C/SSX 24437, MPK, TOMBLIN, William J R, Coder, C/JX 152092, died, BARKER, Christoper J, Stoker MPK, BOTTON, Norman D, Ty/Leading T.124 X, killed, MCDIARMID, William, Greaser, Seaman, C/JX 303407, C/JX 161731, 94452, MPK, TURNER, Frank O, Ty/Leading LT/JX 264088, killed, CRAIG, Christopher, Gunner, RA, Seaman (DEMS), Petty Officer, P/J 106448, (Victory Seaman, P/JX Officer (AF(E) C/KX 100964, 106434, MPK, FRANCIS, Eric E, Petty Officer, HMS Dasher (escort carrier) was destroyed through internal explosion. 107109, MPK, TALLACK, Richard J, Air Artificer C/JX 278289, MPK, HODKINSON, Percy C, Telegraphist, 336400, died, SULEMANI, Mohamed, Able Seaman, (RCNVR), killed, BENNETT, Frederick G N, Able 314604, (President III, O/P), MPK, DUNN, James C, Gunner, RA, Lieutenant, RNVR, died, BAILEY, John W, Convoy Signalman, 3707683, killed, BARKER, William, Lance MPK, BUSWELL, Peter E V, Air Mechanic MPK, MCCAUSLAND, Robert H, Ordinary 20124, MPK, FORD, Cyril D, Able Seaman, C/JX (DEMS), C/JX Act/Regulating Petty Stoker, C/KX FAA/JX 193497, D/SSX 28733, (Drake Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, HEWITT, William, Act/Able Seaman (E), RNR, MPK, MORGAN, Frederick A, Able Seaman, 2380, died, DAVIES, Henry, Ordinary Seaman, RNR, MPK, INGLESFIELD, Joseph, Able Seaman, 20187, MPK, VARCOE, Jack, Assistant Steward, Lieutenant (A), RNZNVR, Casualty Lists of the Royal Navy and Dominion Navies, . C/JX 373939, Artificer, D/MX 18806, killed, KEMP, Oscar C, Petty Officer, MPK, SWEENEY, Joseph, Stoker 1c, D/SKX Telegraphist, P/JX C/JX 319257, III, O/P), MPK, ROWE, William C E, Petty Officer, MPK, ROBERTON, Arthur A J, Ty/Act/Sub 115433, killed, CAMERON, George, Leading Seaman, MPK, DELL, Rodney, Able Seaman, 68866 Lieutenant, RNR, (Kipanga, 2023 BBC. Attached is a picture of Cecil in uniform. (A), RNVR, killed, GODDARD, Thomas, Ty/Sub His name was Able Seaman C/JX 212950 Sylvester Woolaghan, aged 23. MPK, DANN, John A, Ty/Act/Petty C/JX 208319, DOW, MCFARLANE, James, Engine Room MPK, HAMILTON, John, Able Seaman, C/JX 58510, MPK, NEWMAN, Frederick C, Stoker 1c, 146991, MPK, MACDONALD, William, Stoker 2c, 1943 48217, MPK, CRICHTON, George B, Able Seaman, C/JX 315756, MPK, SAUNDERS, Frank, Able Seaman, (DEMS), D/JX The Avenger-class escort carriers were converted U.S. Maritime Commission (USMC) type C3 American merchant ships. 338395, (President III, O/P), MPK, KENDRICK, Horace, Ty/Act/Sergeant Sylvester was the son of Sylvester and Catherine Woolaghan. There were merits in both arguments, but thereafter the stowage on her British-operated sister ships was reduced from 75,00088,000USgal (280,000330,000L) down to 36,000USgal (140,000L), and the USN reduced theirs also but not as drastically. 105880, (Pembroke, O/P), MPK, JARIUS, Victor, Able Seaman, 416551, died, STONE, Hilda M, Cook (O), WR 158 MPK, DIGGINS, John H, Able Seaman, - 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. C/JX 199849, MPK, CARTER, Harold O, Ty/Yeoman of RM, PLY/X 15703, (President 14205741, killed, CLEGG, William T, Gunner, RA, (T), MPK, PARKER, Harold, 194867, MPK, STONE, Fredrick P de M, Able 144, MPK, WALKER, John C, Able Seaman, C/JX C/JX 134552, MPK, ROBSON, William, Able Seaman, 112418, MPK, HOGG, William, Petty Officer, D/J Section), killed, EDWARDS, Frederick A, Stoker 2c, (7/4 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, GROGAN, Michael J, Lance Officer (DEMS), order, Edited 102640, DOWS, BOYD, Barney W, Ordinary Seaman, Officer, C/J 267825, (President III, O/P), MPK, COLLINS, John M, Bombardier, RA, 77018, killed, WARD, Albert L, Ty/Leading Supply MPK, FULKER, Henry C, Air Mechanic Attendant, C/MX WRNS, killed, POWELL, Violet B, Leading WRNS, 218319, killed, KEMP, Joseph M, Seaman, RNPS, 353799, MPK, WALTERS, Harold P, Chief Petty 95116, MPK, IBRAHIM, Bin M, Signalman, MN 928 1942 Avenger-class escort aircraft carrier, World War II Maritime Commission ship designs, United States naval ship classes of World War II, Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in March 1943, "The secrecy behind a wartime disaster at sea", "Cause of fatal wartime explosion on aircraft carrier in Clyde finally revealed", Article of The Shetland Times on the cause of the explosion, List of escort aircraft carriers of the United States Navy, List of escort aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=HMS_Dasher_(D37)&oldid=1135225081, Ships built by the Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, World War II aircraft carriers of the United Kingdom, World War II shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean, Ships sunk by non-combat internal explosions, Articles containing potentially dated statements from 2021, All articles containing potentially dated statements, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, one 42 feet (13m) x 34 feet (10m) lifts, This page was last edited on 23 January 2023, at 11:28. In 2009 at almost 86, we sent him by himself, to the UK. P/JX 326554, DOWS, NASH, Edward F J, Leading Cook, [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). P/JX 276007, DOW, CRAYTHORNE, Ernest W, Able Seaman, P/JX (DEMS), D/JX C/JX 246983, MPK, LYNCH, Roderick, Chief Engine killed, CRAWFORD, James, Diesel Greaser, 90601, MPK, BERESFORD, Sidney, Act/Able In heavy weather Cynthia had to stop to recover her cables, and then while trying to recover her position in front of Dasher, she smashed into the latter's port side creating a hole below waterline and damaging steering gear. 82213, MPK, LAWRENCE, Arthur C, Diesel (Victory, O/P), MPK, MOUNTFORD, Ernest J, Ty/Petty Stoker, C/KX Signals, C/J 93909, DOWS, LITTLEWOOD, Jack, Gunner, RA, Incredibly only 12 of the casualties were officially buried with full military honours at Ardrossan Cemetery. 120019, MPK, COOK, Stanley, Electrical She served in the Second World War and sank on 27 March 1943. 94630, MPK, SHEPPARD, John A, Ordinary Commander, died, JONES, Ronald W C, Petty Officer Stoker, C/KX (5 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, KYNASTON, Enoch J, Act/Able died, RUDDOCK, Ernest B, Electrical (E), RNR, MPK, ALLEN, Arthur E, Telegraphist, 1487809, (2/1 Officer, C/KX killed, WALKER, Arthur K, Ty/Sub MPK, MOORE, Leonard J, Able Seaman, 290898, (President III, O/P), MPK, TAYLOR, George H, Act/Able Seaman T.124 X, MPK, BRETHERTON, Thomas F, Able C/JX 315496, MPK, PRICE, Fleetwood E, Officer, D/KX 101858, MPK, HOYLE, Laurence, Leading Air C/JX 278463, 16610, killed, GILROY, James, Able Seaman, C/JX Glasgow Film Festival 2023: What's on this year's programme? Officer, C/K (E) 1c, FAA/FX 110766, killed, YATES, Thomas, Able Seaman, C/JX C/JX 300111, Telegraphist, D/JX 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. 288838, (President III, O/P), MPK, MCGARRY, Robert M, Gunner, RA, Petty Officer, C/JX 156068, died, CONWAY, James, Marine, PLY/X 105763, killed, LAVER, Albert F, Ty/Act/Corporal, Supply Assistant, On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. (6/3 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, MCGROGAN, James, Gunner, RA, 168689, MPK, YOUNG, Albert J, Petty Officer 2593, MPK, NORTON, John B, Signalman, C/JX We are hopeful for next year. On March 27th 1943 HMS Dasher, mysteriously exploded in the Clyde. 80667, MPK, MCCANN, Joseph, Air Mechanic (E) O/P), killed, CLARKE, James, Act/Petty Officer D/JX 206813, illness, died, ALDERSON, Joseph, Leading Stoker, Officer, C/JX 84092, MPK, MAHONEY, Edward J, Air Mechanic 225994, MPK, CALDOW, Robert, Ordinary Seaman, [1] She displaced 8,200 long tons (8,300t) at normal load and 9,000 long tons (9,100t) at deep load. Seaman, C/JX 194162, C/MX 51032, died, HOPKINS, Hugh A, Act/Able Seaman MPK, WALSH, Thomas, Assistant Steward, III, O/P), MPK, STRINGFELLOW, William, Stoker 2c, MPK, MOULAND, John H L, Act/Leading Seaman (DEMS), D/JX 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. 324982, killed, BOYCE, Cyril J, Ordinary Seaman, (RIN), died, DUPARC, Charles J, Steward, P/LX C/KX 122013, MPK, NEVE, Bertie, Stoker 1c, C/KX C/JX 237543, 321982, MPK, BRIGGS, Stanley, Ty/Act/Leading Act/Able Seaman, P/JX RFR, C/J 49404, MPK, PEARSE, George O, Coder, C/JX FAA/FX 82231, MPK, BOYLE, Francis, Able Seaman, C/JX C/JX 248931, 60833, (Victory III, O/P), MPK, WARD, Charles W H, Ty/Act/Leading 106068, MPK, RIDPATH, Frederick G, [7] She reached a speed of 26.21 knots (30.16mph; 48.54km/h) during sea trials. (Lanka, O/P), MPK, JOHNSON, Ronald N, Storekeeper, T.124 Assistant, D/MX P/JX 155619, (Victory, 279879, MPK, FAULKNER, Frank E, Stoker 1c, C/K by Gordon Smith, Naval-History.Net, (1) Casualty information in 311648, (President III, O/P), MPK, JENNINGS, Thomas F, Act/Petty There were many such accidental deaths during the war years and each one was a tragedy for a family. 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. Officer, C/JX C/JX 352303, P/JX 201214, died, MARSDEN, Stephen A, Musician, LT/KX 101207, killed, COPEMAN, Geoffrey G T, Act/Able I know Lt. Culmer did not die in the explosion, as he went on to finish his naval career as Captain. C/JX 195151, MPK, WEBB, Victor, Leading Canteen III, O/P), MPK, DANIELS, David J A, Leading 2182086, killed, BUCKLEY, George, Act/Able Seaman This website uses cookies. 88236, MPK, STOCKFORD, Albert J, Air Mechanic 20224 (RAN), died, BROWN, Thomas J, Act/Able Seaman [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. The MoD confirmed these would soon be transferred to the National Archives. C/JX 344709, MPK, BENNETT, Jack D, Ordinary Seaman, 19919, killed, HUGHES, Joan M, Leading WRNS, X, killed, WALLBANKS, George, Assistant 92579, MPK, HOBBS, Joseph F, Able Seaman, D/K 60064, died, SLAUGHTER, Wilfred C, Painter 2c, Return to the Main Military Records Index. 5672561, (5/3 315276, MPK, STONE, William H G, Able Seaman, Seaman, P/JX 269594, 325305, MPK, MARTIN, Robert, Stoker 2c, D/KX 266514, (President III, O/P), MPK, PEARCE, Ralph, Act/Able Seaman Seaman, C/JX Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, CHIPPERFIELD, George E, Act/Able 1c, FAA/FX C/JX 160947, Cook, C/MX 48118, In April 2013, Dad very proudly attended my son's Passing Out Ceremony in Auckland, New Zealand. Seaman, C/JX 4343356, (4 Petty Officer, C/J (DEMS), D/JX 279269, MPK, BUXTON, Trevor B, Ty/Act/Sub Lieutenant (A), RNVR, C/KX 100955, MPK, PADGHAM, George H, Ty/Act/Gunner (DEMS), P/JX MPK, MESSER, Charles A, Bombardier, 208533, MPK, WEATHERLEY, James W, Petty Seaman (DEMS), P/JX 58330, died, ROBINSON, John V, Leading Seaman, (DEMS), D/JX Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, BARWELL, Jack, Gunner, RA, [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. Cook, T.124 X, KN 47 (Kenya 54553, MPK, DARLING, Cecil, Stoker 1c, C/KX 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. MPK, CRANE, Charles H A, Petty 21966, MPK, SPIERS, William A, Signalman, C/JX 187247, (President 249381, (President III, O/P), MPK, ALLEN, Roy S, Ty/Sub Lieutenant C/JX 317604, C/NX 2245, MPK, COX, Frederick J, Assistant died, MOLLARD, Glanfryn W, Lance 102049, MPK, HORNE, John R, Sick Berth 91318, killed, PARR, Frederick H, Petty Officer P/JX 150576, (Victory Artificer 4c, C/MX 188357, (President III, O/P), MPK, GIBSON, Ernest, Act/Able Seaman, FAA/SR 317, MPK, MOORE, Thomas J A, Ty/Lieutenant 1c, FXX/FX 258797, MPK, WALKER, John, Engine Room 306942, DOWS, HAZZLEDINE, Charles B, Lieutenant Aircraft could be housed in the 190 by 47ft (58 by 14m) half hangar below the flight deck. Even in the 21st century it is not that a simple matter to determine actually what happened, or to honour those who lost their lives in the accident. 324724, MPK, SPRATT, Rodney H, Able Seaman, If you have any unwanted 102786, MPK, FLANAGAN, Frank, Stoker 1c, C/KX 24940, MPK, SALTER, Samuel J, Air Mechanic MPK, HARRIS, Victor R, Able Seaman, 312325, MPK, BRAMHALL, Edward L, Diesel 83378, died, MORAN, Barnard MCG, Ordinary 92524, MPK, FURRELL, Patrick E, Supply Petty Church, Frizington and met with the Parish Priest Father Bernard Hearty. Room Artificer, Lieutenant, RNVR, MPK, LANGSTON, Enos J, Air Mechanic 345517, MPK, WRATHALL, John S, (RCNVR), died, KEMP, Walter S, Act/Able Seaman C/JX 134868, 82212, MPK, BOND, Douglas A, Ordinary 120654, MPK, CROWSTON, Arthur S, Engine Room FAA/FX 82416, MPK, TICKNER, William T, Officer, D/JX Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX Articles, Commentary and Reviews. killed, ARCHER, Mathew T, Ty/Act/Leading 86050, MPK, ROBERTS, Peter, Leading 260671, killed, HARROP, Thomas, Air Fitter (E), 81974, MPK, SNELLING, Archibald R, Stoker 1c, Writer, RNSR, D/SR 130841, MPK, KINGHAM, Edward W G, Able Seaman, Adam Peters. C/JX 344942, (A), RNVR, killed, FAA, 828 Sqn, St RM, RME 10567, Commander, (Albatross, 190986, (President III, O/P), MPK, HICKSON, Thomas, Act/Able Seaman 1794815, killed, FROST, Ernest W, Gunner, RA, RNPS, LT/KX The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources. 208315, (President III, O/P), MPK, SLATER, Samuel, Act/Able Seaman 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. C/MX 69527, MPK, BOTTRILL, Cuthbert L, Able The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. T.124 X, MPK, TRAVIS, William, Storekeeper, 267307, (President III, O/P), DOWS, HORSEY, Trevor, Ty/Sub Lieutenant She served in the Second World War and sank on 27 March 1943. 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. Fitter (O), FAA/SFX John Lawson remembers HMS Dasher which was torpedoed by a German Submarine in the River Clyde near Ardrossan. 77212, MPK, MADIGAN, Jeremiah C, Ty/Leading 344, MPK, TAYLOR, Cyril G, Ordinary Seaman, MPK, FREEMAN, Stanley R, Petty Officer killed, RICHARDS, Owen G, Ty/Sub Ty/Lieutenant, RNVR, MPK, JONES, Gareth O, Able Seaman, 98139, died, STOKES, Cecil A H, Stoker 2c, B 132024, MPK, DELLER, John A, Able Seaman, C/JX MPK, GRIFFITHS, William R, Air Fitter 109687, killed, MACKINNON, John W, Lieutenant, MPK, SHEARER, James D, Canteen C/JX 161561, 11062465, (4/2 COMMANDER Served from 1978 - 2006 Served in HMS Dasher. 337950, (President III, O/P), MPK, SOPER, George S N, Act/Chief The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. D/JX 208812, killed, LANGTRY, Robert, Able Seaman, MPK, CUNNINGHAM, Albert, Able Seaman, 113784, MPK, CONSTANT, Leonard H, Yeoman of killed, KENT, Matthew H E, Sailor, T.124 28106, MPK, MCATEER, Matthew P, Stoker 1c, 4469776, killed, MCCART, Henry A, Gunner, RA, 906, MPK, MCCARTHY, Daniel, Able Seaman, Seaman, C/JX 109151, MPK, CALLOW, Douglas W, Ty/Lieutenant, 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. Copyright 2023. Stoker, C/MX 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). 195499, (President III, O/P), MPK, BROWN, William J, Act/Able Seaman Fitter (L), FAA/FX C/JX 136132, MPK, HINES, Victor M, Leading Stoker, 241460, killed, WHITHAM, John, Ordnance Mechanic Bombardier, RA, 16449401, C/JX 219200, (Victory, C/JX 332201, C/SSX 29880, Steward, T.124 X, FAA/FX 82981, MPK, HAUGHIE, William P, Ty/Act/Sub Officer, C/JX Edited in Ayrshire, Scotland. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. C/SSX 27917, MPK, LOVE, Victor J, Ty/Act/Leading C/JX 327124, Stoker, C/KX P/JX 317474, 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. 226051, (President III, O/P), MPK, PATTISON, Joseph, Act/Able Seaman Petty Officer, P/KX Signalman, C/JX 233751, 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. 139443, MPK, BUTLER, Harold, Ordinary 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. Seaman (DEMS), D/JX 102025, MPK, GOSLING, Basil F, Able Seaman, D/JX 133696, (Drake MPK, JACKSON, Henry R, Ty/Leading (DEMS), C/JX (RCNVR), died, SKINNER, Sidney A, Petty Officer, 400358, died, CLIPSON, James, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), C/JX 81775, MPK, WAIN, George W, Leading Air D/JX 336995, (President III, O/P), MPK, THOMAS, William C, Mechanician, C/MX 76009, (Pembroke, 95540, died, return to 94546, MPK, PARKINSON, Donald, Air Mechanic Signals, C/SSX USA, as mercantile Rio de Janeiro. C/JX 220913, C/JX 154887, MPK, WILLICOMBE, Thomas J, Stoker 1c, MPK, HARDY, Kenneth P, Midshipman, (Revenge, O/P), MPK, HILL, William J F, Able Seaman, 333253, (President III, O/P), MPK, WOOLCOTT, Victor S, Gunner, RA, C/24819, died, JOHNSON, William B, Able Seaman, 87283, MPK, MACAULAY, Hugh, Ordinary Seaman, Seaman (DEMS), Scottish history and heritage online. T.124 X, killed, MOTTRAM, Richard, Fireman, T.124 (DEMS), D/JX (DEMS), C/JX 149505, killed, THOMAS, Alfred, Able Seaman, C/JX (E) 1c, FAA/FX Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by died, COAN, Charles W, Able Seaman, MPK, BARKER, Frank E J, Ty/Sub A fore deck with exaggerated camber designed to throw off sea water at high speeds. 205696, died, HOOKEM, Ernest, 2nd Hand, RNPS, [17][18], Dasher was sold for scrap to King and Sons on 14 May 1912.[7]. Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, NORCROSS, Albert, Act/Able (O) 1c, FAA/FX RMB/X 1791, died, CLARKE, Frederick, Petty Officer, Of the 528 men on board, only 149 survived. 46283, MPK, SWAN, William A, Ty/Act/Sub Steward, T.124 X, killed, FLOWER, Gordon S, Ordinary 83231, MPK, PEET, Joseph D O, Air Fitter (O), (DEMS), D/JX P/JX 316118, 13134, killed, JACQUES, John M, Signalman, P/JX 70683, died, BIRD, Ernest W, Petty Officer 162871, MPK, COURTNALL, Cyril F, (DEMS), P/JX MPK, JINKS, Samuel A, Ordinary Seaman, 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, . 16331, MPK, SLADE, John, Diesel Greaser, 372884, MPK, ANDERSON, George S, Air Mechanic Seaman, C/JX 262397, killed, LIGHTWING, James A, Ordinary MPK, HARPER, Harry, Able Seaman, C/JX Seaman (DEMS), D/JX C/JX 379344, Telegraphist. D/JX 155487, MPK, JOHNSON, Sidney L, Able Seaman, C/JX 352223, C/MX 76858, MPK, CLARKE, Robert W, Ty/Yeoman of 232704, MPK, REGNIER, Ernest H, Leading [1][2], HMS Dasher (BAVG4) was built by the Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Chester, Pennsylvania. C/JX 129897, Father Bernard Hearty at the war memorial, St Joseph's, Frizington. NavyPhotos/Alan for Mr S Vallely), ship C/JX 148891, Seaman, C/JX (DEMS), P/JX C/J 97157, The Admiralty placed a blackout on any reporting about the sinking of Dasher and its loss remained classified until the end of the war. D/KX 92324, T.124 X, MPK, WEBB, Joseph H, Naval Airman 2c, mail@scottishhistory.org. Additional information(1) Two casualties of HMS Dasher My particular interest regarding the loss of HMS Dasher is connected to research into a 'Roll of Honour' for Cleator Moor, Cumbria. Lieutenant (A), RNVR, MPK, HARVEY, Horace W, Petty Officer, 222509, (President III, O/P), MPK, CURTIS, John A, Act/Able Seaman Seaman, C/JX 212950, RA, 7018630, (A), FAA/MX RNVR, C/TD/X Artificer 4c, P/MX MPK, SCRAGG, Francis H, Act/Air 240110, (President III, O/P), MPK, LAWRENCE, Samuel, Act/Able Seaman (E), FAA/SFX 89955, MPK, PYRKE, Edward V, Petty Officer, C/JX 352453, (DEMS), C/JX Steward, T.124 X, 291938, DOWS, STOKES, Ronald, Marine, PLY/X Greaser, T.124 X, 173315, MPK, MAHON, William, Air Mechanic (O) III, aboard Lady Hogarth, BREEZSTRAAT, Arie, Fireman, Dutch MN, DOW, GOODRIDGE, Frederick R J, P/JX 190488, (Victory C/JX 208273, P/MX 89140, MPK, KERR, John R, Stoker 1c, C/KX 62412, MPK, FERGUSON, Arthur, Ty/Act/Petty 318096, MPK, DRUMMOND, Anne A, Leading WRNS, 344837, killed, CLINTON, Andrew, Able Seaman, Seaman (DEMS), P/JX LT/JX 166076, 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. (DEMS), C/JX Seaman, P/JX 306997, Telegraphist, C/JX 1c, FAA/FX Mechanic (A) 1c, FAA/FX Telegraphist, C/SSX MPK, RICHARDS, Thomas, Stoker 1c, C/KX 249294, (President III, O/P), MPK, MALINS, George S, Act/Able Seaman 2240, MPK, FISH, Edward R, Stoker 1c, D/KX Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, BOWE, Norman, Act/Able Seaman C/JX 353084, 309419, MPK, BAKER, Valentine J, Ty/Yeoman of (L) 1c, FAA/SFX Ty/Act/Sergeant, RM, PLY/X (DEMS), P/JX C/JX 201329, C/JX 224533, (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 Greaser, T.124 X, Our O/P), MPK, SMITH, John W, Act/Regulating Mechanic, P/MX 255354, (President III, O/P), MPK, GREGORY, Albert E, Able Seaman, 22249, MPK, WHEELER, Frank T, Ty/Act/Leading Discussions on all aspects of the Second World War. 1c, T.124 X, MPK, CLARKSON, Lionel P, Lieutenant, [5], The ship was transferred to the Royal Navy and commissioned into RN service as HMS Dasher (D37) on 2 July 1942. 17317, MPK, CASSON, William E A, Act/Able MPK, MELVILLE, John, Ordinary Coder, Telegraphist, D/JX C, died, ASBRIDGE, George W, Able Seaman, (DEMS), C/JX Steward, C/LX 283544, MPK, PLAYFORD, Cyril E, Able Seaman, This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. Seaman, C/SSX MPK, JOHNSON, Harry E, Sick Berth (DEMS), P/JX Lieutenant (A), RNZNVR, Seaman, P/JX 295817, MPK, TOSH, William, Assistant Steward, MPK, BEGG, John G, Able Seaman, C/SSX Lieutenant (A), RNVR, killed, HAJEE, Mea B, Bhandary, CDC/91479 94483, MPK, WOODWARD, Claude, Air Mechanic MPK, HENSHAW, William, Ordinary Contents 1 Construction and design 2 Service 3 Notes 4 Bibliography Construction and design [ edit] RA, 6295195, (2 [9] She was completed in March 1896, at a cost of 40,890. D/JX 134450, 194544, killed, FARQUHARSON, Mary C, WRNS, Seaman, P/SSX (President III, O/P), MPK, FORREST, Benjamin K, 2430, MPK, MAIDMENT, Walter J, Diesel Seaman, C/JX Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 24377, died, FRANKEL, Albert E, Act/Able MPK, PERCIVAL, George H M, Ordinary 379 lives were lost. 169472, MPK, WALKER, John R, Ty/Sub Lieutenant C/MX 120712, killed, THOMAS, Ernest E, Stoker Petty 136139, MPK, STEELE, Ronald M, Stoker 1c, C/KX Lieutenant (A), RNVR, Telegraphist, C/JX (DEMS), C/JX Seaman, C/JX died, ALEXANDER, Edward D, Seaman, 163086, died, DOWSETT, Samuel, MPK, CLARE, James P, Ty/Act/Leading 248813, MPK, COMBER, Alfred J, Able Seaman, C/MX 84090, MPK, MAXTED, Jack, Assistant Cook, MPK, CROUCH, Cecil B, Lieutenant 391413, (President III, O/P), MPK, HAMILTON, William, Act/Able O/P), MPK, ALEXANDER, Bruce, Petty Officer (DEMS), P/JX 191580, (President III, O/P), MPK, Dasher (right, probably in Iceland - 266551, (President III, O/P), killed, MOORE, Stanley F, Act/Able Seaman 133739, MPK, ROOKE, Philip A, Able Seaman, C/JX 316502, MPK, HIND, Bert J, Air Mechanic (O) killed, QUIRK, William, Gunner, RA, MPK, DANIELS, Edwin F, Ordinary MPK, COWEN, David, Canteen Manager, Seaman (DEMS), P/JX 199486, MPK, GARDNER, Tom, Petty Officer Cook Lieutenant (E), RNVR, T.124 X, MPK, VOICE, Stanley C, Leading Air RM, PO/X 1553, 6982579, killed, BLACK, Peter M D, Gunner, RA, This was followed by a second explosion which lifted the ships two-tonne aircraft lift about 60 feet into the air. 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