Stoker, C/KX 55142, MPK, YOUNG, Cecil A, Able Seaman, C/JX 339349, (President III, O/P), MPK, BURR, Joseph, Gunner, RA, Attached is a picture of Cecil in uniform. D/JX 333005, MPK, LINTON, John W, 102496, MPK, HUNNISETT, Brian, Able Seaman, MPK, RODICK, Geoffrey, Writer (Sp), Telegraphist, MPK, HARPER, Harry, Able Seaman, C/JX MPK, MONKS, Newton L P, Ty/Paymaster Stoker, C/KX [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. Artificer, C/MX 133739, MPK, ROOKE, Philip A, Able Seaman, This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. Signalman, C/JX The newly commissioned HMS DASHER underway. 79517, MPK, SNELL, Ivan, Air Mechanic (O) 1c, 301148, MPK, ALMOND, Eric, Ordinary Seaman, UNICORN , built as aircraft maintenance ship - 14,700 tons, 24 knots, 35 aircraft, 1,200 crew, 1943 HMS Unicorn post-war (NavyPhotos) 18. 86050, MPK, ROBERTS, Peter, Leading Engine Room She also saw action in the Russian covoys to Murmansk. killed, JAMES, James G, Telegraphist, 279879, MPK, FAULKNER, Frank E, Stoker 1c, C/K Seaman, C/JX MPK, MCCARTHY, Victor D, Able Seaman, C/JX 187247, (President LT/KX 101813, MPK, MULLINS, James, Air Mechanic 2c, Officer, C/JX 128375, (Victory, O/P), MPK, NELLER, William E, Act/Able X, MPK, TERREY, Cyril J, Petty Officer Seaman (DEMS), C/JX Section), killed, EDWARDS, Frederick A, Stoker 2c, 290765, (President III, O/P), MPK, PHILLIPS, William T, Yeoman of (A), RNVR, killed, GODDARD, Thomas, Ty/Sub Seaman (DEMS), C/JX 90055, MPK, MCFARLANE, John L, Ty/Act/Sub MPK, MOORE, Leonard J, Able Seaman, Edited in Ayrshire, Scotland. Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, MCCRAE, William J, Act/Able C/JX 315571, 134049, MPK, TETLOW, Frank, Ty/Act/Sub Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, NORCROSS, Albert, Act/Able 291865, (President III, O/P), killed, WARNER, John F, Act/Able Seaman III, O/P), MPK, KINCH, Thomas J, Convoy Yeoman of Arthur Allen HMS Dasher (d.27th March 1943), AbleSea. MPK, TICKNER, William T, C/JX 327124, Bombardier, RA, 2198256, P/JX 276007, DOW, CRAYTHORNE, Ernest W, Able Trainee, C/NX 1127, III, O/P), MPK, SAMS, William E, Leading Mechanic (AR), D/220 W, died, HODGSON, George A, Ty/Sub (3) A further loss later in 1943 Later in 1943 the war was to bring more bad news to homes in Cleator Moor and Frizington. Lieutenant, RNVR, MPK, THORPE, Cyril, Able Seaman, C/JX 359516, killed, PETTY, Charles J, Able Seaman, (DEMS), P/JX C/JX 315496, C/JX 300153, MPK, SCOTT, Alexander, Able Seaman, (DEMS), D/JX 249775, (President III, O/P), MPK, KERNICK, Richard, Act/Able Seaman 288838, (President III, O/P), MPK, MCGARRY, Robert M, Gunner, RA, 125656, MPK, WILLIAMS, Geoffrey A, Able C/JX 238254, (Victory, Seaman, C/SSX 232278, MPK, JONES, David V, Lance Corporal, D/JX 302998, died, HARRIS, Charles E, Act/Chief Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, SULLIVAN, William, Act/Able People living nearby saw the bodies over a high wall, "then they all disappeared".[7]. Mate, P/JX 338395, (President III, O/P), MPK, KENDRICK, Horace, Ty/Act/Sergeant 1614432, (2 Lieutenant Able Seaman Barnes is commemorated on the CWGC memorial at Chatham (Memorial Ref: 68, 2). 194867, MPK, STONE, Fredrick P de M, Able 95540, died, return to 17317, MPK, CASSON, William E A, Act/Able (O) 1c, FAA/JX 24144, MPK, GRANT, John J, Electrical died, HANSON, Harry, Act/Leading Air (DEMS), D/JX MPK, JINKS, Samuel A, Ordinary Seaman, (DEMS), D/JX D/LX 26736, (6/3 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, CARTLAND, Jack, Act/Petty Officer 54553, MPK, DARLING, Cecil, Stoker 1c, C/KX Officer, C/J 109099, MPK, TIMMIS, Robert, Able Seaman, 144667, MPK, FULCHER, Cyril S, Able Seaman, Dad survived the sinking by leaping into the sea when the Dasher was almost upright. Telegraphist, C/WRX RA, 3773063, MPK, PEEBLES, William C, Act/Yeoman of (DEMS), C/JX MPK, MOULAND, John H L, Act/Leading (President III, O/P), DOWS, DAVIES, Thomas H, Able Seaman, 157105, killed, BURGESS, George A, Ty/Leading Attendant, C/MX T.124 X, MPK, HAMBROOK, Robert F, Chief Yeoman Kindell, all rights reserved. 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. MPK, BANKS, William H, Act/Stoker Manager, NAAFI, killed, MCGUINNESS, Ernest C, Bombardier, Problem with BBC "People's War" search facility, James Jolly (1923 2009): A Final Salute. 126874, MPK, MCNALLY, Daniel, Stoker, P/KX WA/WRNS 47774, died, BENTLEY, George H, Lance MPK, LIDDLE, Richard, Ordinary Seaman, (DEMS), P/JX C/JX 132691, 159608, MPK, BOULTON, Thomas A, Stoker Petty C/SSX 30249, Seaman, D/SSX 130152, MPK, SWORD, George R, Able Seaman, Lieutenant, RNVR, killed, CARR, William A, Able Seaman, 23621, MPK, WELLER, George W J, Signalman, 312123, (President III, O/P), MPK, CARRIBONE, Bernard, Stoker, RNR, Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, YENDOLL, Tom B, Ty/Lieutenant 120945, MPK, WILLISON, Alfred J, Stoker 1c, 83620, MPK, WARNER, Douglas D, Able Seaman, MPK, JOHNSON, Douglas E W, Stoker 2c, killed, CRAWFORD, James, Diesel Greaser, 23683 (RAN), died, ANSELL, Donald R, Sub Lieutenant Mechanic (A) 1c, FAA/FX Stoker, RFR, C/KX MPK, THOMPSON, James, Able Seaman, "Many questions surrounding the sinking of HMS Dasher have been left unanswered for far too long. 2704, MPK, MILNER, Victor, Able Seaman, C/JX 236668, (President III, O/P), MPK, DAVIS, Richard S, Act/Able Seaman MPK, STALLARD-PENOYRE, Ralph C B, 1c, FAA/FX Lieutenant (E), RNVR, C/JX 260436, P/JX 201214, died, MARSDEN, Stephen A, Musician, Seaman (DEMS), C/JX X, killed, WALLBANKS, George, Assistant [8] They were riddled with tubes made by burrowing teredo worms. C/JX 373939, photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. (DEMS), P/JX MPK, KEVERNE, Richard H J, Act/Petty The second casualty came from the village of Frizington, about 3 miles from Cleator Moor. Bombardier, RA, 5190220, Bombardier, RA, 5054848, 11273209, killed, ROBERTS, Frederick C, Gunner, RA, 104827, (President III, O/P), MPK, COX, Alfred V, Act/Able Seaman MPK, HICKMAN, William H G, Leading D/JX 336995, (President III, O/P), MPK, THOMAS, William C, Mechanician, posthumous Victoria Cross, LLOYD, Christopher A, Ty/Stoker C/JX 277273, 2042, MPK, GUNNER, Frederick J, Able Seaman, [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. C/JX 161561, 103084, (President Front Cover On March 27th 1943 HMS Dasher, a hastily converted aircraft carrier, mysteriously exploded and sank within eight minutes in the Clyde. ship/shore establishment, O/P on passage), Fate, (3) Link to Commonwealth War Graves Commission, (4) More information may be found in the Name Lists, Background Events - February-May Seaman, C/132331, MPK, KERR, William M, Stoker 1c, P/KX 325305, MPK, MARTIN, Robert, Stoker 2c, D/KX P/JX 186173, Officer, C/SSX 205601, MPK, PLEASANTS, Alfred G, Petty MPK, AYERS, Stanley, Carpenter's Mate, 1c, FAA/SFX Supply Assistant, [5][6], Yarrow's design was 195feet 0inches (59.44m) long overall and 190feet 8inches (58.12m) between perpendiculars, with a beam of 18feet 6inches (5.64m) and a draught of 11feet 3inches (3.43m). Assistant, C/MX C/JX 361352, killed, MILSTED, William H, Ordinary Stoker, D/KX Signals, D/JX MPK, SLINGSBY, George A, Stoker 1c, 130841, MPK, KINGHAM, Edward W G, Able Seaman, Seaman, C/JX 262397, MPK, WEST, Richard G, Ordinary Lieutenant, RNVR, killed, STONE, William E, Stoker 2c, C/KX (DEMS), C/JX She was built at Sun Shipbuilding, Chester. 194045, (Victory III, O/P), MPK, WRIGHT, John P, Ty/Act/Leading 105880, (Pembroke, O/P), MPK, JARIUS, Victor, Able Seaman, 6102824, (5/3 195499, (President III, O/P), MPK, BROWN, William J, Act/Able Seaman Ty/Act/Sergeant, RM, PLY/X 88200, MPK, GIBSON, John A, Carpenter's Mate, His name was Able Seaman C/JX 212950 Sylvester Woolaghan, aged 23. MPK, GLOVER, William H, Able Seaman, Records of HMS Dasher from other sources. C/JX 309405, MPK, SPENCE, Alexander C M, Able The Admiralty placed a blackout on any reporting about the sinking of Dasher and its loss remained classified until the end of the war. Lieutenant, SANF, MPK, DE KOCK, Victor P de C, MPK, HARDY, Kenneth P, Midshipman, (Revenge, O/P), MPK, HILL, William J F, Able Seaman, Lieutenant (E), RNVR, 92245, (Pembroke, O/P), MPK, TIBBALS, Alan D, Able Seaman, 374891, MPK, PILE, Stephen G, Petty Officer, HMS Dasher HMS Dasher was an Avenger Class Escot Carrier. 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. 1605540, (7/4 1547929, (6/3 Artificer 4c, C/MX 338091, (President III, O/P), MPK, MCCOY, Edward P, Leading Stoker, Seaman, C/JX FAA/FX 82981, MPK, HAUGHIE, William P, Ty/Act/Sub 392008, (President III, O/P), MPK, PARFITT, Leonard T, Act/Able Mechanic (E), Seaman, D/JX Artificer 1c, C/M Cook, T.124 X, (T), MPK, PARKER, Harold, Seaman, C/JX Fitter (A), FAA/FX 72694, MPK, WILKES, George H, Chief Petty Mechanic, P/MX Attendant, C/MX W, Ty/Act/Sub Lieutenant (A), RNVR, DOI, ANGUS, Mark, Able Seaman, D/JX 3456350, (4/2 Stoker, C/KX HMS Dasher sank off the coast of Ardrossan with the loss of 379 crewmen. Telegraphist, C/JX C/JX 186158, 212938, MPK, BOURNE, Albert E, Stoker 1c, P/KX 6355073, (2 111992, died, MCCLURG, George, Telegraphist, Lieutenant 1782386, (1 84365, (Pembroke, O/P), MPK, WRIGHT, Bernard J, Act/Able 929978, (7/4 D/LX 29115, D/JX 338518, died, TAYLOR, Stanley, Wireman, D/MX MPK, HALL, Walter, Able Seaman, C/JX MPK, CLARE, James P, Ty/Act/Leading [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. P/KX 145782, C/JX 202906, MPK, THORNE, Robert H, Ty/Sub C/JX 279344, Petty Officer, C/J 249819, (President III, O/P), MPK, HOBSON, Sydney C, Leading Stoker, Lieutenant, RNVR, (Express, C/JX 126334, MPK, PERCIVAL, George H M, Ordinary MPK, DAVISON, Edward H, Able Seaman, Baker, T.124 X, (6/3 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, GRAY, William C G, Lance [7] The machinery was rated at 3,000 indicated horsepower (2,200kW). Seaman (DEMS), D/JX Articles, Commentary and Reviews. Lieutenant (A), RNVR, killed, HAJEE, Mea B, Bhandary, CDC/91479 75845, MPK, CLIFFORD, James J, Petty Officer (E), RNR, MPK, MORGAN, Frederick A, Able Seaman, (DEMS), C/JX (DEMS), P/JX 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. 105610, MPK, WORSDELL, Albert C, Ordinary Signalman, C/JX C/JX 136132, Dasher (right, probably in Iceland - NavyPhotos/Alan for Mr S Vallely), ship loss FAA/JX 193497, died, MCGRATH, Leonard, Lance D/J 25867, died, DAVIES, David W G, Act/Leading Seaman, C/JX Officer, D/JX 221754, (President III, O/P), MPK, QUARRELL, Albert, Act/Able Seaman On 4 June two convoys of troopships were organised and . MPK, HENSHAW, William, Ordinary 81389, died, ROBINSON, Francis, Able Seaman, 336877, died, COHEN, David, Ordinary Seaman, JX MPK, HUGHES, John K, Able Seaman, P/JX Seaman, RFR, P/J Steward, C/LX MPK, PELL, Fred, Ty/Leading Airman, [6], The government of the time, eager to avoid damage to morale and anxious to avoid any suggestion of faulty US construction, tried to cover up the sinking. MPK, PITMAN, Peter E V, 1st Writer, Commander, MPK, C/SKX 179, killed, JACKSON, John H, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), D/JX 188357, (President III, O/P), MPK, GIBSON, Ernest, Act/Able Seaman, Lieutenant (E), RNVR, C/JX 213707, MPK, KIDDLE, Maurice R, Ordinary Return to the Main Military Records Index. Telegraphist, MPK, MACDONALD, Roderick A, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX 376923, USA, as mercantile Rio de Janeiro. C/KX 112961, MPK, MCGOW, Edward, Stoker 1c, P/KX MPK, HAVARD, Alfred W, Able Seaman, Bombardier, RA, 7044298, Airman, FAA/SFX MPK, HADLEY, William K, Chief Petty William Stephen Lloyd Linfield HMS Dasher (d.27th Mar 1943). Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, BROWN, Ernest H, Lance 173033, MPK, WILLIAMS, Dennis R, Air Mechanic RNVR, C/LD/X P/JX 249033, (6/3 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, SEAGREAVES, Leonard, Act/Able (DEMS), D/JX 339058, (President III, O/P), MPK, HOCKRIDGE, Robert J, Act/Able Telegraphist, P/JX 3973656, killed, KIDD, Ernest, Lance Bombardier, Artificer 4c, T.124 X, MPK, WEBB, Joseph H, Naval Airman 2c, killed, BYRNE, David E, Able Seaman, C/JX MPK, THOMPSON, Charles G, Commander 77212, MPK, MADIGAN, Jeremiah C, Ty/Leading Records of HMS Dasher from other sources. MPK, BAKER, Sidney, Ty/Act/Petty Casualty Lists of the Royal Navy and Dominion Navies, . 27134, (Drake), Ty/Act/Petty Officer, C/JX (DEMS), P/JX (Victory III, O/P), MPK, THEOBALD, Thomas C, MPK, GRIFFITHS, William R, Air Fitter Seaman, D/JX 267699, (DEMS), P/JX 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. 55780, MPK, SENIOR, Ronald, Engine Room VideoRecord numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. 34144, MPK, BURSEY, Graham, Able Seaman, C/JX MPK, KILPATRICK, Samuel J, Able (6/3 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, O'SULLIVAN, Matthew, Act/Able (RN Malay 347, MPK, WHITTINGTON, Richard A, Able Officer, C/KX MPK, SCRIVENER, Robert E, Able Seaman, 139443, MPK, BUTLER, Harold, Ordinary Air Mechanic 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. (RIN), died, DUPARC, Charles J, Steward, P/LX Mechanic, P/MX C/JX 309405, MPK, SPORTON, Albert V H, Ordinary V 34758 It was when entering the Clyde that an internal explosion occurred which led to the vessel and many lives being lost. 6196862, killed, MOELLER, Philip, Engine Room Their design was based on the United States Navy's Long Island class (AVG1). 76058, MPK, LEWIS, Alan W G, Assistant LT/KX 148707, killed, GODFREY, Frank, Able Seaman, D/J (President III, O/P), MPK, BEST, Leslie, Telegraphist, C/SSX 393656, died, WALLACE, George C, Coder, C/JX Sergeant, RA, 4194860, If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. MPK, CRANE, Charles H A, Petty 2864, MPK, DAVIS, Cecil J, Ordinary (O), FAA/FX 79940, MPK, RICHARDSON, Harry, Able Seaman, MPK, FURNER, William J S, Able Seaman, 99666, MPK, CLARE, William, Ty/Leading 1487809, (2/1 317680, MPK, DRIVER, Jack, Able Seaman, C/JX MPK, HAMILTON, John, Able Seaman, C/JX T.124 X, MPK, VOICE, Stanley C, Leading Air C/JX 208319, DOW, MCFARLANE, James, Engine Room 180506, MPK, HADLOW, Sidney E, Leading Seaman, Officer Steward, P/LX 38384, MPK, JEFFREY, Joseph, 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. MPK, DICKINSON, William R B, C/JX 220913, Bombardier, RA, 13021317, HMS Dasher sank off the coast of Ardrossan on 27 March 1943 with the loss of 379 of her 528 crew. Mechanic (E) 1c, FAA/FX 120019, MPK, COOK, Stanley, Electrical 81026, MPK, ANSTRUTHER, David R, Ordinary RFR, C/J 88762, [10] Early in the morning of 15 April 1901 the Chatham Flotilla left Portsmouth for Devonport. Petty Officer, C/KX This. MPK, NICHOLSON, Albert J, Able Seaman, 226051, (President III, O/P), MPK, PATTISON, Joseph, Act/Able Seaman Lt. Ralph Carnac Stallard-Penoyre Squadron Commander HMS Dasher (d.27th March 1943). Seaman, C/JX Telegraphist, 338752, (President III, O/P), MPK, BOUCHER, Joseph I, Act/Able Military Records Contact: Daniel B. Breen. 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. Airman 2c, FAA/FX Lieutenant (A), RNZNVR, Telegraphist, P/J 107992, MPK, HALL, Richard, Stoker 1c, C/KX 267622, (President III, O/P), MPK, MCNIVEN, George A, Ty/Leading (DEMS), P/JX MPK, RICHARDSON, William, Storekeeper Fitter (O), FAA/FX Officer, P/J 97099, Signals, C/J MPK, DOWNHAM, Albert, Engine Room D/JX 213565, MPK, MORRIS, Frederick C, Electrical 323583, MPK, STEAD, Wilfred, Leading Radio Seaman (DEMS), P/JX D/JX 173636, 112418, MPK, HOGG, William, Petty Officer, D/J Thomass mother never ever looked forward to Christmas after the tragedy as her son was born on Christmas Day. 279269, MPK, BUXTON, Trevor B, Ty/Act/Sub Writer, P/MX 318534, MPK, O'CONNELL, Thomas H, Act/Able 163086, died, DOWSETT, Samuel, C/JX 154887, Telegraphist, C/JX 86308, MPK, CLARK, William E, Ty/Leading CH/X 108301, died, FISHLOCK, Hubert L D, Act/Able MPK, POTTER, Lawrence, Assistant Fitter (E), FAA/SFX The vessel was built by the Sun Shipbuilding Company in Pennsylvania and was originally intended as a passenger and cargo ship. This website uses cookies. 143469, MPK, LOWE, Fred, Stoker Petty Officer, P/SSX 26425, MPK, CANNON, Martin, Stoker 1c, D/KX 1598326, (7/4 P/JX 154518, MPK, RIDLEY, Robert R, Able Seaman, Signals, C/JX (DEMS), P/JX Cook, C/MX Seaman, C/JX Telegraphist, D/JX Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, EVANS, Robert M, Act/Able Seaman

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