C/SSX 36026, MPK, SINGLETON, Richard, Stoker 1c, MPK, CLARE, James P, Ty/Act/Leading (O) 2c, FAA/FX 127052, MPK, HURST, Frederick M, Ship's Cook, MPK, ASPEY, Albert E, Ordinary Seaman, 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, Seaman, C/JX [1][a], The Admiralty did not specify a standard design for destroyers, laying down broad requirements, including a trial speed of 27 knots (31mph; 50km/h), a "turtleback"[b] forecastle and armament, which was to vary depending on whether the ship was to be used in the torpedo boat or gunboat role. C/JX 248931, Lieutenant (E), RNVR, MPK, WEBB, Victor, Leading Canteen (President III, O/P), DOWS, DAVIES, Thomas H, Able Seaman, 306000, died, O'REGAN, Cornelius C, Marine, 52485, MPK, GAMBLE, John M, Leading Radio (DEMS), P/JX 392311, (President III, O/P), MPK, HERON, Cormick, Fireman, T.124 X, Officer, D/JX MPK, DOWD, Thomas A, Lieutenant (A), RNVR, P/JX 200142, (President III, O/P), MPK, O'BRIEN, Thomas J, Gunner, RA, Telegraphist, C/JX Telegraphist, 4623397, killed, GREENFIELD, Cecil G, Gunner, RA, C/JX 224628, 95116, MPK, IBRAHIM, Bin M, Signalman, MN 928 (DEMS), P/JX 312836, (President III, O/P), MPK, REED, Frederick H A, Lance P/SSX 13594, C/JX 161561, MPK, JAPP, Alexander W, Telegraphist, MPK, PRICE, Fleetwood E, (DEMS), C/JX MPK, KEVERNE, Richard H J, Act/Petty to help with the costs of keeping the site running. She was built by Yarrow Shipbuilders in 1895, served in home waters and was sold in 1911. of Signals, C/J Artificer 4c, C/SR 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 120654, MPK, CROWSTON, Arthur S, Engine Room RNPS, LT/KX Airman, FAA/FX 2c, FAA/FX MPK, WILLIAMS, William F C, Ty/Leading 102049, MPK, HORNE, John R, Sick Berth 87283, MPK, MACAULAY, Hugh, Ordinary Seaman, O/P), MPK, HARDEN, George E, Commander, (DEMS), C/JX 155965, MPK, LEE, James A, Petty Officer, D/JX 83620, MPK, WARNER, Douglas D, Able Seaman, MPK, MONKS, Newton L P, Ty/Paymaster T.124 X, MPK, SMITH, Ernest F, Photographer 94979, MPK, WHELDON, Harold W, Act/Able P/JX 276007, DOW, CRAYTHORNE, Ernest W, Able C/JX 352303, 104771, MPK, ROSS, Henry, Air Mechanic (A) 1c, [7] There are now memorials to those lost at both Ardrossan and Brodick. Bombardier, RA, 4464637, II, O/P), MPK, WATSON, Colin T, Leading Cook, MPK, COWDREY, John L, Engine Room MPK, BEGG, John G, Able Seaman, C/SSX 337950, (President III, O/P), MPK, SOPER, George S N, Act/Chief The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. MPK, SWEETNAM, Cuthbert B, Supply 14205741, killed, CLEGG, William T, Gunner, RA, (Victory III, O/P), MPK, THEOBALD, Thomas C, William Stephen Lloyd Linfield HMS Dasher (d.27th Mar 1943). Officer Telegraphist, 49964, MPK, GLESTER, William A, Able Seaman, Officer, P/J 97099, Lieutenant The Avenger-class escort carriers were converted U.S. Maritime Commission (USMC) type C3 American merchant ships. Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, MOLLOY, John, Ty/Leading Seaman Seaman, D/SSX 77752, MPK, CLARK, Thomas L, Ty/Act/Leading MPK, CLARK, Harry, Convoy Signalman, 75770, (Victory III, O/P), MPK, STEVENS, Frederick R, Sick Berth 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. 291268, (President III, O/P), MPK, CUNNINGHAM, Paul T, D/JX 155487, D/JX 200569, "Some relatives of those who died have been waiting for over 69 years to find out exactly what happened to their loved ones. D/KX 118463, MPK, TRAYLER, William J, Ordinary MPK, BARKER, Frank E J, Ty/Sub 338395, (President III, O/P), MPK, KENDRICK, Horace, Ty/Act/Sergeant 22249, MPK, WHEELER, Frank T, Ty/Act/Leading 233201, died, BALFOUR, John E, Engineer Sub Seaman, C/JX 376923, T.124 X, MPK, VOICE, Stanley C, Leading Air (Victory, O/P), MPK, DEATH, Robert J, Electrical Seaman, C/JX 318534, MPK, O'CONNELL, Thomas H, Act/Able (5 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, KYNASTON, Enoch J, Act/Able As a gunboat, one of the torpedo tubes could be removed to accommodate a further two six-pounders. 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. C/MX 97334, MPK, SCOTT, George E, Leading Stoker Seaman (DEMS), C/JX (E) 1c, FAA/FX (DEMS), P/JX 27134, (Drake), Artificer 3c, P/MX D/SSX 28733, (Drake X, killed, WALLBANKS, George, Assistant MPK, RICHARDS, Thomas, Stoker 1c, C/KX C/MX 51032, died, HOPKINS, Hugh A, Act/Able Seaman 536076, (President III, O/P), MPK, WORDLEY, Walter, Telegraphist, FAA/FX 83784, Telegraphist, C/JX 335984, (President III, O/P), MPK, HILLMAN, Luther G, Act/Petty Petty Officer, D/KX Airman, FAA/SFX (DEMS), P/JX 1c, FAA/FX Mechanic (AR), FAA/FX C/JX 201329, 83231, MPK, PEET, Joseph D O, Air Fitter (O), [5], The ship was transferred to the Royal Navy and commissioned into RN service as HMS Dasher (D37) on 2 July 1942. [9] She was completed in March 1896, at a cost of 40,890. C/KX 80479, 271819, MPK, WILLIAMS, Lynn, Ordinary Seaman, Seaman, P/JX MPK, JOHNSON, Sidney L, Able Seaman, C/JX 278289, MPK, HODKINSON, Percy C, Telegraphist, Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, SEYMOUR, Cyril F, Gunner, RA, 199408, killed, ELLENDER, Frederick T, Chief Mechanic C/JX 179027, MPK, FIRTH, Arthur B, Able Seaman, 102640, DOWS, BOYD, Barney W, Ordinary Seaman, 76397, MPK, STODDART, Albert E, Telegraphist, Seaman, P/JX 295817, Fitter (A), FAA/FX HMS Dasher took part in Operation Torch, was then engaged in aircraft ferrying operations in the Mediterranean area and later engaged on escorting the Atlantic convoys. In April 2013, Dad very proudly attended my son's Passing Out Ceremony in Auckland, New Zealand. Contents 1 Construction and design 2 Service 3 Notes 4 Bibliography Construction and design [ edit] C/JX 299146, Seaman (DEMS), C/JX C/JX 134552, MPK, ROBSON, William, Able Seaman, MPK, CRAIG, Archibald B, Leading 299272, MPK, MARSH, Robert C, Petty Officer C/KX 91278, 109202, MPK, CONSTABLE, Frederick M, Able died, LONG, Donald C, Ordinary Seaman, Sergeant, RA, 4194860, 4617107, killed, COOPER, Kenneth R, Gunner, RA, 99666, MPK, CLARE, William, Ty/Leading Signalman, C/JX C/JX 208319, DOW, MCFARLANE, James, Engine Room MPK, THISTLE, Cyril R, Able Seaman, Radio Mechanic, T.124 X, MPK, HAMBROOK, Robert F, Chief Yeoman killed, TARASOFF, Frederick, Able Seaman, MPK, MOORE, Leonard J, Able Seaman, 83909, MPK, BUTLER, William A, Able Seaman, (A), FAA/FX 151184, MPK, BROWN, John H, Air Fitter (O), killed, GRAVES, Robert W, Act/Able Seaman MPK, ROBERTS, Geoffrey, Air Fitter Lieutenant (A), RNZNVR, (E) 1c, FAA/FX My name is Cecil Young, and my uncle Cecil Augustus Young (JX316666) was an able seaman on the HMS Dasher Aircraft Carrier. 163086, died, DOWSETT, Samuel, III, O/P), MPK, SAMS, William E, Leading She participated in Operation Torch, with her sister ship Biter, carrying Sea Hurricanes of 804 Naval Air Squadron. Commander, MPK, Seaman, C/SSX RNVR), killed, MILTON, Arthur R, Act/Able Steward, T.124 X, killed, FLOWER, Gordon S, Ordinary 109151, MPK, CALLOW, Douglas W, Ty/Lieutenant, Bombardier, RA, 5190220, 95540, died, return to MPK, MCLELLAN, John, Air Mechanic 1c, Seaman, P/SSX C/KX 105295, Seaman, C/JX 89609, MPK, MOORE, John R, Air Mechanic 2c, Seaman, C/JX (RCNVR), died, KEMP, Walter S, Act/Able Seaman 152557, MPK, MATCHAM, Sidney G, Stoker 1c, 6355073, (2 MPK, JAMES, John P, Chief Engine Room MPK, PEARCE, Charles H, Able Seaman, D/J 27914, Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, LONG, Ronald C, Gunner, RA, Greaser, T.124 X, MPK, SULLIVAN, Thomas, Electrical MPK, SHAW, Jack, Able Seaman, C/JX Seaman (DEMS), D/JX 96882, (Victory, O/P), MPK, MARTIN, Norman B W, Able Seaman, Petty Officer, C/J 93532, MPK, SITCH, Robert A, Able Seaman, (DEMS), P/JX 208533, MPK, WEATHERLEY, James W, Petty 162871, MPK, COURTNALL, Cyril F, [7] Locomotive boilers were being made obsolete by water-tube boilers by the time of her completion, and she was refitted at Earle's Shipbuilding in 18991890 with water-tube boilers changing to a three-funneled configuration. C/JX 186158, 7039, died, HAYWARD, Ernest H, Act/Leading C/SSX 24437, MPK, TOMBLIN, William J R, Coder, C/JX 337433, (President III, O/P), drowning, DOWS, DUMBLETON, Alfred, Act/Engine 359011, MPK, MCKENZIE, Arthur R, Ordinary On 27 March 1943, Dasher was out from Greenock on the Clyde carrying out exercises with the ships embarked Sea Hurricanes and Swordfish aircraft in preparation for a strike against the German warship Tirpitz in Norway. C/MX 76009, (Pembroke, 334903, MPK, JONES, Edward, Gunner, RA, D/J 25867, died, DAVIES, David W G, Act/Leading Signals, C/JX 1808721, killed, TAYLOR, John F, Gunner, RA, MPK, KILPATRICK, Samuel J, Able T.124 X, MPK, BRETHERTON, Thomas F, Able 333868, (President III, O/P), MPK, OPIE, Charles, Act/Able Seaman Steward, C/LX MPK, MOXON, Frederick, Ordinary 101104, MPK, COX, Fenwick W, Ty/Act/Sergeant, T.124 X, MPK, TRAVIS, William, Storekeeper, 81414, MPK, BRADLEY, William M McK, Able Artificer 4c, FAA/FX C/J 99051, 3707683, killed, BARKER, William, Lance Artificer 4c, C/MX Steward, T.124 X, C/JX 316449, Bombardier, RA, 13021317, 1219, MPK, TODD, Charles A, Leading Stoker, MPK, ROUTLEY, Harold G, Act/Petty Commander MPK, MORGAN, John J, Leading Seaman, 6297372, killed, DOLAN, Clarence J, Gunner, RA, Lieutenant Commander, 338334, (President III, O/P), MPK, COLLETT, Cecil E, There were many such accidental deaths during the war years and each one was a tragedy for a family. P/JX 134731, 2\338043, (President III, O/P), MPK, NUTTER, Edward, Act/Able Seaman Seaman (DEMS), P/JX HMS Dasher sank off the coast of Ardrossan on 27 March 1943 with the loss of 379 of her 528 crew. MPK, CALE, James A, Petty Officer, 1782386, (1 MPK, JONES, Norman E, Able Seaman, Mechanic (E) 1c, FAA/SFX (Drake II), MPK, TERRY, Jack F, Yeoman of Signals, 336400, died, SULEMANI, Mohamed, Able Seaman, killed, WOOLLEY, Henry G, Chief Petty 241460, killed, WHITHAM, John, Ordnance Mechanic 79161, MPK, FRENCH, William M P, Stoker 1c, C/JX 182786, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Glasgow Film Festival 2023: What's on this year's programme? killed, BANNER, Alexander, Marine, PO/X MPK, CLARK, Arthur S, Air Mechanic (E) Seaman, C/SSX Seaman, C/JX 212950, Problem with BBC "People's War" search facility, James Jolly (1923 2009): A Final Salute. C/JX 190282, killed, COULSON, George V T, Able Seaman, Signalman, C/JX MPK, O'CONNOR, Francis J, Able Seaman, C/J 97157, Edited by Gordon Smith, Naval-History.Net . Officer, C/MX 80136, MPK, REID, Allan, Cleaner, T.124 X R RA, 7018630, MPK, MCCARTHY, Victor D, Able Seaman, (DEMS), D/JX Steward, C/LX 1c, FAA/SFX Seaman (DEMS), C/JX MPK, HUGHES, John K, Able Seaman, P/JX (DEMS), C/JX C/KX 110965, (6/3 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, GRAY, William C G, Lance 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. MPK, SHEARER, James D, Canteen Read about our approach to external linking. C/JX 353084, MPK, IRVINE, George B, Supply (6/3 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, MCGROGAN, James, Gunner, RA, C/JX 145237, After arrival at Portsmouth, Dasher was ordered back to Chatham where she was docked and put out of commission. 3966 (RNZN), MPK, ANTHONY, John B, Act/Electrical Signalman, C/JX 347, MPK, WHITTINGTON, Richard A, Able (E), RNR, MPK, LINFIELD, William S L, Able 1689, MPK, MCALLISTER, Dennis P, Assistant Attendant, C/MX 189781, (President III, O/P), MPK, JOHNSON, Samuel, Telegraphist, MPK, RICHARDSON, William, Storekeeper 120945, MPK, WILLISON, Alfred J, Stoker 1c, Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, MITCHELL, Donald J MACF, Act/Able Pennsylvania. P/JX 162089, LALRO (G) Served from 1989 - 2004 Served in HMS Dasher. C/JX 260436, MPK, MCCAUSLAND, Robert H, Ordinary 344220, MPK, BUSH, Albert E G, Ty/Leading (President Artificer 1c, C/M WA/WRNS 47774, died, BENTLEY, George H, Lance 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. MPK, BAMFORD, James E, Act/Able Seaman 1c, FAA/FX The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. (DEMS), D/JX 2517, MPK, BAYLIS, Michael V, Signalman, MPK, BRETT, Dennis G, Air Mechanic (O) If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small Artificer 4c, 289076, (President III, O/P), MPK, JOYCE, Herbert W, Act/Able Seaman 94533, MPK, LUFFINGHAM, Arthur, Able Seaman, C/JX 224533, 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. MPK, HENSHAW, William, Ordinary C/JX 238254, (Victory, RAF Losses - the sinking of HMS Glorious08/06/1940 - 10/06/1940. Seaman, C/JX 376489, P/KX 132450, MPK, WEST, Richard G, Ordinary Cook, C/MX Seaman (DEMS), P/JX C/KX 92825, 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. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. Telegraphist, C/WRX (RANVR), killed, PAYNE, Jack L, Stoker 1c, C/KX Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, WELLER, Frederick R, Gunner, RA, 174062, (President III, O/P), MPK, WHEATLAND, Francis R, Convoy (DEMS), C/JX 336056, (President III, O/P), MPK, NUTTALL, Raymond A, Sergeant, RA, . 4541142, (2 Seaman, C/JX 303407, Officer, C/JX Steward, T.124 X, Seaman, C/JX Telegraphist, Seaman (DEMS), D/JX Seaman, D/JX 267699, (DEMS), D/JX Seaman, C/JX 142952, P/JX 186173, O/P), killed, ILLINGWORTH, Joseph W, Electrical 228952, MPK, WATERHOUSE, Harry, Steward, C/LX
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