(DEMS), C/JX Radio Mechanic, 125656, MPK, WILLIAMS, Geoffrey A, Able 4541142, (2 On 4 June two convoys of troopships were organised and . The wreck site lies approximately halfway on the Caledonian MacBrayne ferry route between Ardrossan and Brodick and is a controlled site under the Protection of Military Remains Act. 2593, MPK, NORTON, John B, Signalman, C/JX FAA/FX 77765, 7018462, killed, DORTON, Albert W J, Gunner, RA, (Salisbury, O/P), 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, . Lt. Ralph Carnac Stallard-Penoyre Squadron Commander HMS Dasher (d.27th March 1943). 85689, MPK, STOREY, Thomas P, Ty/Surgeon V 24808 Seaman, C/JX 232278, MPK, JONES, David V, Lance Corporal, 3091, killed, MILLS, William H, Marine, PLY/X (DEMS), P/JX Scottish History. 106284, MPK, WHITE, Donald H, Able Seaman, Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, MACFARLANE, Andrew, Act/Able 324724, MPK, SPRATT, Rodney H, Able Seaman, 1c, FAA/FX UNICORN , built as aircraft maintenance ship - 14,700 tons, 24 knots, 35 aircraft, 1,200 crew, 1943 HMS Unicorn post-war (NavyPhotos) 18. (Victory, O/P), MPK, MOUNTFORD, Ernest J, Ty/Petty 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. MPK, WARREN, Albert J, Ordinary Lieutenant, RNVR, killed, STONE, William E, Stoker 2c, C/KX Bombardier, RA, 2198256, Attendant, C/MX MPK, HARVEY, William J, Able Seaman, Steward, C/LX MPK, GILLIES, William, Ty/Leading Seaman (DEMS), P/JX Supply Assistant, Officer, C/JX 4623397, killed, GREENFIELD, Cecil G, Gunner, RA, Articles, Commentary and Reviews. O/P), MPK, BOAKES, William H, Stoker 1c, 6355554, (2 (DEMS), C/JX Seaman, RFR, P/J 1499, MPK, BROWN, Alexander M, Ordinary 271185, MPK, MCVICAR, Colin M, Ordinary 109142, MPK, OLIVER, Edward G, Ty/Act/Stoker 289850, (President III, O/P), MPK, RUSSELL, Hugh S, Act/Able Seaman MPK, SHARPE, William C, Able Seaman, RFR, C/J 49404, MPK, PEARSE, George O, Coder, C/JX Officer, P/JX 149527, T.124 269432, 159608, MPK, BOULTON, Thomas A, Stoker Petty Our FAA/SFX 2335, 1552446, killed, DOUGLAS, Arthur C, Telegraphist, (DEMS), C/JX Seaman, P/JX As a gunboat, one of the torpedo tubes could be removed to accommodate a further two six-pounders. MPK, CRAIG, Archibald B, Leading Steward, T.124 X, Officer, D/KX 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. [1] [2] Operational history [ edit] Prior to 2004, Dasher was based at Devonport as the training vessel for University Royal Naval Unit Bristol (URNUB). Commander, died, JONES, Ronald W C, Petty Officer Fitter (E), FAA/SFX P/JX 201214, died, MARSDEN, Stephen A, Musician, Royal Navy escort carrier lost on the Clyde in March 1943. 143469, MPK, LOWE, Fred, Stoker Petty Officer, Commander, MPK, HICKS, Joseph, Air Mechanic (E) 257293, (President III, O/P), MPK, TODD, Isaac B, Act/Able Seaman 133401, MPK, MOODY, Joseph H, Ty/Act/Leading MPK, MCMURRAY, John P, Naval Airman O/P), MPK, ALEXANDER, Bruce, Petty Officer 228234, (President III, O/P), MPK, TILLETT, Stephen D, Act/Able 339058, (President III, O/P), MPK, HOCKRIDGE, Robert J, Act/Able P/JX 372307, Seaman, C/JX 194162, (E) 1c, FAA/FX P/JX 326645, killed, COOPER, Pauline G, Leading WRNS, C/JX 178427, C/JX 208319, DOW, MCFARLANE, James, Engine Room MPK, ALLEN, Bernard, Able Seaman, C/JX Evidence strongly points to an unmarked mass grave in Ardrossan. Officer, D/KX Seaman (DEMS), P/JX Telegraphist, Lieutenant, RNR, died, OLANDER, Albert R, Sub 137177, MPK, CHAPMAN, Henry R, Able Seaman, 334914, (President III, O/P), MPK, RUSSELL, James H, Act/Able Seaman (L) 1c, FAA/FX 348819, MPK, ARSLETT, Frederick J, Air 6102824, (5/3 2517, MPK, BAYLIS, Michael V, Signalman, 21966, MPK, SPIERS, William A, Signalman, 289287, (President III, O/P), MPK, DANIELS, Norman, Act/Able Seaman C/JX 186158, O/P), MPK, WOODS, William A, Ty/Act/Leading 300609, MPK, DRYDEN, James L, Stoker 1c, P/KX 29995, (Drake 314604, (President III, O/P), MPK, DUNN, James C, Gunner, RA, C/SSX 21977, killed, HARVEY, Gerard, Ordinary Seaman, T.124 X, MPK, SMITH, Ernest F, Photographer 105955, (Victory C/JX 246983, 92243, died, LAWRENCE, Douglas R S, 75576, MPK, SEWARD, Leslie A, Able Seaman, Officer, D/K (DEMS), C/JX Lieutenant (A), RNVR, VideoRecord numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. Mechanic (E), FAA/FX 76574, MPK, SALMONS, John T, Ty/Leading HMS Dasher HMS Dasher was an Avenger Class Escot Carrier. 258797, MPK, WALKER, John, Engine Room Richard Faulkner. Artificer 3c, P/MX MPK, ROCKLIFF, John, Ordinary Seaman, III, O/P), MPK, ROWE, William C E, Petty Officer, Seaman, RFR, C/J Lieutenant Commander, (RN Malay 5093, MPK, DEVLIN, John, Carpenter's Mate, MPK, THISTLE, Cyril R, Able Seaman, No evidence was found that the ground in the area searched had been disturbed. In the year 2000, divers placed a plaque on board the Dasher in memory of those who died there, in the deep, cold waters of the Clyde. There was a short announcement of the sinking in The Times in 1945, then nothing more was said officially for 70 years. (A), RNVR, MPK, JINKS, Samuel A, Ordinary Seaman, 82785, MPK, ROLPH, Alfred J, Stoker 1c, C/KX C/JX 373939, 66108, MPK, SIMPSON, Malcolm, Engine Room Video, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. 333065, (President III, O/P), MPK, MALZARD, Francis A, C/JX 318489, C/JX 279344, 289117, (President III, O/P), DOWS, FITZGERALD, Patrick P, Ty/Sub killed, TARASOFF, Frederick, Able Seaman, (MN), died, LEGGETT, Arthur A, Skipper Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, HOWES, Alec J, Act/Able Seaman HMS Dasher was a Charger -class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy. Signalman, C/JX She was built at Sun Shipbuilding, Chester. 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. Mechanic (E) 1c, FAA/SFX 6144914, killed, CLARK, Stanley, Gunner, RA, Artificer 2c, C/MX [9] She was completed in March 1896, at a cost of 40,890. (E), RNR, MPK, SCOTT, William H, Able Seaman, X, MPK, TERREY, Cyril J, Petty Officer 109151, MPK, CALLOW, Douglas W, Ty/Lieutenant, 352143, (Pembroke 1781241, killed, BOARDMAN, George, Act/Able Seaman MPK, HARTILL, Horace, Naval Airman 2c, Air Mechanic 25535, killed, BIRD, John, Able Seaman, C/JX MPK, DAVISON, Edward H, Able Seaman, (DEMS), D/JX P/MX 51401, (Victory III, O/P), MPK, GOLLACHER, Alfred W, Act/Able 299185, DOWS, BUTLER, Gordon, Act/Able Seaman 21793, MPK, DOWELL, Avery D, Ty/Sub 20187, MPK, VARCOE, Jack, Assistant Steward, MPK, JONES, Norman E, Able Seaman, 243212, (President III, O/P), MPK, CLARKE, Eric W, Act/Able Seaman 21412, MPK, MATHISON, Stanley, Able Seaman, 144, MPK, WALKER, John C, Able Seaman, C/JX (DEMS), D/JX Launched on 11 April 1941, the vessel was converted to an escort carrier at theTietjen & Langshipyardin New Jersey and under the Lend Lease scheme was transferred to the Royal Navy and commissioned into service as HMS Dasher (D37) on 2 July 1942. T.124 X, MPK, FLOWER, Kenneth H, Act/Petty loss, ABRAHAMS, Cyril J, Air Mechanic 236668, (President III, O/P), MPK, DAVIS, Richard S, Act/Able Seaman 359516, killed, PETTY, Charles J, Able Seaman, Signalman, C/JX 233751, 374990, DOWS, JOHNSON, Eric, Act/Able Seaman C/JX 353084, 312836, (President III, O/P), MPK, REED, Frederick H A, Lance 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. MPK, AYERS, Stanley, Carpenter's Mate, (5 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, KYNASTON, Enoch J, Act/Able C/JX 316841, MPK, GILBERT, James W, Ordinary 392008, (President III, O/P), MPK, PARFITT, Leonard T, Act/Able please MPK, GIBSON, Robert F, Leading Radio MPK, HEATHCOTE, Eric, Leading Seaman, 2052375, (3 Telegraphist, C/JX 10217, killed, HODGKINSON, Harry, Bombardier, Seaman (DEMS), 120945, MPK, WILLISON, Alfred J, Stoker 1c, Artificer 1c, C/M 241460, killed, WHITHAM, John, Ordnance Mechanic T.124 X, MPK, WEBB, Joseph H, Naval Airman 2c, Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, SAYERS, Albert G, Act/Able Seaman P/K 65369, (Victory, Seaman, C/JX MPK, DAVIS, Charles F, Seaman, RNR, 197626, (President III, O/P), MPK, LOCKWOOD, Wilfred, Act/Able FAA/FX 82416, Artificer, C/M (DEMS), C/JX Seaman, C/JX 353724, MPK, LYNCH, Roderick, Chief Engine C/JX 156464, RA, 3773063, 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? 20124, MPK, FORD, Cyril D, Able Seaman, C/JX Attendant, C/MX 59296, MPK, EDWARDES-EVANS, David, Ordinary MPK, GRAHAM, Frank A, Ty/Leading MPK, BLAND, Ivan H, Ordinary Seaman, MPK, LUMBY, Arthur, Leading Radio Telegraphist, P/JX 2380, died, DAVIES, Henry, Ordinary Seaman, 195499, (President III, O/P), MPK, BROWN, William J, Act/Able Seaman MPK, INGRAM, Dennis A, Assistant T.124 X, MPK, VOICE, Stanley C, Leading Air 325305, MPK, MARTIN, Robert, Stoker 2c, D/KX killed, RICHARDS, Owen G, Ty/Sub In addition to being remembered on the war memorial of his parish church - St Joseph's R.C. Signalman, D/JX Signalman, C/JX The Admiralty placed a blackout on any reporting about the sinking of Dasher and its loss remained classified until the end of the war. Artificer 4c, D/MX III, O/P), MPK, SAMS, William E, Leading 1689, MPK, MCALLISTER, Dennis P, Assistant MPK, BEGG, John G, Able Seaman, C/SSX RM, RME 10567, P/JX 235817, 313060, (President III, O/P), MPK, LAVISHER, Albert, Gunner, RA, FAA/FX 84560, C/JX 213707, MPK, KIDDLE, Maurice R, Ordinary Lieutenant (A), RNVR, Petty Officer, C/J I know Lt. Culmer did not die in the explosion, as he went on to finish his naval career as Captain. (President III, O/P), MPK, FORREST, Benjamin K, 339150, (President III, O/P), MPK, LYALL, Alexander S, Act/Able Artificer 4c, C/MX (DEMS), D/JX 1808759, (4/2 MPK, MOORE, Leonard J, Able Seaman, O/P), killed, ILLINGWORTH, Joseph W, Electrical (DEMS), D/JX 153999, DOW, BLAND, Frank E, Act/Able Seaman MPK, FLANAGAN, Denis, Diesel Greaser, C/JX 156512, 15809, killed, JAGO-BROWN, Anne E, 2nd Officer, WA/WRNS 47774, died, BENTLEY, George H, Lance 155544, MPK, KELSEY, Raymond, Able Seaman, 126874, MPK, MCNALLY, Daniel, Stoker, P/KX Regt, RA, O/P), killed, PURCELL, Reginald P, Bombardier, V 24433 (RCNVR), died, SHANNON, John P, Gunner, RA, P/MX 52599, died, ROWLANDS, John, Able Seaman, C/JX If you have any unwanted Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, YENDOLL, Tom B, Ty/Lieutenant Telegraphist, P/JX HMS Kenya, light cruiser (NP/Mark Teadham, click photographs for enlargements) on to April 1943 . 279269, MPK, BUXTON, Trevor B, Ty/Act/Sub Artificer 1c, C/M D/SSX 22722, killed, LATREILLE, Theodore J, Stoker, V Records of HMS Dasher from other sources. 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. (DEMS), P/JX Seaman, C/SSX Airman, FAA/F 1614432, (2 RNSR, D/SR C/JX 299146, Seaman, D/JX (A), RNVR, killed, GEORGE, Eric R, Ty/Act/Leading Seaman, C/JX [7] There are now memorials to those lost at both Ardrossan and Brodick. MPK, MELVILLE, John, Ordinary Coder, Church, Frizington - Able Seaman Woolaghan is also interred in the churchyard at St Josephs. Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, BROWN, Ernest H, Lance Officer Air Officer, P/J MPK, PITMAN, Peter E V, 1st Writer, 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. T.124 X, MPK, PLANT, Percy H, Able Seaman, C/JX C/JX 356808, Seaman, D/JX 267699, P/KX 132450, Stoker, C/KX (Tana, O/P), MPK, RIVERS, Thomas P, Petty Officer, order - Surname, First name, Initial(s), Rank and part of the Casualty Lists of the Royal Navy and Dominion Navies, . 174062, (President III, O/P), MPK, WHEATLAND, Francis R, Convoy 393656, died, WALLACE, George C, Coder, C/JX Assistant, C/NX 2040, 4343356, (4 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, MCDONALD, John, Gunner, RA, 311635, (President III, O/P), MPK, WATTS, John, Act/Able Seaman Seaman, C/JX 246616, P/WRNS 11478, 221754, (President III, O/P), MPK, QUARRELL, Albert, Act/Able Seaman 72069, MPK, STEAD, John, Able Seaman, C/JX 2913, MPK, HUMPHREYS, Albert, Ty/Leading 249381, (President III, O/P), MPK, ALLEN, Roy S, Ty/Sub Lieutenant HMS Dasher: 27/03/43: JX280375: OS: YOUNG, Leo Joseph: HMS Rosemonde: 22/01/42: Return to Casualties List. 160256, MPK, CLAUSON, William D, Able Seaman, RN Edited in Ayrshire, Scotland. - Air Frame Engineer), FAA/F 55010, MPK, CHAPPELL, Ronald A, Assistant RNVR, C/LDX III, O/P), MPK, BIRNIE, Harry C, Commodore, RNR, Airman, FAA/SFX RNR, MPK, MOODY, George E, Ty/Leading P/JX 186173, O/P), MPK, JACKLIN, Ivan S, Surgeon D/KX 82007, PLY/X 19077, died, REYNARD, James T, Act/Able Seaman This policy subsequently attracted much criticism. (O) 1c, FAA/JX 337433, (President III, O/P), drowning, DOWS, DUMBLETON, Alfred, Act/Engine (DEMS), C/JX 1c, FAA/FX 75770, (Victory III, O/P), MPK, STEVENS, Frederick R, Sick Berth Seaman, C/JX C/KX 80479, 51374, MPK, MACLEOD, Daniel A, Stoker 1c, died, MOLLARD, Glanfryn W, Lance (T), MPK, PARKER, Harold, 136489, MPK, NEWMAN, William H, Stoker 1c, (Nile, O/P), killed, PENNY, Horace J, Stoker 1c, P/KX 2c, FAA/FX 106434, MPK, FRANCIS, Eric E, Petty Officer, 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 . COMMANDER Served from 1978 - 2006 Served in HMS Dasher. Seaman (DEMS), P/JX 1424360, killed, CURRIE, Raymund J, Gunner, RA, died, NORMAN, Cyril H, Act/Able Seaman [1][2], HMS Dasher (BAVG4) was built by the Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Chester, Pennsylvania. C/JX355084, illness, died, BERRY, Arthur, Gunner, RA, 86635, killed, WILDING, Robert, Ty/Sub MPK, RICE, Samuel, Able Seaman, P/JX P/JX 221806, D/LX 26736, 13021783, (2 Maritime The Wartime Memories Project is run by volunteers and the free to access part of the website is funded by donations from our visitors. MPK, ROBSON, James, Act/Able Seaman, MPK, CRANE, Charles H A, Petty 193627, (President III, O/P), MPK, CORBETT, Dennis F, Act/Able RA, 7018630, MPK, GRIFFITHS, Charles W, Diesel C/SSX 26128, MPK, BOTTERILL, Albert V, Stoker 1c, (DEMS), PLY/17900, (President III, O/P), MPK, MAGNUS, William, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), D/JX We would like to show you a description here but the site won't allow us. Furious relatives protested and some of the dead were returned to their families for burial. Read about our approach to external linking. C/JX 161166, MPK, KING, Reginald S, Leading MPK, DELL, Rodney, Able Seaman, 68866 LT/JX 264088, killed, CRAIG, Christopher, Gunner, RA, (DEMS), P/JX (DEMS), C/JX P/JX 317474, Mechanic V 8812 C/JX 160947, 84092, MPK, MAHONEY, Edward J, Air Mechanic 77018, killed, WARD, Albert L, Ty/Leading Supply 94630, MPK, SHEPPARD, John A, Ordinary 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. Telegraphist, P/J 107992, MPK, HALL, Richard, Stoker 1c, C/KX MPK, FAHEY, John T, Act/Able Seaman, Seaman (DEMS), D/JX RM, PO/X 1553, Ty/Petty Officer, C/JX 147634, MPK, EDWARDS, Augustus, Able Seaman, MPK, REEVE, Alfred P, Ordinary Seaman (DEMS), D/JX III, O/P), MPK, STRINGFELLOW, William, Stoker 2c, Artificer 4c, C/MX P/JX 248717, (President III, O/P), MPK, CRILLEY, James P, Able Seaman, Seaman, D/JX Arms, C/M P/JX 299275, Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, MOLLOY, John, Ty/Leading Seaman 96882, (Victory, O/P), MPK, MARTIN, Norman B W, Able Seaman, C/JX 185498, 92245, (Pembroke, O/P), MPK, TIBBALS, Alan D, Able Seaman, 94452, MPK, TURNER, Frank O, Ty/Leading 82213, MPK, LAWRENCE, Arthur C, Diesel 4349958, killed, MCCORMICK, John, Lance C/J 109371, 90641, (Derby, O/P), MPK, FORMAN, Kenneth, Paymaster 86308, MPK, CLARK, William E, Ty/Leading If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small C/KX 91278, (RIN), died, DUPARC, Charles J, Steward, P/LX Artificer 4c, X 34144, MPK, BURSEY, Graham, Able Seaman, C/JX Steward, C/LX Lieutenant, RNVR, killed, CARR, William A, Able Seaman, T.124 X, MPK, HUTCHINSON, Robert, Ty/Act/Sub P/JX 200142, (President III, O/P), MPK, O'BRIEN, Thomas J, Gunner, RA, 1547929, (6/3 Seaman (DEMS), C/JX C/JX 134552, MPK, ROBSON, William, Able Seaman, MPK, NAPIER, William, Engineman, RNPS, P/SSX 23566, (Victory (6/3 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, HOOPER, Harold, Gunner, RA, C/JX 354227, 376796, MPK, BROWN, Clifford T B, Ty/Leading D/JX 338518, died, TAYLOR, Stanley, Wireman, D/MX Signalman, C/JX 1219, MPK, TODD, Charles A, Leading Stoker, 3195268, killed, KING, Arthur, Telegraphist, D/JX MPK, NETHERCOTT, Henry E, Steward, (E), RNR, MPK, MORGAN, Frederick A, Able Seaman, P/JX 179118, MPK, WILSON, Horace D, Able Seaman, MPK, NORWOOD, Ronald J, Stoker, C/KX 291938, DOWS, STOKES, Ronald, Marine, PLY/X Seaman (DEMS), P/JX Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, WELLER, Frederick R, Gunner, RA, (A) 1c, FAA/FX Lieutenant Ty/Ty/Act/Leading Airman, FAA/FX John was on the sister ship The Attacker. After arrival at Portsmouth, Dasher was ordered back to Chatham where she was docked and put out of commission. Telegraphist, D/JX 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.

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