KN 47 (Kenya Steward, T.124 X, D/312114, died, HOWSON, Thomas, Able Seaman, D/JX Artificer 3c, P/MX Seaman, D/JX 98823, MPK, SHAW, Alan, Able Seaman, P/JX Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, LONGFIELD, Alfred R, Gunner, RA, C/JX 190657, MPK, SPICE, Ronald W, Engine Room Scottish history and heritage online. MPK, ROBSON, James, Act/Able Seaman, 336132, (President III, O/P), MPK, THOMAS, Thomas A, Act/Able Seaman 239846, (President III, O/P), MPK, JACKSON, George G, Lance [7] She reached a speed of 26.21 knots (30.16mph; 48.54km/h) during sea trials. HMS Dasher sank off the coast of Ardrossan with the loss of 379 crewmen. 249775, (President III, O/P), MPK, KERNICK, Richard, Act/Able Seaman FAA/FX 94804, died, BAILEY, John W, Convoy Signalman, C/JX 353084, 336324, (President III, O/P), MPK, CLARKE, Thomas, Assistant 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. MPK, WILLIAMS, William F C, Ty/Leading (E), RNR, MPK, MORGAN, Frederick A, Able Seaman, (DEMS), C/JX of Signals, C/J (Tana, O/P), MPK, RIVERS, Thomas P, Petty Officer, 267307, (President III, O/P), DOWS, HORSEY, Trevor, Ty/Sub Lieutenant 90055, MPK, MCFARLANE, John L, Ty/Act/Sub 318096, MPK, DRUMMOND, Anne A, Leading WRNS, C/JX 230234, [11] In July 1901, Dasher took part in that year's Naval Manoeuvres. 16610, killed, GILROY, James, Able Seaman, C/JX COMMANDER Served from 1978 - 2006 Served in HMS Dasher. Cook, P/MX 49264, Supply Assistant, 181752, died, ELSWORTH, Harold E, Able Seaman, 2913, MPK, HUMPHREYS, Albert, Ty/Leading MPK, WOODCOCK, Dudley A M, Lieutenant MPK, RICHARDSON, William, Act/Leading 11273209, killed, ROBERTS, Frederick C, Gunner, RA, 112271, died, GORDON, John, Ordinary Seaman, C/MX 76009, (Pembroke, 227092, (President III, O/P), MPK, LOMAS, Leslie, Act/Able Seaman 266607, (President III, O/P), killed, MACAULAY, John D, Ordinary MPK, DANN, John A, Ty/Act/Petty Seaman, C/J Phil Wilkinson. (A) 1c, FAA/FX Bombardier, RA, 4464637, MPK, PHILLIBROWN, Harry C, Ordinary 333253, (President III, O/P), MPK, WOOLCOTT, Victor S, Gunner, RA, P/JX 321159, MPK, KNOWLES, Frank, Able Seaman, C/JX Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, RICHARDSON, Walter A, Act/Able MPK, HENSHAW, William, Ordinary 98139, died, STOKES, Cecil A H, Stoker 2c, B Seaman, P/JX C/JX 220913, 255354, (President III, O/P), MPK, GREGORY, Albert E, Able Seaman, 10724 B, MPK, Prins Willem MPK, THISTLE, Cyril R, Able Seaman, 289117, (President III, O/P), DOWS, FITZGERALD, Patrick P, Ty/Sub MPK, JAMES, John P, Chief Engine Room MPK, ROUTLEY, Harold G, Act/Petty Seaman, RFR, C/J (L), FAA/SFX 612, MPK, MARSON, William, Able Seaman, MPK, HARTILL, Horace, Naval Airman 2c, 51298, (Victory, O/P), MPK, DILKES, George H, Ty/Leading Seaman 66108, MPK, SIMPSON, Malcolm, Engine Room C/JX 219200, (Victory, 127052, MPK, HURST, Frederick M, Ship's Cook, MPK, DANIELS, Edwin F, Ordinary hms sheffield casualty list. MPK, BARNES, William, Able Seaman, 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. 338752, (President III, O/P), MPK, BOUCHER, Joseph I, Act/Able Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX D/JX 199759, (President III, O/P), DOWS, DRANSFIELD, Frederick, Able P/JX 266654, MPK, BRYANT, Daniel W, Leading 393494, (President III, O/P), MPK, WILSON, Henry, Act/Able Seaman (A), RNVR, killed, KERNAGHAN, John H, Plumber, NAP R 324982, killed, BOYCE, Cyril J, Ordinary 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. Greaser, T.124 X, 38384, MPK, JEFFREY, Joseph, Able Seaman, MIDSHIPMAN Served from 1996 - 2000 Served in HMS Dasher. 7039, died, HAYWARD, Ernest H, Act/Leading 10thFeb 2023 - Please note we currently have a huge backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. "Some relatives of those who died have been waiting for over 69 years to find out exactly what happened to their loved ones. MPK, GRAHAM, Frank A, Ty/Leading C/JX 154887, C/JX 279344, Artificer 1c, C/M Storekeeper, T.124 Act/Leading Air Room Artificer, MPK, CLARKSON, Lionel P, Lieutenant, Officer Air Fitter MPK, CLUETT, William G, Air Mechanic 339150, (President III, O/P), MPK, LYALL, Alexander S, Act/Able C/JX 156512, 306000, died, O'REGAN, Cornelius C, Marine, MPK, WOOD, Albert S, Ty/Act/Leading C/JX 199797, P/J 19400, died, WELLS, Frank, Stoker 1c, C/SS (DEMS), D/JX Seaman, C/JX 393656, died, WALLACE, George C, Coder, C/JX T.124 X, MPK, HUTCHINSON, Robert, Ty/Act/Sub Assistant, C/NX 2040, (DEMS), C/JX MPK, JAPP, Alexander W, Telegraphist, 1424360, killed, CURRIE, Raymund J, Gunner, RA, 14245040, (4 Airman 2c, FAA/FX D/J 161914, Artificer 1c, D/M C/MX 97334, MPK, SCOTT, George E, Leading Stoker 34144, MPK, BURSEY, Graham, Able Seaman, C/JX 106434, MPK, FRANCIS, Eric E, Petty Officer, Steward, T.124 X, Ty/Act/Leading Airman, FAA/SFX The ship was originally named Rio de Janeiro, intended for passenger/cargo service with Moore-McCormack Lines, laid down as yard hull 189, USMC hull 62 on 14 March 1940, launched on 11 April 1941. Stoker, D/KX Copyright 2023. MPK, HAVARD, Alfred W, Able Seaman, Seaman (DEMS), C/JX Artificer 4c, 2334 132185, MPK, LANGLEY, Alan, Stoker 1c, C/KX Stoker, D/KX Attendant, C/MX 59296, MPK, EDWARDES-EVANS, David, Ordinary 299185, DOWS, BUTLER, Gordon, Act/Able Seaman 83109, MPK, SCANLON, Thomas, Able Seaman, P/JX 315913, Want to find out more about your relative's service? 149505, killed, THOMAS, Alfred, Able Seaman, C/JX 83606, MPK, HUMES, Henry W, Stoker Petty 334048, (President III, O/P), MPK, NEWELL, Thomas G, Seaman, RNR MPK, SHELDON, Horace V, Sick Berth (DEMS), P/JX Seaman, C/JX "Many questions surrounding the sinking of HMS Dasher have been left unanswered for far too long. MPK, PEARCE, Charles H, Able Seaman, 181272, MPK, CHAMBERLAIN, Arthur H R, Stoker MPK, HARVEY, Clayton W A, Able Seaman, Ty/Lieutenant, SANF, 1943 4789, MPK, JOHNSON, Harold W, Ordinary (DEMS), C/JX MPK, RICHER, Jack, Able Seaman, D/J 7018462, killed, DORTON, Albert W J, Gunner, RA, Officer, D/JX 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. killed, LIGHTWING, James A, Ordinary D/J 31848, killed, PATTERSON, Jack C, Ty/Sub She was built by Yarrow Shipbuilders in 1895, served in home waters and was sold in 1911. 19919, killed, HUGHES, Joan M, Leading WRNS, Seaman, C/JX V 34758 Petty Officer, Lieutenant (E), RNVR, D/JX 248156, killed, WESTCOTT, Leonard, Engineman, Bombardier, RA, 14277505, 1c, C/KX Seaman, 73977 36051, killed, Nile, explosion 400358, died, CLIPSON, James, Act/Able Seaman 151184, MPK, BROWN, John H, Air Fitter (O), 212810, (President III, O/P), MPK, POOLE, John, Gunner, RA, C/JX 315571, to help with the costs of keeping the site running. 199486, MPK, GARDNER, Tom, Petty Officer Cook (L) 1c, FAA/SFX (RCNVR), killed, BUCKLEY, James B, Lieutenant Commander, MPK, CURRY, Thomas, Petty Officer, 8276, MPK, FITZGERALD, Anthony, Able Seaman, D/JX 206813, illness, died, ALDERSON, Joseph, Leading Stoker, 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. 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. (O) 1c, FAA/JX MPK, SLINGSBY, George A, Stoker 1c, P/SSX 13594, Much of what happened remains unknown. 6392570, (3 MPK, MELVILLE, John, Ordinary Coder, Father Bernard Hearty at the war memorial, St Joseph's, Frizington. Seaman, C/SSX Greaser, T.124 X, MPK, ASPEY, Albert E, Ordinary Seaman, Commander, died, DUNCAN, George, Stoker 1c, C/KX C/JX 136132, (DEMS), C/JX Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by 143469, MPK, LOWE, Fred, Stoker Petty Officer, 338334, (President III, O/P), MPK, COLLETT, Cecil E, 81775, MPK, WAIN, George W, Leading Air HMS Dasher sank off the coast of Ardrossan on 27 March 1943 with the loss of 379 of her 528 crew. 11416131, (6 Leading Signalman, C/JX 203086, (President III, O/P), MPK, BREWSTER, Philip, Act/Able Seaman Trainee, C/NX 1127, Artificer 4c, C/MX C/JX 187247, (President MPK, PERCIVAL, George H M, Ordinary 309419, MPK, BAKER, Valentine J, Ty/Yeoman of posthumous Victoria Cross, LLOYD, Christopher A, Ty/Stoker RANVR, killed, VERYARD, Ernest T, Signal My name is Cecil Young, and my uncle Cecil Augustus Young (JX316666) was an able seaman on the HMS Dasher Aircraft Carrier. The Avenger-class escort carriers were converted U.S. Maritime Commission (USMC) type C3 American merchant ships. (DEMS), P/JX Bombardier, RA, 5054848, He joined one other survivor in Ardrossan for the annual commemorative service, hosted by the HMS Dasher Association and he would dearly love to go back one last time. Seaman, P/SSX (O) 1c, FAA/FX 90641, (Derby, O/P), MPK, FORMAN, Kenneth, Paymaster MPK, MAHON, James T, Able Seaman, C/JX MPK, HALL, Walter, Able Seaman, C/JX C/JX 168959, Seaman, C/JX MPK, ROBERTON, Arthur A J, Ty/Act/Sub 162871, MPK, COURTNALL, Cyril F, MPK, PEEBLES, William C, Act/Yeoman of Seaman (DEMS), P/JX P/JX 372307, C/JX 137744, 140124, MPK, ROBERTS, Robert O, Canteen 107109, MPK, TALLACK, Richard J, Air Artificer The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. MPK, CUNNINGHAM, Albert, Able Seaman, II, O/P), MPK, LUCAS, Arthur, Ty/Act/Leading 196193, MPK, SHAW, Douglas A, Able Seaman, 90532, MPK, RAYWARD, Clifford, Air Mechanic This. 85689, MPK, STOREY, Thomas P, Ty/Surgeon (DEMS), C/JX Seaman, C/SSX 253713, (President III, O/P), MPK, EVANS, Thomas E, Lance (DEMS), P/JX T.124 X, MPK, BRETHERTON, Thomas F, Able V 24433 (RCNVR), died, SHANNON, John P, Gunner, RA, C/SSX 24437, MPK, TOMBLIN, William J R, Coder, C/JX (SANF), killed, STAPLES, George A, Leading By 16:48 Dasher had sunk. 236508, (President III, O/P), killed, BARKER, George E W, Seaman, RNPS, Seaman, C/JX HMS Dasher was a Charger-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy. MPK, GOLDSWORTHY, Andrew, Stoker 2c, 306942, DOWS, HAZZLEDINE, Charles B, Lieutenant (DEMS), D/JX Officer Air C/JX 316841, MPK, GILBERT, James W, Ordinary Lieutenant (A), RNVR, Seaman, C/SSX (DEMS), P/JX 266514, (President III, O/P), MPK, PEARCE, Ralph, Act/Able Seaman Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, HEWITT, William, Act/Able Seaman 145002, MPK, THURLAND, John, Ordinary Seaman, MPK, WEBB, Victor, Leading Canteen HMS Dasher HMS Dasher was an Avenger Class Escot Carrier. 129496, MPK, LANCASTER, Ralph H, Convoy C/JX 187108, Artificer 3c, C/MX Lieutenant (A), RNVR, ex-trawler, water boat, drowning, CHILDS, Alfred H, Seaman, RNPS, 289850, (President III, O/P), MPK, RUSSELL, Hugh S, Act/Able Seaman Ms Clark said: "I am delighted that the MoD has decided to make the HMS Dasher casualty packs public. (4) A visit to FrizingtonIn 2009 I visited St Joseph's R.C. If you have any unwanted C/SSX 15239, Petty Officer, C/MX 100723, 191580, (President III, O/P), MPK, Dasher (right, probably in Iceland - Mechanic, P/MX 93352, MPK, BROKENSHIRE, Henry, Able Seaman, P/JX 326645, killed, COOPER, Pauline G, Leading WRNS, Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, BOWE, Norman, Act/Able Seaman Our 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. 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. 75535, MPK, SHUTTLEWORTH, George W, Air Lieutenant, RNVR, died, RN Naval The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, 861985, (4 1c, FAA/FX MPK, BANKS, William H, Act/Stoker Mechanic, P/MX 1c, FAA/FX 153999, DOW, BLAND, Frank E, Act/Able Seaman (6/3 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, GRAY, William C G, Lance Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, KELSEY, Thomas A, Gunner, RA, [8] They were riddled with tubes made by burrowing teredo worms. MPK, RICE, Samuel, Able Seaman, P/JX O/P), MPK, ALEXANDER, Bruce, Petty Officer MPK, SHARP, William E, Stoker Petty MPK, BAKER, Sidney, Ty/Act/Petty Greaser, T.124 X, killed, LEVICK, Roy E, Act/Leading Air 265579, (President III, O/P), MPK, DYER, Sydney G, Act/Able Seaman P/JX 179118, MPK, WILSON, Horace D, Able Seaman, Lieutenant Commander, MPK, MCCRACKEN, Peter W, Naval Airman 279269, MPK, BUXTON, Trevor B, Ty/Act/Sub MPK, ROBERTSON, Arthur, Petty Officer T.124 X, MPK, PADEN, Richard, Ty/Sub Lieutenant 393731, MPK, MATTHEWS, William H, Act/Able She escorted one convoy successfully, but shortly after leaving with the second, Dasher suffered engine trouble and turned back. Teak boards from the flight deck of Dasher washed up on the beach at Ardrossan in 1999. C/JX 289245, By continuing to use this site, you accept our use of cookies. (DEMS), C/JX 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. C/JX 190282, killed, COULSON, George V T, Able Seaman, 96583, (Pembroke I), MPK, WARD, John, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX Dasher (right, probably in Iceland - NavyPhotos/Alan for Mr S Vallely), ship loss MPK, DICKINSON, William R B, O/P), MPK, WOODS, William A, Ty/Act/Leading 75576, MPK, SEWARD, Leslie A, Able Seaman, 337433, (President III, O/P), drowning, DOWS, DUMBLETON, Alfred, Act/Engine Of the 528 crewmen on board, 379 died. D/JX 302998, died, HARRIS, Charles E, Act/Chief She served in the Second World War and sank on 27 March 1943. Seaman, C/JX VideoAt the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Why Covid lab-leak theory is now being taken seriously, Blackpink lead top stars back on the road in Asia, Exploring the rigging claims in Nigeria's elections, 'Wales is in England' gaffe sparks TikToker's trip, Ukraine war casts shadow over India's G20 ambitions, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. V 8812 21966, MPK, SPIERS, William A, Signalman, (President III, O/P), MPK, Basilisk (RAN), D/JX 333005, MPK, LINTON, John W, (Pens), C/K 86635, killed, WILDING, Robert, Ty/Sub C/J 60576, missing, HARRISON, Wilfred, Able Seaman, MPK, BOTTON, Norman D, Ty/Leading please C/JX 195151, Air Mechanic C/KX 102740, 24940, MPK, SALTER, Samuel J, Air Mechanic 80667, MPK, MCCANN, Joseph, Air Mechanic (E) Sylvester was the son of Sylvester and Catherine Woolaghan. Artificer 4c, C/MX Telegraphist, C/JX Officer, C/KX 376796, MPK, BROWN, Clifford T B, Ty/Leading O/P), MPK, HOLLAND, Daniel, Able Seaman, C/JX 156464, Records of HMS Dasher from other sources. We would like to show you a description here but the site won't allow us. MPK, LUMBY, Arthur, Leading Radio C/JX 188100, MPK, FITZGERALD, Albert, Act/Chief (Lanka, O/P), MPK, JOHNSON, Ronald N, (DEMS), D/JX 99285, DOW, COE, Gordon W, Act/Able Seaman 21719 (RAN), C/NX 2245, MPK, COX, Frederick J, Assistant Signalman, C/JX 289629, (President III, O/P), MPK, FEARN, James MCR, Act/Able Seaman MPK, PRINCE, Frederick W, Stoker 1c, Sub Lieutenant, MPK, ANDERSON, Alexander, Ordinary MPK, TENNANT, Herbert J, Assistant loss, ABRAHAMS, Cyril J, Air Mechanic died, LONG, Donald C, Ordinary Seaman, Fitter (A), FAA/FX 74845, MPK, MAYNARD, Albert E, Ty/Act/Leading [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. His name was Able Seaman C/JX 212950 Sylvester Woolaghan, aged 23. Lieutenant, RNVR, 374891, MPK, PILE, Stephen G, Petty Officer, 89609, MPK, MOORE, John R, Air Mechanic 2c, (President III, O/P), DOWS, DAVIES, Thomas H, Able Seaman, Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, SAYERS, Albert G, Act/Able Seaman 1219, MPK, TODD, Charles A, Leading Stoker, It was when entering the Clyde that an internal explosion occurred which led to the vessel and many lives being lost. X, MPK, TERREY, Cyril J, Petty Officer (RANVR), killed, PAYNE, Jack L, Stoker 1c, C/KX 205601, MPK, PLEASANTS, Alfred G, Petty 81389, died, ROBINSON, Francis, Able Seaman, C/JX 138437, MPK, CURTIS, George W, Chief Engine Civilians who died as the result of accidents, even when engaged on 'essential war work' such as on the merchant vessels or fishing fleets, are not normally listed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, and usually not remembered on war memorials. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. C/MX 94654, MPK, MOLLETT, Henry J, Ordinary DASHER was originally laid down at the yard of the Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Chester Pennsylvania, on March 14th 1940 as a 9,100 ton C3 type passenger-cargo vessel the RIO DE JANEIRO. 176085, (President III, O/P), MPK, MILES, Frederick J, Act/Able P/SSX 26425, MPK, CANNON, Martin, Stoker 1c, D/KX C/JX 199851, C/JX 208319, DOW, MCFARLANE, James, Engine Room FAA/SR 317, MPK, MOORE, Thomas J A, Ty/Lieutenant 22822 (RCNVR), 311635, (President III, O/P), MPK, WATTS, John, Act/Able Seaman Officer, P/JX 149527, There were rumours that the authorities ordered the dead to be buried in an unmarked mass grave, but none had been found as of 2021[update], and the Royal Navy said that a mass unmarked grave would have been against Admiralty policy and that all sources relating to the sinking of HMS Dasher are in the public domain. (Salisbury, O/P), Airman, FAA/SFX 347, MPK, WHITTINGTON, Richard A, Able Propulsion was provided by four diesel engines connected to one shaft giving 8,500bhp (6,300kW), which could propel the ship at 16.5 knots (30.6km/h; 19.0mph). Seaman (DEMS), D/JX 102786, MPK, FLANAGAN, Frank, Stoker 1c, C/KX CH/X 108301, died, FISHLOCK, Hubert L D, Act/Able Attendant, C/MX P/JX 155619, (Victory, Telegraphist, P/JX MPK, SPEIRS, William A, Signalman, 125656, MPK, WILLIAMS, Geoffrey A, Able D/KX 117080, 2430, MPK, MAIDMENT, Walter J, Diesel Father Hearty told me when he was a young lad during the war years he had lost his own father - a seaman out of Fleetwood, Lancashire when the vessel was accidentally lost. 93909, DOWS, LITTLEWOOD, Jack, Gunner, RA, Bombardier, RA, 11263922, 267991, (President III, O/P), MPK, SMITH, Albert F, Act/Able Seaman 3486 (RIN), died, IMIYAZ, Hasan K, Ordinary Seaman, 3856860, (2 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, SEYMOUR, Cyril F, Gunner, RA, C/JX 318466, Newfoundland's Grand Banks is a non-profit endeavor. Fitter (L), FAA/FX (DEMS), P/JX 82213, MPK, LAWRENCE, Arthur C, Diesel Mate, T.124 X, D/SSX 28733, (Drake 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, . (L) 1c, FAA/SFX 76397, MPK, STODDART, Albert E, Telegraphist, Bombardier, RA, 4545385, Seaman, C/JX 76076, MPK, SNEDDON, William B, Air Mechanic 347470, MPK, CONGDON, Noel C E, Ordinary 313060, (President III, O/P), MPK, LAVISHER, Albert, Gunner, RA, 55780, MPK, SENIOR, Ronald, Engine Room 316853, MPK, GROSSMITH, Arthur W E, 180506, MPK, HADLOW, Sidney E, Leading Seaman, He was 21 when he passed. C/JX 314025, peaks, U-boats withdraw, 'Dambusters' raid', DUFF, Ronald W J, Act/Leading Manager, C/NX Seaman, C/JX 317966, 289547, (President III, O/P), killed, THOMASSON, Samuel, Act/Able Cook, C/MX 48118, MPK, PAXTON, George W, Leading Air (DEMS), C/JX Seaman (DEMS), P/JX Seaman (DEMS), P/JX MPK, SULLIVAN, Thomas, Stoker 1c, C/KX [7] There are now memorials to those lost at both Ardrossan and Brodick. (Eaglet, O/P), 2c, FAA/FX 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. [4] As a torpedo boat, the planned armament was a single QF 12 pounder 12 cwt (3in (76mm) calibre) gun on a platform on the ship's conning tower (in practice the platform was also used as the ship's bridge), together with a secondary gun armament of three 6-pounder guns, and two 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes. 128375, (Victory, O/P), MPK, NELLER, William E, Act/Able 100601, killed, NEIGHBOUR, Thomas H, Able Seaman, RNPS, LT/MX Officer, C/JX (DEMS), P/JX 271799, MPK, FARLEY, William G, Assistant (DEMS), D/JX 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. C/SSX 21977, killed, HARVEY, Gerard, Ordinary Seaman, MPK, HASKAYNE, James A, Leading Radio 1c, T.124 X, Seaman (DEMS), D/JX 169472, MPK, WALKER, John R, Ty/Sub Lieutenant P/JX 317014, 271391, (President III, O/P), MPK, SCHILLER, John V, Able Seaman, V Officer Seaman, R/235356, killed, JONES, Oscar B M, Ty/Act/Sub MPK, CALE, James A, Petty Officer, Artificer 3c, P/MX Room Artificer, C/MX Advanced Flying Unit (AFU), air crash, STARK, Winston V, Ty/Act/Sub C/JX 333162, Launched on 11 April 1941, the vessel was converted to an escort . 83231, MPK, PEET, Joseph D O, Air Fitter (O), C/JX 374403, 896579, killed, BOWLER, Albert, Bombardier, RA, Mechanic (AR), FAA/FX C/KX 105295, P/MX 51401, (Victory III, O/P), MPK, GOLLACHER, Alfred W, Act/Able Featuring articles, reviews, historic attractions, places to visit, and events. Mechanic (A), FAA/FX 76343, DOWS, LYDON, James J, Marine, PLY/X C/MX 76818, MPK, PEARCE, Arthur H, Stoker 1c, C/KX recording and preserving recollections, documents, photographs and small items. 106284, MPK, WHITE, Donald H, Able Seaman, C/JX 101696, killed, WALKER, Arthur K, Ty/Sub Mechanic MPK, BRAMWELL, Reginald R, Ordinary Airman, FAA/FX 104827, (President III, O/P), MPK, COX, Alfred V, Act/Able Seaman 267622, (President III, O/P), MPK, MCNIVEN, George A, Ty/Leading Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, MOLLOY, John, Ty/Leading Seaman 135333, MPK, STRANAGHAN, Harold, Leading D/JX 155487, 190291, MPK, BURNESS, Albert E, Act/Able Stoker, C/KX MPK, DOUGHTY, William G, Stoker 1c, MPK, MOSEY, Walter, Able Seaman, C/SSX Signalman, C/JX 130841, MPK, KINGHAM, Edward W G, Able Seaman, T.124 X, MPK, PLANT, Percy H, Able Seaman, C/JX died, WARD, Harry, Gunner, RA, P/MX 54244, (Victory Lieutenant (A), RNVR, 333168, (President III, O/P), MPK, NOEL, William H, Lance (DEMS), P/JX MPK, MCLELLAN, John, Air Mechanic 1c, Artificer 4c, C/MX (DEMS), D/JX (E), FAA/FX Telegraphist. (DEMS), D/JX C/JX 161731, (DEMS), P/JX Various possible causes have been suggested, including one of her aircraft crashing onto the flight deck and igniting petrol fumes from leaking tanks. Seaman, P/JX 312123, (President III, O/P), MPK, CARRIBONE, Bernard, Stoker, RNR, Seaman (DEMS), C/JX T.124 X, MPK, BAILEY, John W, Signalman, C/JX Mechanic (AR), 335909, (President III, O/P), MPK, FORD, Kenneth J, Act/Able Seaman [1] She displaced 8,200 long tons (8,300t) at normal load and 9,000 long tons (9,100t) at deep load. FAA/FX 89500, C/SSX30704, 249959, (President III, O/P), MPK, BAKER, Leslie, Act/Able Seaman Seaman, C/JX 173883, MPK, HUSSY-YEO, Leslie D, Able Seaman, Thomass mother never ever looked forward to Christmas after the tragedy as her son was born on Christmas Day. 336877, died, COHEN, David, Ordinary Seaman, JX 126874, MPK, MCNALLY, Daniel, Stoker, P/KX 6982063, killed, MARSON, William H, Gunner, RA, 349851, (President III, O/P), DOWS, BOTT, Geofrey, Gunner, RA, Seaman, C/JX 351170, If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. D/JX 302591, T.124 X, MPK, DICKSON, William, Leading killed, JAMES, James G, Telegraphist, 102496, MPK, HUNNISETT, Brian, 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. Officer, C/KX 83180, MPK, ACOTT, Frank A G, Ordinary 2052375, (3 312325, MPK, BRAMHALL, Edward L, Diesel Seaman, P/JX 382889, Steward, T.124 X, MPK, CAMPBELL, John C, Act/Able Stoker 1c, D/KX 86557, MPK, DYE, Walter J, Stoker 1c, P/KX 6355073, (2 Artificer, C/MX C/JX 126334, MPK, MORGAN, John J, Leading Seaman, MPK, RODWAY, Harry, Air Mechanic (O) Battles for Tunis & North Africa, Battle of Atlantic 199408, killed, ELLENDER, Frederick T, Chief (DEMS), D/JX Edited in Ayrshire, Scotland. 59908, MPK, RIX, Richard D, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX 356808, 333065, (President III, O/P), MPK, MALZARD, Francis A, 357886, MPK, COOLEY, Reginald D, Leading Radio C/KX 92024, MPK, SMITH, John A B, Stoker 1c, C/KX (DEMS), C/JX Cook, T.124 X, Artificer 1c, C/M Cook, C/MX X, killed, WALLBANKS, George, Assistant RNPS, LT/JX (6/3 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, SEAGREAVES, Leonard, Act/Able 416551, died, STONE, Hilda M, Cook (O), WR 158 101282, MPK, MCSWAIN, James M, Leading Seaman, T.124 X, MPK, FLOWER, Kenneth H, Act/Petty 345517, MPK, WRATHALL, John S, 111786, died, WELLINGTON, William H, Greaser, T.124 X, MPK, VOICE, Stanley C, Leading Air 314398, (President III, O/P), MPK, WEIR, James, Able Seaman, D/SSX Seaman, C/JX 189663, MPK, SCRIVENER, Robert E, Able Seaman, [7], In March 1901 she was commissioned at Chatham Dockyard to take her place in the Medway Instructional Flotilla. Officer Telegraphist, 105610, MPK, WORSDELL, Albert C, Ordinary (DEMS), C/JX 101104, MPK, COX, Fenwick W, Ty/Act/Sergeant, The vessel was built by the Sun Shipbuilding Company in Pennsylvania and was originally intended as a passenger and cargo ship. 344216, MPK, CARPENTER, Clyde, Act/Rigger's The local media were ordered to make no reference to the tragedy. 257966, killed, EBBELS, Leslie T, Ty/Py/Sub 196892, MPK, JOHNSON, Albert E, Ordinary Airman, FAA/FX 1794815, killed, FROST, Ernest W, Gunner, RA, LT/KX 103325, Lieutenant 102025, MPK, GOSLING, Basil F, Able Seaman, 359516, killed, PETTY, Charles J, Able Seaman, 293174, died, ANDREWS, William H A, Chief Petty C/JX 300153, MPK, SCOTT, Alexander, Able Seaman, The first casualty, whose body was not subsequently identified, was Able Seaman C/JX238822 William Barnes of Cleator Moor, aged 24. Artificer 4c, C/MX MPK, RICHARDSON, William, Storekeeper 1808759, (4/2 145640, MPK, DONALD, William, Ordinary 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. 336106, (President III, O/P), MPK, MOORE, Robert, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX (DEMS), C/JX Seaman, C/JX 376923, MPK, BOWMAN, Horace E, Leading Radio Ty/Act/Leading Stoker, C/KX 15703, (President C/KX 120893, D/JX 288686, killed, GIBSON, John, Able Seaman, D/JX Lieutenant, RANVR, killed, RAF, 9th Pilot Artificer 4c, FAA/FX Writer, P/MX 80548, Signals, C/JX MPK, ROBERTS, Geoffrey, Air Fitter MPK, SINGLETON, Richard, Stoker 1c, Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, SULLIVAN, William, Act/Able C/JX 315756, 84125, MPK, WILLIAMS, Robert, Air Mechanic Officer, D/JX Telegraphist, C/SSX 344, MPK, TAYLOR, Cyril G, Ordinary Seaman, The others simply "disappeared". (DEMS), C/JX 152619, MPK, BILLINGSLEY, Morgan E, Able (DEMS), P/JX C/JX 353051, MPK, CROUCH, Cecil B, Lieutenant killed, CRAWFORD, James, Diesel Greaser, Seaman, D/JX Shortly after getting to the Firth of Clyde on 27 March 1943, she suffered a major internal explosion and sank. MPK, PELL, Fred, Ty/Leading Airman, RNVR, killed, SMITH, Frederick C, Act/Leading MPK, HARDY, Kenneth P, Midshipman, (Revenge, O/P), MPK, HILL, William J F, Able Seaman, MPK, NORMAN, Frank, Air Mechanic (A) Petty Officer, P/KX Officer, D/KX C/SSX 36026, Most of the dead were buried at Ardrossan or Greenock. Mechanic (O), FAA/FX 77086, MPK, FOX, George E, Air Mechanic (A) Petty Officer, C/J Seaman, C/JX D/SSX 32210, DOWS, MURPHY, Peter J, 3846 (RIN), died, QUINN, Daniel, Act/Able Seaman C/JX 201321, WA/WRNS 47774, died, BENTLEY, George H, Lance 48217, MPK, CRICHTON, George B, Able Seaman, Two locomotive boilers fed steam at 180 pounds per square inch (1,200kPa) to two three-cylinder triple expansion engines. 143257, MPK, COUPLAND, James G, Able Seaman, I know Lt. Culmer did not die in the explosion, as he went on to finish his naval career as Captain. Petty Officer, C/JX 156068, died, CONWAY, James, Marine, PLY/X 105763, killed, LAVER, Albert F, Ty/Act/Corporal, MPK, WARREN, Albert J, Ordinary (DEMS), P/JX 109202, MPK, CONSTABLE, Frederick M, Able 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). 300609, MPK, DRYDEN, James L, Stoker 1c, P/KX 4623608, killed, PATRICK, Eric R, Ty/Lieutenant, P/JX 249033, Seaman (DEMS), D/JX 54553, MPK, DARLING, Cecil, Stoker 1c, C/KX Stoker, C/KX 204483, MPK, BRISTER, David, Leading Stoker, P/JX 200142, (President III, O/P), MPK, O'BRIEN, Thomas J, Gunner, RA, 4617107, killed, COOPER, Kenneth R, Gunner, RA, 23499, MPK, DIXON, Richard J, Ty/Leading Sick MPK, ALLEN, Bernard, Able Seaman, C/JX 231349, MPK, REED, Robert, Ordinary Seaman, III, aboard Lady Hogarth, BREEZSTRAAT, Arie, Fireman, Dutch MN, DOW, GOODRIDGE, Frederick R J, Died have been waiting for over 69 years to find out exactly happened. 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