Petty Officer, C/JX 156068, died, CONWAY, James, Marine, PLY/X 105763, killed, LAVER, Albert F, Ty/Act/Corporal, MPK, EHRLICK, Cecil H P, Stoker 1c, RNVR, C/LDX 3752, Mechanic (E), (AW), FAA/FX 100747, MPK, BOAG-JONES, Dennis P, Air The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. 93909, DOWS, LITTLEWOOD, Jack, Gunner, RA, 334914, (President III, O/P), MPK, RUSSELL, James H, Act/Able Seaman D/JX 213565, MPK, MORRIS, Frederick C, Electrical Seaman, C/JX 2c, FAA/FX C/JX 154887, died, COAN, Charles W, Able Seaman, RNPS, LT/MX MPK, WEBB, Victor, Leading Canteen Learn more, Covering the History and Heritage of Scotland. (6/3 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, MCGROGAN, James, Gunner, RA, 249819, (President III, O/P), MPK, HOBSON, Sydney C, Leading Stoker, Artificer 4c, X LT/JX 264088, killed, CRAIG, Christopher, Gunner, RA, 205601, MPK, PLEASANTS, Alfred G, Petty 93131, MPK, SMITH, Leslie D, Ordnance RNVR, C/LDX Artificer 3c, P/MX 90025, MPK, WILLIS, Howard, Air Mechanic (O) O/P), MPK, SMITH, John W, Act/Regulating This was followed by a second explosion which lifted the ships two-tonne aircraft lift about 60 feet into the air. 391190, (President III, O/P), MPK, INGRAM, Thomas, Ty/Act/Leading 98724, MPK, WHITBREAD, Henry J W, Petty 101282, MPK, MCSWAIN, James M, Leading Seaman, P/KX 121826, died, DILLON, Donald F, Ty/Sub Airman, FAA/FX Officer, C/JX Seaman, C/SSX C/JX 199851, 2182086, killed, BUCKLEY, George, Act/Able Seaman (O) 2c, FAA/FX C/JX 390014, killed, TUTTY, Leslie J, Able Seaman, Seaman, P/JX 382889, Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, EVANS, Robert M, Act/Able Seaman [15] She took part in the fleet review held at Spithead on 16 August 1902 for the coronation of King Edward VII. D/KX 95054, 112271, died, GORDON, John, Ordinary Seaman, 193627, (President III, O/P), MPK, CORBETT, Dennis F, Act/Able O/P), MPK, WOODS, William A, Ty/Act/Leading 84989, killed, PETCH, Kenneth S, Stoker 2c, C/KX killed, WOOD, Frank C, Ty/Sub Lieutenant killed, LIGHTWING, James A, Ordinary MPK, RICHARDSON, William, Storekeeper Lieutenant (E), RNVR, C/JX 201329, Lieutenant (A), RNVR, MPK, WOOD, Albert S, Ty/Act/Leading Bombardier, RA, 4464637, Greaser, T.124 X, Officer (DEMS), D/JX Seaman, D/JX Dasher (right, probably in Iceland - NavyPhotos/Alan for Mr S Vallely), ship loss The death toll, 379 out of 528 crewmen, despite rapid response and assistance from ships and rescue craft from Brodick and Lamlash on the Isle of Arran and from Ardrossan and Greenock on the Scottish mainland, was amongst the highest in British home waters. Father Bernard Hearty at the war memorial, St Joseph's, Frizington. MPK, HARTLEY, David C, Able Seaman, 103084, (President 2c, FAA/FX 92245, (Pembroke, O/P), MPK, TIBBALS, Alan D, Able Seaman, The Wartime Memories Project is run by volunteers and the free to access part of the website is funded by donations from our visitors. Sergeant, RA, 4194860, 381829, killed, WALKER, Leslie, Stoker, RNPS, 1070934, (7/4 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. 4c, FAA/FX 83525, drowning, died, BASTIN, Leslie G, Ordinary 352143, (Pembroke Telegraphist, 51807, MPK, COOPER, Samuel, Leading Stoker, C/JX 316502, MPK, HIND, Bert J, Air Mechanic (O) Dasher had a complement of 555 men and carried 15 Sea-Hurricane aircraft. Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, LONG, Ronald C, Gunner, RA, 79161, MPK, FRENCH, William M P, Stoker 1c, MPK, TOSH, William, Assistant Steward, 83180, MPK, ACOTT, Frank A G, Ordinary C/JX 188100, MPK, FITZGERALD, Albert, Act/Chief Mechanic C/KX 132885, (Victory, Ty/Act/Leading Seaman 1c, FAA/SFX Mechanic (AW), This section includes over 21.000 Allied Warships and over 11.000 Allied Commanders of WWII, from the US Navy, Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Australian Navy, The Polish Navy and others. 149505, killed, THOMAS, Alfred, Able Seaman, C/JX (A), RNVR, killed, Medway, RAF Ty/Surgeon Lieutenant, 96583, (Pembroke I), MPK, WARD, John, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX We are now on Facebook. Lieutenant (A), RNVR, Section), killed, EDWARDS, Frederick A, Stoker 2c, (DEMS), C/JX Records of HMS Dasher from other sources. C/KX 100964, (DEMS), C/JX Officer, D/K 120654, MPK, CROWSTON, Arthur S, Engine Room D/K 60064, died, SLAUGHTER, Wilfred C, Painter 2c, By Steele, John and Noreen Steele 2001, Argyll Publishing ISBN 190283139X Paperback, 400 pages. 141624, MPK, BARHAM, Alfred E, Able Seaman, MPK, HICKMAN, William H G, Leading (A), RNVR, (Alcantara, Officer, D/JX Church, Frizington]. [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. Air Mechanic Lieutenant (E), RNVR, 26746, MPK, ALLAN, William L, P/JX 276007, DOW, CRAYTHORNE, Ernest W, Able RMB/X 1791, died, CLARKE, Frederick, Petty Officer, Add a Name to this List 392311, (President III, O/P), MPK, HERON, Cormick, Fireman, T.124 X, 107736, DOWS, SIGGS, Charles W J, Act/Able 120845, MPK, JANE, Richard, Able Seaman, D/JX Seaman, C/JX (E), FAA/SFX 1242, MPK, MUDD, Horace H, Act/Able Seaman, Greaser, T.124 X, killed, LEVICK, Roy E, Act/Leading Air D/KX 82007, MPK, LYNCH, Roderick, Chief Engine Seaman, RFR, C/J Seaman, C/SSX 36069, Telegraphist, C/JX RA, 1560337, killed, BARLOW, Maxwell R, Electrical 135333, MPK, STRANAGHAN, Harold, Leading D/JX 206813, illness, died, ALDERSON, Joseph, Leading Stoker, Evidence strongly points to an unmarked mass grave in Ardrossan. Teak boards from the flight deck of Dasher washed up on the beach at Ardrossan in 1999. 969892, killed, LITTLEWOOD, Kelvin G, Able 212938, MPK, BOURNE, Albert E, Stoker 1c, P/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. MPK, BUSWELL, Peter E V, Air Mechanic 4469776, killed, MCCART, Henry A, Gunner, RA, (Lanka, O/P), MPK, JOHNSON, Ronald N, 79517, MPK, SNELL, Ivan, Air Mechanic (O) 1c, 96994, DOWS, KEENAN, Patrick J, Gunner, RA, (DEMS), P/JX 339064, 247986, MPK, LONSDALE, Cyril, Air Mechanic (O) MPK, REEVES, John, Petty Officer Air MPK, BLAND, Ivan H, Ordinary Seaman, Greaser, T.124 X, 23621, MPK, WELLER, George W J, Signalman, 94630, MPK, SHEPPARD, John A, Ordinary O/P), killed, GRADON, John W, Gunner, RA, Telegraphist, D/JX Steward, C/LX P/JX 299275, HMS Kenya, light cruiser (NP/Mark Teadham, click photographs for enlargements) on to April 1943 . MPK, WILLICOMBE, Thomas J, Stoker 1c, MPK, FLANAGAN, Denis, Diesel Greaser, Hawara: 'What happened was horrific and barbaric'. She was built by Yarrow Shipbuilders in 1895, served in home waters and was sold in 1911. Telegraphist, D/JX P/JX 315913, Petty Officer, C/J Robert "Sandy" Powell HMS London. C/JX 137744, 392542, (President III, O/P), MPK, LEIGH, Kenneth, Act/Able Seaman C/KX 102107, 58510, MPK, NEWMAN, Frederick C, Stoker 1c, Commander, died, DUNCAN, George, Stoker 1c, C/KX killed, DOBSON, James H, Act/Able Seaman Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), MPK, BOWLEY, Alfred C, Gunner, RA, LT/KX 148707, killed, GODFREY, Frank, Able Seaman, D/J 336106, (President III, O/P), MPK, MOORE, Robert, Ordinary 290765, (President III, O/P), MPK, PHILLIPS, William T, Yeoman of 83909, MPK, BUTLER, William A, Able Seaman, 4541142, (2 C/JX 373939, MPK, TENNANT, Herbert J, Assistant Seaman (DEMS), C/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. 173883, MPK, HUSSY-YEO, Leslie D, Able Seaman, (DEMS), P/JX (DEMS), C/JX 222509, (President III, O/P), MPK, CURTIS, John A, Act/Able Seaman 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, D/JX 324982, killed, BOYCE, Cyril J, Ordinary Seaman, (DEMS), C/JX P/JX 326645, killed, COOPER, Pauline G, Leading WRNS, 106284, MPK, WHITE, Donald H, Able Seaman, 55780, MPK, SENIOR, Ronald, Engine Room (O), FAA/FX 79940, MPK, RICHARDSON, Harry, Able Seaman, 38173, MPK, OATES, Leonard C, Act/Leading 59147, MPK, GORMAN, Bernard, Telegraphist, Seaman, D/JX 349853, illness, (E), RNR, MPK, ALLEN, Arthur E, Telegraphist, Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, MCCRAE, William J, Act/Able Lieutenant (A), RNVR, 3511898, MPK, BRANDRETH, James, Assistant Cook, (DEMS), P/JX She was converted to an aircraft carrier and re-named BAVG-5, being transferred to the Royal Navy on completion and commissioned on the 1st of July 1942. D/J 25867, died, DAVIES, David W G, Act/Leading Lieutenant, RANVR, 145788, MPK, BERRY, James, Telegraphist, C/SSX 5119870, (3 125656, MPK, WILLIAMS, Geoffrey A, Able C/SSX 36026, 75535, MPK, SHUTTLEWORTH, George W, Air C/KX 102740, Seaman (DEMS), P/JX Seaman, C/JX 89609, MPK, MOORE, John R, Air Mechanic 2c, RNVR, C/LDX MPK, CAMERON, Angus, Ty/Act/Sub MPK, PEEBLES, William C, Act/Yeoman of Telegraphist, C/JX Lieutenant (A), RNVR, 248589, (President III, O/P), MPK, PARSONS, Roland C, Stoker 1c, Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. 197543, MPK, CASTLE, Rex, Assistant Steward, died, ARMSTRONG, Henry, Ordinary Casualties Homepage, Researched & compiled by Don [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). Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, WELLER, Frederick R, Gunner, RA, Officer, B/V 146 Lieutenant (A), RNZNVR, MPK, ROCKLIFF, John, Ordinary Seaman, killed, MUHAMMAD, Abdullah, Ordinary The body of one of these two was never formally identified, while the second was identified and was buried near the family home. Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, MACFARLANE, Andrew, Act/Able MPK, WALKER, Henry F, Ty/Act/Petty Artificer 4c, C/SR T.124 X, MPK, JENNINGS, Nelson P, Able Seaman, Telegraphist, P/JX (O) 1c, FAA/JX 90601, MPK, BERESFORD, Sidney, Act/Able 94546, MPK, PARKINSON, Donald, Air Mechanic This was to avoid giving away any information to the enemy. Bombardier, RA, 5054848, Able.Sea. 81974, MPK, SNELLING, Archibald R, Stoker 1c, 112418, MPK, HOGG, William, Petty Officer, D/J Attendant, P/MX 25535, killed, BIRD, John, Able Seaman, C/JX 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. died, BAILEY, John W, Convoy Signalman, Mechanic (A), FAA/FX 76343, DOWS, LYDON, James J, Marine, PLY/X Steward, T.124 X, 293174, died, ANDREWS, William H A, Chief Petty Lieutenant (A), MPK, SHAW, Jack, Able Seaman, C/JX (E), RNVR, (Leonidas, 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. 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. MPK, WALSH, Thomas, Assistant Steward, She served in the Second World War and sank on 27 March 1943. 176085, (President III, O/P), MPK, MILES, Frederick J, Act/Able D/JX 173636, Seaman, C/JX 139413, RNVR, killed, SMITH, Frederick C, Act/Leading Artificer 4c, C/MX D/JX 288686, killed, GIBSON, John, Able Seaman, D/JX C/JX 277273, MPK, GLOVER, William H, Able Seaman, Problem with BBC "People's War" search facility, James Jolly (1923 2009): A Final Salute. MPK, CLUETT, William G, Air Mechanic P/JX 155619, (Victory, MPK, DANIELS, Edwin F, Ordinary Bombardier, RA, 14277505, MPK, MORGAN, John J, Leading Seaman, C/JX 223622, killed, BANNER, Alexander, Marine, PO/X (DEMS), P/JX Seaman, D/JX 128375, (Victory, O/P), MPK, NELLER, William E, Act/Able 312836, (President III, O/P), MPK, REED, Frederick H A, Lance 1605540, (7/4 C/JX 213707, MPK, KIDDLE, Maurice R, Ordinary died, NORMAN, Cyril H, Act/Able Seaman Telegraphist, C/JX Of the 379 who perished, only 23 were given an official burial. 266607, (President III, O/P), killed, MACAULAY, John D, Ordinary MPK, WILLIAMS, Sydney F W, Able RFR, C/J 88762, P/SSX 26425, MPK, CANNON, Martin, Stoker 1c, D/KX 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. 27134, (Drake), 11419485, (4 6102824, (5/3 (DEMS), D/JX 82259, killed, COURTNEY, William, Ty/Sub D/JX 336995, (President III, O/P), MPK, THOMAS, William C, Mechanician, 102640, DOWS, BOYD, Barney W, Ordinary Seaman, T.124 X, MPK, TRAVIS, William, Storekeeper, (DEMS), C/JX (6/3 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, GRAY, William C G, Lance please Many escaped from the ship but died of hypothermia or of burns suffered when escaped fuel ignited on the water. T.124 X, MPK, VOICE, Stanley C, Leading Air 335416, (President III, O/P), MPK, FRY, Norman F, Stoker, S 4178 278870, MPK, MORRELL, Kenneth H, Able Seaman, The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Seaman (DEMS), C/JX V 24433 (RCNVR), died, SHANNON, John P, Gunner, RA, killed, DOUGLAS, David, Gunner, RA, Seaman (DEMS), C/JX 1c, T.124 X, Seaman, C/JX (DEMS), C/JX 76058, MPK, LEWIS, Alan W G, Assistant MPK, TUNNELL, Joseph W T, Stoker 1c, Fitter (A), FAA/FX C/MX 97334, MPK, SCOTT, George E, Leading Stoker MPK, O'CONNOR, Francis J, Able Seaman, Seaman (DEMS), C/JX C/KX 122013, MPK, NEVE, Bertie, Stoker 1c, C/KX died, LONG, Donald C, Ordinary Seaman, Telegraphist. He was just 19 at the time. Mate, P/JX 159124, MPK, NEWCOMB, James E, Engine Room MPK, BARNES, William, Able Seaman, 6196862, killed, MOELLER, Philip, Engine Room killed, TARASOFF, Frederick, Able Seaman, (O) 1c, FAA/FX MPK, CRANE, Charles H A, Petty mail@scottishhistory.org. Telegraphist, P/JX 1c, FAA/FX The local media were ordered to make no reference to the tragedy. C/SSX 23479, (President III, O/P), DOWS, DAVIES, Thomas H, Able Seaman, 291865, (President III, O/P), killed, WARNER, John F, Act/Able Seaman 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. MPK, FARTHING, Ronald A, Assistant Two small coastal vessels Gragsman and Lithium, and the radar training ship, Isle of Sark, along with the French La Capricieuse managed to rescue survivors from the blazing oil covered sea. (DEMS), D/JX MPK, BUTTERFIELD, Joseph H, Able P/JX 162089, MPK, CLAYTON, James, Ty/Leading (5 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, KYNASTON, Enoch J, Act/Able (RANR), died, THOMAS, Eric M, Shipwright 4c, Seaman MPK, BAKER, Sidney, Ty/Act/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. Seaman, C/JX C/JX 172873, Steward, T.124 X, When Thomas perished he left behind a sorely grieving family and a loving sweetheart, Marie Freeman. Writer, RNSR, D/SR 1808759, (4/2 Royal Navy escort carrier lost on the Clyde in March 1943. 99666, MPK, CLARE, William, Ty/Leading 181752, died, ELSWORTH, Harold E, Able Seaman, (DEMS), C/JX C/SSX 18878, MPK, THOMSON, Alexander M A, Naval D/JX 134450, 143601, MPK, ROBINSON, William J, Saloon Stoker 1c, D/KX 86557, MPK, DYE, Walter J, Stoker 1c, P/KX 250509, MPK, MASON, William C, Tu/Leading O/P), MPK, COCHRANE, Joseph, Engine Room Signalman, C/JX Seaman, RFR, P/J (DEMS), P/JX 201350, (President III, O/P), killed, ROBINS, Frederick G, Bugler, 106835, killed, JONES, Watkin G, Act/Able Seaman, 230334, died, WILSON, George, Act/Able Seaman 2c, FAA/FX 347470, MPK, CONGDON, Noel C E, Ordinary Cook, C/MX C/JX 224533, 300609, MPK, DRYDEN, James L, Stoker 1c, P/KX 1476427, (4 Bombardier, RA, 1697467, P/SSX 23566, (Victory C/JX 353084, D/SSX 17882, Stoker, C/KX William was one of the sons of Robert and Margaret J. Barnes of Cleator Moor and husband of Isabella Barnes, also of Cleator Moor. 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