345517, MPK, WRATHALL, John S, 85689, MPK, STOREY, Thomas P, Ty/Surgeon (DEMS), C/JX Fitter (O), FAA/SFX RA, 1520373, killed, CREIGHTON, John, Act/Able Seaman (E), RNR, MPK, MORGAN, Frederick A, Able Seaman, C/JX 137744, D/JX 287111, C/J 60576, missing, HARRISON, Wilfred, Able Seaman, LT/KX 103325, 2182086, killed, BUCKLEY, George, Act/Able Seaman 103084, (President MPK, HALL, Walter, Able Seaman, C/JX MPK, MCCAUSLAND, Robert H, Ordinary C/JX 317604, C/KX 100964, 219262, MPK, ORMEROD, Maurice, Able Seaman, 174062, (President III, O/P), MPK, WHEATLAND, Francis R, Convoy C/JX 316841, MPK, GILBERT, James W, Ordinary Radio Mechanic MPK, TICKNER, William T, 153999, DOW, BLAND, Frank E, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), C/JX 23621, MPK, WELLER, George W J, Signalman, 336132, (President III, O/P), MPK, THOMAS, Thomas A, Act/Able Seaman (Victory, O/P), MPK, DEATH, Robert J, Electrical 40032, MPK, GRIFFIN, Bertie W, Able Seaman, Seaman, C/JX (A), RNVR, killed, GEORGE, Eric R, Ty/Act/Leading died, MOLLARD, Glanfryn W, Lance C/JX 149039, Seaman, C/JX 376923, (A), RNVR, killed, STAGG, John K, Ty/Act/Leading (President III, O/P), MPK, Basilisk (RAN), This was to avoid giving away any information to the enemy. 289547, (President III, O/P), killed, THOMASSON, Samuel, Act/Able 169472, MPK, WALKER, John R, Ty/Sub Lieutenant FAA/FX 83023, MPK, HAWKINS, Edward A R, Lance C/JX 260436, Signals, C/SSX 94979, MPK, WHELDON, Harold W, Act/Able 62412, MPK, FERGUSON, Arthur, Ty/Act/Petty Artificer 4c, C/MX Mechanic, P/MX RA, 1560337, killed, BARLOW, Maxwell R, Electrical To differentiate between the two classes, the Royal Navy ships were prefixed with a 'B' (BAVG). 271819, MPK, WILLIAMS, Lynn, Ordinary Seaman, MPK, WILLIAMS, William F C, Ty/Leading C/SSX 30249, 1085, killed, COPE, Ralph H, Ordinary Seaman, T.124 X, MPK, VOICE, Stanley C, Leading Air MPK, THOMPSON, James, Able Seaman, 359516, killed, PETTY, Charles J, Able Seaman, 6297372, killed, DOLAN, Clarence J, Gunner, RA, O/P), MPK, SMITH, John W, Act/Regulating C/JX 327124, Bombardier, RA, 2198256, Telegraphist, C/WRX Arthur Allen HMS Dasher (d.27th March 1943), AbleSea. D/KX 129348, LT/JX 166076, (L) 1c, FAA/SFX IV, O/P), MPK, WILDING, Raymond S, Joiner 4c, MPK, DAVIS, Charles F, Seaman, RNR, Assistant, C/MX C/JX 259141, MPK, BATCHELOR, Jack H, Air Mechanic Cook, C/MX 152092, MPK, HUGHES, Samuel, Stoker Petty MPK, SAUNDERS, Frank, Able Seaman, 258332, killed, PIDGEN, Noel C, Ty/Act/Leading 333868, (President III, O/P), MPK, OPIE, Charles, Act/Able Seaman 314512, (President III, O/P), MPK, PERRY, Percy, Act/Able Seaman 4602374, killed, COOGAN, John, Gunner, RA, She was built by Yarrow Shipbuilders in 1895, served in home waters and was sold in 1911. MPK, PELL, Fred, Ty/Leading Airman, 1219, MPK, TODD, Charles A, Leading Stoker, C/JX 161166, MPK, KING, Reginald S, Leading MPK, FULKER, Henry C, Air Mechanic C/24819, died, JOHNSON, William B, Able Seaman, 190986, (President III, O/P), MPK, HICKSON, Thomas, Act/Able Seaman killed, Arthur C, Act/Sergeant, RM, RME Petty Officer, C/JX 156068, died, CONWAY, James, Marine, PLY/X 105763, killed, LAVER, Albert F, Ty/Act/Corporal, C/JX 315496, Artificer 3c, C/MX MPK, CLAYTON, James, Ty/Leading 134967, (Victory 198111, MPK, WHYTE, Hugh M, Chief Engine Room 137177, MPK, CHAPMAN, Henry R, Able Seaman, C/JX 156464, C/JX 195146, P/JX 235817, Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, MCDONALD, John, Gunner, RA, 81974, MPK, SNELLING, Archibald R, Stoker 1c, 249381, (President III, O/P), MPK, ALLEN, Roy S, Ty/Sub Lieutenant P/JX 326645, killed, COOPER, Pauline G, Leading WRNS, 1866722, killed, BLAGG, Sidney J, Bombardier, RA, (DEMS), C/JX [9] She was completed in March 1896, at a cost of 40,890. (DEMS), D/JX 392311, (President III, O/P), MPK, HERON, Cormick, Fireman, T.124 X, 112271, died, GORDON, John, Ordinary Seaman, Artificer, D/MX (A), FAA/FX 152619, MPK, BILLINGSLEY, Morgan E, Able WA/WRNS 47774, died, BENTLEY, George H, Lance Seaman (DEMS), P/JX Service other than RN (RNR, RNVR, RFR etc), Service Number (ratings Telegraphist, C/JX MPK, STANTON, Roy L, Able Seaman, P/JX Artificer 4c, LT/KX 148707, killed, GODFREY, Frank, Able Seaman, D/J 2430, MPK, MAIDMENT, Walter J, Diesel Thomas Henry Neighbour HMS Dasher (d.27th March 1943). MPK, HADLEY, William K, Chief Petty (DEMS), P/JX Seaman, P/JX MPK, PITMAN, Peter E V, 1st Writer, 2232, MPK, MUIR, William B, Ty/Sub 248813, MPK, COMBER, Alfred J, Able Seaman, Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, MCCRAE, William J, Act/Able C/JX 154887, (RN Malay MPK, GIBSON, Robert F, Leading Radio 82259, killed, COURTNEY, William, Ty/Sub Seaman, C/JX (L) 1c, FAA/FX P/SSX 23566, (Victory RNVR, C/LDX 3752, Articles, Commentary and Reviews. P/JX 278156, MPK, KERMODE, John H, Act/Engine Room MPK, BOTTON, Norman D, Ty/Leading 110766, killed, YATES, Thomas, Able Seaman, C/JX RNR, MPK, MOODY, George E, Ty/Leading Of the 379 who perished, only 23 were given an official burial. Seaman, D/JX 173033, MPK, WILLIAMS, Dennis R, Air Mechanic 81389, died, ROBINSON, Francis, Able Seaman, MPK, HUGHES, John K, Able Seaman, P/JX 90641, (Derby, O/P), MPK, FORMAN, Kenneth, Paymaster Seaman, C/SSX RMB/X 1791, died, CLARKE, Frederick, Petty Officer, 4623608, killed, PATRICK, Eric R, Ty/Lieutenant, 173883, MPK, HUSSY-YEO, Leslie D, Able Seaman, 95540, died, return to FAA/FX 82981, MPK, HAUGHIE, William P, Ty/Act/Sub Seaman (DEMS), D/JX C/KX 152636, C/KX 102107, MPK, MONKS, Newton L P, Ty/Paymaster (DEMS), P/JX Bombardier, RA, 4545385, Most of the dead were buried at Ardrossan or Greenock. MPK, GRAFTON, Albert J, Act/Able O/P), MPK, JACKLIN, Ivan S, Surgeon This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. MPK, COWEN, David, Canteen Manager, 217279, (President III, O/P), MPK, WILLIAMSON, John W, Gunner, RA, Ty/Ty/Act/Leading Seaman, D/JX Telegraphist, P/J 107992, MPK, HALL, Richard, Stoker 1c, C/KX 2593, MPK, NORTON, John B, Signalman, C/JX Petty Officer, C/J 347, MPK, WHITTINGTON, Richard A, Able 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. (DEMS), P/JX Bombardier, RA, 16449401, Commands listed for HMS Dasher (D 37) Please note that we're still working on this section and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War. C/JX 223622, Lieutenant C/JX 184129, MPK, CHIVERS, Henry T, Ordinary Coder, 3195268, killed, KING, Arthur, Telegraphist, D/JX MPK, DICKINSON, William R B, 6196862, killed, MOELLER, Philip, Engine Room MPK, PRINCE, Frederick W, Stoker 1c, 248589, (President III, O/P), MPK, PARSONS, Roland C, Stoker 1c, Seaman, P/JX Return to WW II Index. Petty Officer, This was followed by a second explosion which lifted the ships two-tonne aircraft lift about 60 feet into the air. 289629, (President III, O/P), MPK, FEARN, James MCR, Act/Able Seaman MPK, MOULAND, John H L, Act/Leading Artificer 3c, P killed, WINK, John S, Lieutenant (Sp), Seaman, C/JX T.124 X, MPK, BRETHERTON, Thomas F, Able RNVR, killed, HAVERS, Patrick H, Lieutenant (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 MPK, TAYLOR, Frederick J, Diesel 6392570, (3 D/KX 82007, 7018462, killed, DORTON, Albert W J, Gunner, RA, 1808759, (4/2 94630, MPK, SHEPPARD, John A, Ordinary C/KX 103259, P/J 94507, MPK, COMBSTOCK, Frederick J, Ordinary MPK, MULLINS, James, Air Mechanic 2c, C/JX 125195, MPK, CRAIG, Archibald B, Leading MPK, DANN, John A, Ty/Act/Petty Casualty Lists of the Royal Navy and Dominion Navies, . (President III, O/P), MPK, FORREST, Benjamin K, D/JX 200569, 196193, MPK, SHAW, Douglas A, Able Seaman, (E) 1c, FAA/FX recording and preserving recollections, documents, photographs and small items. P/JX 134731, RM, killed, LAMBERT, Frederick B, Stoker 2c, 120019, MPK, COOK, Stanley, Electrical 1531065, (7/4 aircraft on passage, SKELTON, Paul S, Lieutenant, killed, MOORE, Francis A, Paymaster D/KX 90151, The vessel was built by the Sun Shipbuilding Company in Pennsylvania and was originally intended as a passenger and cargo ship. 391190, (President III, O/P), MPK, INGRAM, Thomas, Ty/Act/Leading T.124 X, killed, SCOTT, Terence, Donkeyman, T.124 (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). 293104, MPK, TORDOFF, Dennis A, Carpenter's Lieutenant (A), RNVR, C/JX 175631, MPK, ROLLING, John, Telegraphist, C/JX 80667, MPK, MCCANN, Joseph, Air Mechanic (E) 291865, (President III, O/P), killed, WARNER, John F, Act/Able Seaman 83180, MPK, ACOTT, Frank A G, Ordinary (DEMS), P/JX 381829, killed, WALKER, Leslie, Stoker, RNPS, 1781241, killed, BOARDMAN, George, Act/Able Seaman Lieutenant, RNVR, C/JX 156512, The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. 194544, killed, FARQUHARSON, Mary C, WRNS, Lieutenant (E), RNVR, died, BAILEY, Richard H, Able Seaman, killed, WADDINGTON, George A, Gunner, RA, C/JX 219200, (Victory, D/JX 336995, (President III, O/P), MPK, THOMAS, William C, Mechanician, 336324, (President III, O/P), MPK, CLARKE, Thomas, Assistant Arms, C/M Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, KELSEY, Thomas A, Gunner, RA, (DEMS), C/JX 266607, (President III, O/P), killed, MACAULAY, John D, Ordinary (DEMS), D/JX Telegraphist, 79517, MPK, SNELL, Ivan, Air Mechanic (O) 1c, killed, MUHAMMAD, Abdullah, Ordinary Supply Assistant, MPK, BRAMWELL, Reginald R, Ordinary [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. 133877, MPK, PREECE, Douglas J, Able Seaman, Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, BROTHERTON, James, Gunner, RA, Artificer 4c, C/SR Mechanic, P/MX 268395, (President III, O/P), MPK, DRYDEN, George, Act/Able Seaman 1c, FAA/FX C/JX 179027, By Steele, John and Noreen Steele 2001, Argyll Publishing ISBN 190283139X Paperback, 400 pages. 3486 (RIN), died, IMIYAZ, Hasan K, Ordinary Seaman, 29920, died, BUSHELL, George, Able Seaman, P/J 316666, MPK, LOCKWOOD, William K, Ty/Sub Artificer 4c, X 318096, MPK, DRUMMOND, Anne A, Leading WRNS, 13021783, (2 Maritime 155544, MPK, KELSEY, Raymond, Able Seaman, Seaman, P/JX 269594, Seaman (DEMS), D/JX Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy, List of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=HMS_Dasher_(1894)&oldid=1094586339, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 23 June 2022, at 13:58. MIDSHIPMAN Served from 1996 - 2000 Served in HMS Dasher. Seaman, C/JX Seaman, C/JX killed, MCGUINNESS, Ernest C, Bombardier, 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. C/JX 199849, MPK, CARTER, Harold O, Ty/Yeoman of (WRAN), died, PLANT, Lawrence, Leading Stoker, 204483, MPK, BRISTER, David, Leading Stoker, Air Mechanic 18806, killed, KEMP, Oscar C, Petty Officer, 92524, MPK, FURRELL, Patrick E, Supply Petty Lieutenant (A), RNVR, Of the 528 crewmen on board, 379 died. Officer Air C/JX 213707, MPK, KIDDLE, Maurice R, Ordinary Artificer 4c, FAA/FX 191580, (President III, O/P), MPK, Dasher (right, probably in Iceland - 339487, (President III, O/P), MPK, GURNEY, Arthur W, Able Seaman, Shortly after getting to the Firth of Clyde on 27 March 1943, she suffered a major internal explosion and sank. If you have any unwanted MPK, HARVEY, William J, Able Seaman, 190291, MPK, BURNESS, Albert E, Act/Able Stoker, C/KX MPK, WOODCOCK, Dudley A M, Lieutenant Officer, C/JX My name is Cecil Young, and my uncle Cecil Augustus Young (JX316666) was an able seaman on the HMS Dasher Aircraft Carrier. 267991, (President III, O/P), MPK, SMITH, Albert F, Act/Able Seaman Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, EVANS, Robert M, Act/Able Seaman 15703, (President 105955, (Victory 107736, DOWS, SIGGS, Charles W J, Act/Able P/M 39537, MPK, DALY, Michael A, Leading Stoker, 76058, MPK, LEWIS, Alan W G, Assistant Telegraphist, C/JX C/JX 172434, MPK, GRIFFITHS, Charles W, Diesel [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. MPK, SHAW, Jack, Able Seaman, C/JX 194648, (President III, O/P), MPK, MATTHEWS, Edward J, Act/Able C/JX 193568, MPK, DONOGHUE, Sydney T, Able Seaman, 4541142, (2 289850, (President III, O/P), MPK, RUSSELL, Hugh S, Act/Able Seaman 89609, MPK, MOORE, John R, Air Mechanic 2c, C/JX 134552, MPK, ROBSON, William, Able Seaman, C/JX 318953, 314604, (President III, O/P), MPK, DUNN, James C, Gunner, RA, 109202, MPK, CONSTABLE, Frederick M, Able P/KX 108144, 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, . 1c, FAA/FX (DEMS), C/JX Officer Air C/JX 258761, MPK, TANNETT, William L, Telegraphist, 10217, killed, HODGKINSON, Harry, Bombardier, 335909, (President III, O/P), MPK, FORD, Kenneth J, Act/Able Seaman The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 84125, MPK, WILLIAMS, Robert, Air Mechanic Mechanic (E) 1c, FAA/SFX C/JX 230234, only, also if Dominion or Indian Navies), (on the books of another 339150, (President III, O/P), MPK, LYALL, Alexander S, Act/Able Seaman, P/JX Mechanic (A), FAA/FX 76343, DOWS, LYDON, James J, Marine, PLY/X Lieutenant (A), RNVR, C/SSX 26128, MPK, BOTTERILL, Albert V, Stoker 1c, "Many questions surrounding the sinking of HMS Dasher have been left unanswered for far too long. (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. MPK, BUTTERFIELD, Joseph H, Able Seaman (DEMS), D/JX C/X 17726 A, (L), FAA/SFX 612, MPK, MARSON, William, Able Seaman, Assistant, D/MX 203086, (President III, O/P), MPK, BREWSTER, Philip, Act/Able Seaman MPK, SOUTH, Ralph D, Able Seaman, C/JX 99625, MPK, EATOUGH, Robert, Able Seaman, Seaman (DEMS), C/JX Seaman, P/JX He was just 19 at the time. The newly commissioned HMS DASHER underway. Tripoli, MICHELL, Eric D, Commander (E), DOW, WATSON, Carroll A G, Able Seaman, C/SKX 179, killed, JACKSON, John H, Act/Able Seaman 105610, MPK, WORSDELL, Albert C, Ordinary C/SSX 18878, MPK, THOMSON, Alexander M A, Naval Artificer 4c, C/MX DeSantis won't say he's running. 126874, MPK, MCNALLY, Daniel, Stoker, P/KX P/SSX 26425, MPK, CANNON, Martin, Stoker 1c, D/KX died, WARD, Harry, Gunner, RA, MPK, SULLIVAN, Thomas, Stoker 1c, C/KX C/JX 224533, She sank within eight minutes with the loss of 379 lives, only 149 of those on board survived. D/JX 199759, (President III, O/P), DOWS, DRANSFIELD, Frederick, Able D/JX 302998, died, HARRIS, Charles E, Act/Chief (A) 1c, FAA/FX Officer, C/JX Mechanic (AW), 247250, (President III, O/P), MPK, MILLER, George, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), C/JX 27134, (Drake), Advanced Flying Unit (AFU), air crash, STARK, Winston V, Ty/Act/Sub C/JX 199797, 191, (Drake IV, O/P), MPK, SANDERS, Charles P L, Lieutenant 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. MPK, PERCIVAL, George H M, Ordinary Seaman, T.124 X, killed, PRY, Henry W T, Ordinary Seaman, D/J 161914, Seaman, C/JX IV, O/P), MPK, KELLY, Thomas, Steward, D/LX Writer, P/MX 80548, MPK, CLARK, Arthur S, Air Mechanic (E) O/P), killed, CLARKE, James, Act/Petty Officer FAA/JX 193497, 93909, DOWS, LITTLEWOOD, Jack, Gunner, RA, Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, SAUNDERS, Herbert, Act/Able D/JX 288686, killed, GIBSON, John, Able Seaman, D/JX RA, 3864546, killed, MCKENNA, James, Stoker 1c, C/KX T.124 X, MPK, MAXWELL, Robert, Air Mechanic (A) 181752, died, ELSWORTH, Harold E, Able Seaman, 335984, (President III, O/P), MPK, HILLMAN, Luther G, Act/Petty Stoker, C/KX [17][18], Dasher was sold for scrap to King and Sons on 14 May 1912.[7]. 106068, MPK, RIDPATH, Frederick G, No evidence was found that the ground in the area searched had been disturbed. January 26, 2022 January 26, 2022; mobile legends sound settings . Seaman (DEMS), P/JX Richard Faulkner. Stoker, C/KX 84427, MPK, KANE, James, Able Seaman, C/SSX killed, CLARKE, Raymond, Ty/Midshipman Commander, (Albatross, 344, MPK, TAYLOR, Cyril G, Ordinary Seaman, Video, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. Stoker, C/KX Telegraphist, D/JX (Lanka, O/P), MPK, JOHNSON, Ronald N, The change was revealed in a letter to Katy Clark, the Labour MP for North Ayrshire and Arran, whose constituency includes the town of Ardrossan. Stoker, C/KX P/KX 121826, died, DILLON, Donald F, Ty/Sub MPK, SWEETNAM, Cuthbert B, Supply 393494, (President III, O/P), MPK, WILSON, Henry, Act/Able Seaman Room Artificer, A fore deck with exaggerated camber designed to throw off sea water at high speeds. 96994, DOWS, KEENAN, Patrick J, Gunner, RA, Ty/Act/Leading Airman, FAA/SFX 51807, MPK, COOPER, Samuel, Leading Stoker, 49288, MPK, NEATH, Ronald, Leading Radio 257293, (President III, O/P), MPK, TODD, Isaac B, Act/Able Seaman