gordon Smith, Naval-History.Net, (1) Casualty information in Lieutenant (E), RNVR, died, BAILEY, Richard H, Able Seaman, C/SSX 23479, 21793, MPK, DOWELL, Avery D, Ty/Sub MPK, BRAMWELL, Reginald R, Ordinary Read about our approach to external linking. C/KX 103259, 347470, MPK, CONGDON, Noel C E, Ordinary This policy subsequently attracted much criticism. C/JX 319689, MPK, JACKSON, Stephen H, Baker 1c, Fitter (O), FAA/FX It was the second worst loss of life in home waters since the sinking of HMS Royal Oak at Scapa FlowinOrkney in October 1939. P/KX 121826, died, DILLON, Donald F, Ty/Sub MPK, TENNANT, Herbert J, Assistant COMMANDER Served from 1978 - 2006 Served in HMS Dasher. 336324, (President III, O/P), MPK, CLARKE, Thomas, Assistant 120654, MPK, CROWSTON, Arthur S, Engine Room After aircraft ferry duties in the Mediterranean, Dasher sailed to the Clyde in March 1943 and, having had her flight-deck lengthened by 42ft (13m), she embarked Fairey Swordfish aircraft. P/MX 89140, MPK, KERR, John R, Stoker 1c, C/KX 4469776, killed, MCCART, Henry A, Gunner, RA, 301148, MPK, ALMOND, Eric, Ordinary Seaman, 2240, MPK, FISH, Edward R, Stoker 1c, D/KX Supply Assistant, 1c, FAA/FX The rest of the casualties brought ashore mysteriously disappeared. 236668, (President III, O/P), MPK, DAVIS, Richard S, Act/Able Seaman 219262, MPK, ORMEROD, Maurice, Able Seaman, Bombardier, RA, 11263922, 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. 6392570, (3 MPK, NEWTON, Richard, Leading Stoker, (DEMS), C/JX (DEMS), C/JX (DEMS), D/JX 77018, killed, WARD, Albert L, Ty/Leading Supply 3859918, killed, ANDERSON, Charles H, Gunner, RA, 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. 143601, MPK, ROBINSON, William J, Saloon 271809, MPK, MUNDY, James F, Stoker 1c, C/KX Steward, C/LX LT/KX 101207, killed, COPEMAN, Geoffrey G T, Act/Able (DEMS), P/JX killed, WOOD, Frank C, Ty/Sub Lieutenant O/P), killed, ILLINGWORTH, Joseph W, Electrical 63816, MPK, SHAW, Frank, Able Seaman, C/SSX 136489, MPK, NEWMAN, William H, Stoker 1c, Seaman, P/JX 295817, P/J 89805, DOWS, CLEAVER, Thomas, Act/Able Seaman MPK, SOUTH, Ralph D, Able Seaman, C/JX Mechanic (O), FAA/FX 77087, MPK, KILBURN, William, Chief Steward C/KX 91278, P/SSX 23566, (Victory (E), RNR, MPK, MORGAN, Frederick A, Able Seaman, (DEMS), C/JX 336056, (President III, O/P), MPK, NUTTALL, Raymond A, Sergeant, RA, On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 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). 102025, MPK, GOSLING, Basil F, Able Seaman, 2c, FAA/FX Artificer 4c, C/SR Bombardier, RA, 2198256, 15703, (President 212938, MPK, BOURNE, Albert E, Stoker 1c, P/KX Furious relatives protested and some of the dead were returned to their families for burial. (RANR), died, THOMAS, Eric M, Shipwright 4c, C/JX 238254, (Victory, 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. 81984, MPK, JAMES, James H, Assistant Cook, 84460, MPK, SKINNER, Leslie R, Leading 334670, (President III, O/P), MPK, TOWELL, Frederick A, Act/Able LALRO (G) Served from 1989 - 2004 Served in HMS Dasher. 357886, MPK, COOLEY, Reginald D, Leading Radio MPK, HINES, Victor M, Leading Stoker, P/K 65369, (Victory, 4708 (RCN), killed, RITSON, Joseph, Act/Able Seaman No evidence was found that the ground in the area searched had been disturbed. Signals, D/JX Seaman, D/JX FAA/JX 193497, 416551, died, STONE, Hilda M, Cook (O), WR 158 C/NX 2245, MPK, COX, Frederick J, Assistant Seam, P/JX 255354, (President III, O/P), MPK, GREGORY, Albert E, Able Seaman, (A), RNVR, killed, GEORGE, Eric R, Ty/Act/Leading After doing some aircraft ferry operations in the Mediterranean, Dasher sailed to the Clyde in March 1943 and, having had her flight-deck lengthened by 42 feet, she embarked Fairey Swordfish aircraft. 143257, MPK, COUPLAND, James G, Able Seaman, 188357, (President III, O/P), MPK, GIBSON, Ernest, Act/Able Seaman, (DEMS), C/JX C/JX 258761, MPK, TANNETT, William L, Telegraphist, Telegraphist, Telegraphist, D/JX order - Surname, First name, Initial(s), Rank and part of the T.124 X, killed, MCDIARMID, William, Greaser, Airman, FAA/FX 1605540, (7/4 130152, MPK, SWORD, George R, Able Seaman, 1614432, (2 Artificer 3c, P/MX (Nile, O/P), killed, PENNY, Horace J, Stoker 1c, P/KX C/JX 356808, 315276, MPK, STONE, William H G, Able Seaman, killed, KENT, Matthew H E, Sailor, T.124 95540, died, return to C/JX 181374, P/KX 108144, 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. P/WRNS 11478, In the same month, Dashers sister ship Avenger suffered a major explosion after being hit by a torpedo. O/P), killed, CLARKE, James, Act/Petty Officer O/P), MPK, SMITH, John W, Act/Regulating only, also if Dominion or Indian Navies), (on the books of another 300609, MPK, DRYDEN, James L, Stoker 1c, P/KX Telegraphist, C/JX 152092, died, BARKER, Christoper J, Stoker D/JX 288686, killed, GIBSON, John, Able Seaman, D/JX 149505, killed, THOMAS, Alfred, Able Seaman, C/JX 291268, (President III, O/P), MPK, CUNNINGHAM, Paul T, 86307, MPK, COCKERELL, Leslie H, Act/Able Seaman, C/JX Ty/Act/Lieutenant Commander Steward, T.124 X, 72694, MPK, WILKES, George H, Chief Petty For years the story of The Dasher was. 79161, MPK, FRENCH, William M P, Stoker 1c, 2430, MPK, MAIDMENT, Walter J, Diesel Cook, P/MX 49264, (DEMS), D/JX Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, BROTHERTON, James, Gunner, RA, 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. 13021157, killed, MATTHEWS, George E, Lance Petty Officer, C/KX 312325, MPK, BRAMHALL, Edward L, Diesel HMS Dasher is an Archer -class P2000 patrol and training vessel of the British Royal Navy. C/JX 195146, 337586, (President III, O/P), MPK, STRANGE, Stanley H, Act/Able (Victory, O/P), MPK, MOUNTFORD, Ernest J, Ty/Petty 268395, (President III, O/P), MPK, DRYDEN, George, Act/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. 92245, (Pembroke, O/P), MPK, TIBBALS, Alan D, Able Seaman, Telegraphist, C/JX 1219, MPK, TODD, Charles A, Leading Stoker, MPK, TUNNELL, Joseph W T, Stoker 1c, 24144, MPK, GRANT, John J, Electrical MPK, GRIFFITHS, Charles W, Diesel 142798, MPK, REEVES, Robert H, Able Seaman, RNZNVR (Jackdaw), killed, CROSSLEY, Alfred H, Sub Signalman, C/JX 233751, (2) A little about HMS DasherHMS Dasher was originally launched in April 1941 as a merchant vessel - the Rio de Janeiro, acquired by the US Navy in May 1941 and later transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Dasher (commissioned 2 July 1942). 11416169, (6 (A), RNVR, [7] There are now memorials to those lost at both Ardrossan and Brodick. Seaman (DEMS), C/JX III, O/P), MPK, DANIELS, David J A, Leading MPK, HODKINSON, Peter, Leading Radio 349851, (President III, O/P), DOWS, BOTT, Geofrey, Gunner, RA, 2052375, (3 On 4 June two convoys of troopships were organised and . "Many questions surrounding the sinking of HMS Dasher have been left unanswered for far too long. C/JX 352223, D/JX 133696, (Drake 51374, MPK, MACLEOD, Daniel A, Stoker 1c, 15809, killed, JAGO-BROWN, Anne E, 2nd Officer, A section of this wood featured in the "Flotsam and Jetsam" exhibition in the Millennium Dome and another piece is held by the North Ayrshire Heritage Centre in Saltcoats. (DEMS), C/JX RMB/X 1791, died, CLARKE, Frederick, Petty Officer, T.124 X, MPK, BAILEY, John W, Signalman, C/JX Mechanic (AW), FAA/FX ex-trawler, water boat, drowning, CHILDS, Alfred H, Seaman, RNPS, D/KX 163536, died, PRANCE, Bertram H, Ty/Act/Sub MPK, CROUCH, Cecil B, Lieutenant 152557, MPK, MATCHAM, Sidney G, Stoker 1c, 90571, MPK, FARROW, William E, Ty/Leading [8] They were riddled with tubes made by burrowing teredo worms. Signalman, C/JX Greaser, T.124 X, 36325, MPK, GRIFFITHS, William M, Ordinary Telegraphist, P/JX (DEMS), D/JX MPK, EHRLICK, Cecil H P, Stoker 1c, C/SSX 30249, 7018462, killed, DORTON, Albert W J, Gunner, RA, 94630, MPK, SHEPPARD, John A, Ordinary 157105, killed, BURGESS, George A, Ty/Leading C/JX 278463, Stoker, C/KX 2084317, killed, MOSS, Thomas C, Gunner, RA, Steward, T.124 X, C/JX 279101, FAA/FX 82416, 3863296, killed, GRAHAM, Hugh, Gunner, RA, 110766, killed, YATES, Thomas, Able Seaman, C/JX MPK, MCMURRAY, John P, Naval Airman MPK, ROUTLEY, Harold G, Act/Petty Stoker, D/KX 40032, MPK, GRIFFIN, Bertie W, Able Seaman, Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, SULLIVAN, William, Act/Able killed, CRAWFORD, James, Diesel Greaser, 222509, (President III, O/P), MPK, CURTIS, John A, Act/Able Seaman Dasher was built at Vosper Thorneycroft and commissioned in 1988. C/JX 185498, 906, MPK, MCCARTHY, Daniel, Able Seaman, (DEMS), C/JX C/KX 152636, Seaman, C/JX Seaman, P/JX Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, BOWE, Norman, Act/Able Seaman Seaman (DEMS), P/JX (DEMS), PLY/17900, (President III, O/P), MPK, MAGNUS, William, Act/Able Seaman MPK, DAVISON, Edward H, Able Seaman, C/JX 101696, killed, MCGUINNESS, Ernest C, Bombardier, 265579, (President III, O/P), MPK, DYER, Sydney G, Act/Able Seaman Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), MPK, BOWLEY, Alfred C, Gunner, RA, 333065, (President III, O/P), MPK, MALZARD, Francis A, Seaman (DEMS), D/JX RINVR, died, LEWIS, John, Act/Able Seaman 191580, (President III, O/P), MPK, Dasher (right, probably in Iceland - 104827, (President III, O/P), MPK, COX, Alfred V, Act/Able Seaman Lieutenant C/JX 373939, Attached is a picture of Cecil in uniform. RNVR, C/LD/X Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 400358, died, CLIPSON, James, Act/Able Seaman Ty/Act/Leading Stoker, C/KX Officer, D/KX RA, 3773063, Seaman (DEMS), D/JX P/JX 372307, In 2009 at almost 86, we sent him by himself, to the UK. No part of this project may be reproduced in any form Signalman, C/JX 176085, (President III, O/P), MPK, MILES, Frederick J, Act/Able 317680, MPK, DRIVER, Jack, Able Seaman, C/JX MPK, GRAFTON, Albert J, Act/Able 344220, MPK, BUSH, Albert E G, Ty/Leading 194544, killed, FARQUHARSON, Mary C, WRNS, C/JX 154887, Artificer 3c, C/MX Learn more, Covering the History and Heritage of Scotland. Stoker, C/KX 81389, died, ROBINSON, Francis, Able Seaman, 248813, MPK, COMBER, Alfred J, Able Seaman, Telegraphist, D/WRX What's he waiting for? 102786, MPK, FLANAGAN, Frank, Stoker 1c, C/KX P/JX 326645, killed, COOPER, Pauline G, Leading WRNS, killed, BYRNE, David E, Able Seaman, C/JX (L), FAA/SFX 612, MPK, MARSON, William, Able Seaman, Battles for Tunis & North Africa, Battle of Atlantic (5 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, SCANLAN, Thomas, Bombardier, RA, 391413, (President III, O/P), MPK, HAMILTON, William, Act/Able mail@scottishhistory.org. P/SSX 13594, 38384, MPK, JEFFREY, Joseph, Able Seaman, C/JX 319257, (DEMS), D/JX FAA/FX 93960, Seaman (DEMS), RNR, MPK, TUNNEY, Owen, Able Seaman, C/JX MPK, FURNER, William J S, Able Seaman, (DEMS), C/JX Contents 1 Construction and design 2 Service 3 Notes 4 Bibliography Construction and design [ edit] 99264, MPK, MORRIS, Cyril E, Able Seaman, 62123, MPK, WARD, Harry E, Ty/Act/Stoker RNPS, LT/JX Seaman The vessel was built by the Sun Shipbuilding Company in Pennsylvania and was originally intended as a passenger and cargo ship. Seaman (DEMS), P/JX 152619, MPK, BILLINGSLEY, Morgan E, Able Mechanic (L), FAA/SFX 151780, MPK, LEE, Ernest J, Ordinary Seaman, Cynthia was badly damaged in the collision too, and had to be put into Kimmeridge for repairs. Petty Officer, C/KX 336552, (President III, O/P), MPK, MCGUINNESS, Thomas, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), P/JX C/JX 333162, 266607, (President III, O/P), killed, MACAULAY, John D, Ordinary 141624, MPK, BARHAM, Alfred E, Able Seaman, MPK, INGRAM, Dennis A, Assistant D/JX 199759, (President III, O/P), DOWS, DRANSFIELD, Frederick, Able 1808759, (4/2 99625, MPK, EATOUGH, Robert, Able Seaman, Seaman, P/JX 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. 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. (DEMS), D/JX Lieutenant, RNVR, MPK, LANGSTON, Enos J, Air Mechanic The survivors were ordered not to talk about what happened. Pennsylvania. C/J 97157, C/JX 260436, MPK, BAKER, Frederick J, Able Seaman, (A), RNVR, killed, STAGG, John K, Ty/Act/Leading Telegraphist, C/JX Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, NORCROSS, Albert, Act/Able 2c, FAA/FX Commander, (Albatross, 234855, MPK, SHEPPARD, Fred M, Able Seaman, 83836, MPK, HOWSE, Leslie G T, Photographer 316666, MPK, LOCKWOOD, William K, Ty/Sub Seaman, C/JX MPK, HAWKINS, Edward A R, Lance 271185, MPK, MCVICAR, Colin M, Ordinary 51807, MPK, COOPER, Samuel, Leading Stoker, MPK, SEVERN, John, Able Seaman, C/JX C/JX 278289, MPK, HODKINSON, Percy C, Telegraphist, 199408, killed, ELLENDER, Frederick T, Chief 313060, (President III, O/P), MPK, LAVISHER, Albert, Gunner, RA, Seaman, C/JX RA, 7018630, P/JX 179118, MPK, WILSON, Horace D, Able Seaman, 1085, killed, COPE, Ralph H, Ordinary Seaman, 376796, MPK, BROWN, Clifford T B, Ty/Leading Supply Assistant, 81026, MPK, ANSTRUTHER, David R, Ordinary 266177, (President III, O/P), MPK, FARLEY, George H, Ty/Act/Leading She served in the Second World War and sank on 27 March 1943. MPK, DAVIS, Charles F, Seaman, RNR, Records of HMS Dasher from other sources. (E), RNR, MPK, SCOTT, William H, Able Seaman, William was one of the sons of Robert and Margaret J. Barnes of Cleator Moor and husband of Isabella Barnes, also of Cleator Moor. 2380, died, DAVIES, Henry, Ordinary Seaman, killed, ARCHER, Mathew T, Ty/Act/Leading Artificer 4c, 2334 58330, died, ROBINSON, John V, Leading Seaman, C/JX 193568, MPK, DONOGHUE, Sydney T, Able Seaman, C/JX 317604, She served in the Second World War and sank on 27 March 1943. 163003, died, MEIKLEJOHN, Joseph J, Ordinary Keeping up the good work at Woodlands Glencoe, Police clamp down on biker gangs in Barrhead and Neilston, Whats In This Weeks Oban Times 1st March 2023, New Cumnock: Three teens in savage brick attack on girl, Erskine: Tributes paid to community champion Chris Reid, Human error to blame for deadly train crash, says Greek PM, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. It seems certain that the body used was one . Telegraphist, C/SSX