MPK, HARTILL, Horace, Naval Airman 2c, C/JX 316449, (DEMS), C/JX Seaman, C/JX 99666, MPK, CLARE, William, Ty/Leading 391413, (President III, O/P), MPK, HAMILTON, William, Act/Able Seaman, C/JX (DEMS), D/JX 194045, (Victory III, O/P), MPK, WRIGHT, John P, Ty/Act/Leading Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, TAYLOR, George, Gunner, RA, 81984, MPK, JAMES, James H, Assistant Cook, Radio Mechanic, MPK, NEWTON, Richard, Leading Stoker, 58330, died, ROBINSON, John V, Leading Seaman, died, NORMAN, Cyril H, Act/Able Seaman Video, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. 240110, (President III, O/P), MPK, LAWRENCE, Samuel, Act/Able Seaman Regt, RA, O/P), killed, PURCELL, Reginald P, Bombardier, 309419, MPK, BAKER, Valentine J, Ty/Yeoman of T.124 X, killed, MOTTRAM, Richard, Fireman, T.124 Telegraphist, C/WRX This. (DEMS), D/JX T.124 X, killed, SCOTT, Terence, Donkeyman, T.124 Artificer 1c, C/M Signals, C/J C/JX 352303, MPK, JACKSON, Stephen H, Baker 1c, 48217, MPK, CRICHTON, George B, Able Seaman, Seaman, C/JX 6196862, killed, MOELLER, Philip, Engine Room Officer, C/KX Officer (DEMS), D/JX C/JX 149039, 239846, (President III, O/P), MPK, JACKSON, George G, Lance killed, WOOLLEY, Henry G, Chief Petty MPK, THOMPSON, James, Able Seaman, Officer Air 1774131, (6/3 Friday, August 07, 2009 Two casualties of HMS Dasher Father Bernard Hearty at the war memorial, St Joseph's, Frizington Able Seaman Sylvester Woolaghan is commemorated on this memorial (AB Sylvester Woolaghan, HMS Dasher, is buried in the churchyard) [Photograph by J. Ritson] The sinking of HMS Dasher died, ARMSTRONG, Henry, Ordinary 151184, MPK, BROWN, John H, Air Fitter (O), C/JX 352223, C/JX 300153, MPK, SCOTT, Alexander, Able Seaman, Lieutenant (E), RNVR, T.124 X, killed, CROOKS, Ivor E, Ordinary Seaman, On 12 October 1893, the British Admiralty placed an order for three torpedo boat destroyers (Charger, Dasher and Hasty) with the shipbuilder Yarrow under the 18931894 shipbuilding programme for the Royal Navy as a follow-on to the two prototype destroyers (Havock and Hornet) ordered from Yarrows under the 18921893 programme. Officer Air CH/X 108301, died, FISHLOCK, Hubert L D, Act/Able MPK, CRANE, Charles H A, Petty 102640, DOWS, BOYD, Barney W, Ordinary Seaman, My name is Cecil Young, and my uncle Cecil Augustus Young (JX316666) was an able seaman on the HMS Dasher Aircraft Carrier. III, O/P), MPK, KINCH, Thomas J, Convoy Yeoman of 160256, MPK, CLAUSON, William D, Able Seaman, 85689, MPK, STOREY, Thomas P, Ty/Surgeon Signals, D/JX C/JX 213707, MPK, KIDDLE, Maurice R, Ordinary USA, as mercantile Rio de Janeiro. 190986, (President III, O/P), MPK, HICKSON, Thomas, Act/Able Seaman Artificer 4c, C/SR 194544, killed, FARQUHARSON, Mary C, WRNS, Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, HARRISON, Joseph, Gunner, RA, 3106 (RANR), died, WESTWOOD, Malcolm R, Able Seaman, MPK, JONES, Norman E, Able Seaman, KN 47 (Kenya C/MX 76009, (Pembroke, C/JX 172434, 335416, (President III, O/P), MPK, FRY, Norman F, Stoker, S 4178 929978, (7/4 MPK, BAMFORD, James E, Act/Able Seaman (MN), died, LEGGETT, Arthur A, Skipper MPK, THISTLE, Cyril R, Able Seaman, 249294, (President III, O/P), MPK, MALINS, George S, Act/Able Seaman (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). C/KX 80479, 312123, (President III, O/P), MPK, CARRIBONE, Bernard, Stoker, RNR, died, HANSON, Harry, Act/Leading Air 279970, DOW, HARRISON, Thomas K, Petty Officer [16], On 1 February 1909 Dasher ran aground on South Shoebury Sands, but was able to refloat herself and proceeded into Sheerness under her own power. C/KX 110965, 205601, MPK, PLEASANTS, Alfred G, Petty Seaman (DEMS), C/JX Assistant, C/NX 2040, MPK, BRETT, Dennis G, Air Mechanic (O) Lieutenant, RNVR, died, RN Naval 83693, MPK, OAKMAN, Stanley, Ordinary Seaman, II, O/P), MPK, LUCAS, Arthur, Ty/Act/Leading P/JX 266654, MPK, BRYANT, Daniel W, Leading 85545, MPK, HORNE, Sylvester RAJ, Air 90025, MPK, WILLIS, Howard, Air Mechanic (O) Petty Officer, D/KX 21412, MPK, MATHISON, Stanley, Able Seaman, [10] Early in the morning of 15 April 1901 the Chatham Flotilla left Portsmouth for Devonport. P/JX 372307, Seaman (DEMS), C/JX RNR (PS), LT/X MPK, O'BRIEN, Arnold, Ordinary Seaman, died, MOLLARD, Glanfryn W, Lance Seaman (DEMS), D/JX MPK, EHRLICK, Cecil H P, Stoker 1c, Ty/Lieutenant, RNVR, MPK, JONES, Gareth O, Able Seaman, (DEMS), C/JX Able.Sea. 139, MPK, BURLS, Frank C, Able Seaman, C/JX C/JX 315571, Storekeeper, T.124 RFR, C/J 88762, HMS Dasher (escort carrier) was destroyed through internal explosion. Dad survived the sinking by leaping into the sea when the Dasher was almost upright. MPK, DICKINSON, William R B, Artificer, C/M 359516, killed, PETTY, Charles J, Able Seaman, Stoker, C/KX [7] There are now memorials to those lost at both Ardrossan and Brodick. 324982, killed, BOYCE, Cyril J, Ordinary Seaman, (DEMS), C/JX C/JX 374403, (DEMS), P/JX 21966, MPK, SPIERS, William A, Signalman, RMB/X 1791, died, CLARKE, Frederick, Petty Officer, D/JX 155487, FAA/FX 82416, Dasher was held at Tietjen & Langshipyard until August 1941 in order to fix a number of defects. (Tana, O/P), MPK, RIVERS, Thomas P, Petty Officer, 2c, FAA/FX 101858, MPK, HOYLE, Laurence, Leading Air Petty Officer, C/JX 156068, died, CONWAY, James, Marine, PLY/X 105763, killed, LAVER, Albert F, Ty/Act/Corporal, 2182086, killed, BUCKLEY, George, Act/Able Seaman (E), RNR, MPK, LINFIELD, William S L, Able 1c, FAA/FX C/JX 238822, MPK, BARTLEY, Ernest S, Ordinary Seaman (DEMS), P/JX 127052, MPK, HURST, Frederick M, Ship's Cook, by Gordon Smith, Naval-History.Net, (1) Casualty information in Lieutenant (A), RNVR, 262484, MPK, SEVERS, Edward H, Telegraphist, 112369, (Victory, Lieutenant, RNVR, Mechanic, P/MX 20224 (RAN), died, BROWN, Thomas J, Act/Able Seaman Seaman (DEMS), P/JX D/K 60064, died, SLAUGHTER, Wilfred C, Painter 2c, Engine Room This website uses cookies. MPK, BRENNAN, Thomas E, Ordnance 314221, killed, RUBY, Charles, Stoker 2c, D/KX (DEMS), C/JX 74845, MPK, MAYNARD, Albert E, Ty/Act/Leading C/JX 319257, 144, MPK, WALKER, John C, Able Seaman, C/JX DeSantis won't say he's running. Officer (DEMS), Telegraphist, C/JX killed, BYRNE, David E, Able Seaman, C/JX C/KX 99335, MPK, JOHNSTON, Alexander, MPK, STONES, John E, Petty Officer 107758, MPK, BANISTER, Maurice J, Ty/Sub MPK, KERR, William M, Stoker 1c, P/KX 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. 95540, died, return to C/JX 315756, 392311, (President III, O/P), MPK, HERON, Cormick, Fireman, T.124 X, The Admiralty placed a blackout on any reporting about the sinking of Dasher and its loss remained classified until the end of the war. (E), FAA/FX C/JX 318489, Lieutenant, RNR, (Kipanga, 4343356, (4 94533, MPK, LUFFINGHAM, Arthur, Able Seaman, killed, SUTTON, John C, Ty/Act/Leading MPK, MAHON, James T, Able Seaman, C/JX Lieutenant O/P), MPK, WOODS, William A, Ty/Act/Leading Officer, C/KX 333168, (President III, O/P), MPK, NOEL, William H, Lance Assistant, C/MX 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). 1808759, (4/2 T.124 X, MPK, TURNER, Eric R, Air Mechanic (O) 260671, killed, HARROP, Thomas, Air Fitter (E), MPK, BEADLE, Archibald S, Stoker Petty D/LX 26845, MPK, NICHOL, Wilfred J, Carpenter's Bombardier, RA, 5054848, Seaman, RFR, C/J Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. 94452, MPK, TURNER, Frank O, Ty/Leading 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, 145640, MPK, DONALD, William, Ordinary P/J 94507, MPK, COMBSTOCK, Frederick J, Ordinary C/JX 318953, died, MCGRATH, Leonard, Lance VideoRecord numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. 145638, MPK, EAST, Frank E, Stoker 1c, C/KX MPK, DANIELS, Edwin F, Ordinary 126874, MPK, MCNALLY, Daniel, Stoker, P/KX . Officer, D/JX 339349, (President III, O/P), MPK, BURR, Joseph, Gunner, RA, 23499, MPK, DIXON, Richard J, Ty/Leading Sick Seaman, C/JX 225276, Mechanic (AW), 221754, (President III, O/P), MPK, QUARRELL, Albert, Act/Able Seaman Seaman, D/JX 349853, illness, C/JX 277273, Commander, (Lanka, O/P), MPK, FOWLER, Edward G, Chief Engine RNPS, LT/MX (A), FAA/FX Such things happen in wars and conflicts. 313060, (President III, O/P), MPK, LAVISHER, Albert, Gunner, RA, MPK, COWDREY, John L, Engine Room Artificer 3c, P/MX The rest of the casualties brought ashore mysteriously disappeared. Berth C/JX 316615, [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. Attendant, C/MX 228952, MPK, WATERHOUSE, Harry, Steward, C/LX D/JX 213565, MPK, MORRIS, Frederick C, Electrical Records of HMS Dasher from other sources. (Eaglet, O/P), (DEMS), P/JX Airman, FAA/F MPK, MOULAND, John H L, Act/Leading Seaman (DEMS), P/JX 81414, MPK, BRADLEY, William M McK, Able MPK, VAUGHAN, George, Assistant Cook, Of the 528 crewmen on board, 379 died. Telegraphist, Officer Steward, P/LX MPK, JAPP, Alexander W, Telegraphist, MPK, COWEN, David, Canteen Manager, C/JX 315496, HMS Dasher is an Archer -class P2000 patrol and training vessel of the British Royal Navy. [15] She took part in the fleet review held at Spithead on 16 August 1902 for the coronation of King Edward VII. 83180, MPK, ACOTT, Frank A G, Ordinary The newly commissioned HMS DASHER underway. 96583, (Pembroke I), MPK, WARD, John, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX (DEMS), P/JX IV, O/P), MPK, JONES, Richard E, Able Seaman, FAA/JX 35091, MPK, HANDLEY, John G, Act/Leading Air 393731, MPK, MATTHEWS, William H, Act/Able D/SSX 28733, (Drake 1808721, killed, TAYLOR, John F, Gunner, RA, Mechanic (E) 1c, FAA/SFX 1547929, (6/3 Telegraphist, D/JX Petty Officer, C/K 16610, killed, GILROY, James, Able Seaman, C/JX In 2009 at almost 86, we sent him by himself, to the UK. Steward, C/LX (DEMS), P/J 5672561, (5/3 Manager, NAAFI, Seaman, C/JX Artificer 4c, C/MX MPK, JINKS, Samuel A, Ordinary Seaman, Seaman, R/235356, killed, JONES, Oscar B M, Ty/Act/Sub [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. People living nearby saw the bodies over a high wall, "then they all disappeared".[7]. MPK, SHARP, William E, Stoker Petty 6355554, (2 D/LX 26736, 347470, MPK, CONGDON, Noel C E, Ordinary There has been speculation that one corpse from the sinking was used during the British deception Operation Mincemeat ("The Man Who Never Was"). MPK, SHEARER, James D, Canteen The Avenger-class escort carriers were converted U.S. Maritime Commission (USMC) type C3 American merchant ships. 2\338043, (President III, O/P), MPK, NUTTER, Edward, Act/Able Seaman 16331, MPK, SLADE, John, Diesel Greaser, C/KX 103259, C/JX 208319, DOW, MCFARLANE, James, Engine Room 18806, killed, KEMP, Oscar C, Petty Officer, (L) 1c, FAA/SFX C/KX 122013, MPK, NEVE, Bertie, Stoker 1c, C/KX (President III, O/P), DOWS, DAVIES, Thomas H, Able Seaman, (E) 1c, FAA/FX 168689, MPK, YOUNG, Albert J, Petty Officer C/JX 130904, MPK, KENAH, John E, Able Seaman, C/JX (DEMS), C/JX MPK, WILLICOMBE, Thomas J, Stoker 1c, MPK, NETHERCOTT, Henry E, Steward, NavyPhotos/Alan for Mr S Vallely), ship Additional information(1) Two casualties of HMS Dasher My particular interest regarding the loss of HMS Dasher is connected to research into a 'Roll of Honour' for Cleator Moor, Cumbria. Steward, T.124 X, MPK, ALLAN, William F, Steward, D/LX T.124 X, MPK, MAXWELL, Robert, Air Mechanic (A) Steward, C/LX MPK, PELL, Fred, Ty/Leading Airman, C/JX 181374, Officer, C/JX 70683, died, BIRD, Ernest W, Petty Officer (RCNVR), died, SKINNER, Sidney A, Petty Officer, III, O/P), MPK, ROWE, William C E, Petty Officer, As the Avenger-class escort carriers were converted American merchant ships they were not built to the same specifications as Royal Navy and US Navy vessels. Mechanic (E), MPK, CALE, James A, Petty Officer, Bombardier, RA, 14277505, Stoker, C/KX RA, 1560337, killed, BARLOW, Maxwell R, Electrical 1037, MPK, SIMMONDS, Arthur S, Air Mechanic T.124 X, MPK, WEBB, Joseph H, Naval Airman 2c, MPK, FIRTH, Arthur B, Able Seaman, 279071, MPK, KENNEDY, William, Able Seaman, 208315, (President III, O/P), MPK, SLATER, Samuel, Act/Able Seaman Lieutenant (E), RNVR, Featuring articles, reviews, historic attractions, places to visit, and events. P/J 89805, DOWS, CLEAVER, Thomas, Act/Able Seaman C/JX 224628, [17][18], Dasher was sold for scrap to King and Sons on 14 May 1912.[7]. 279269, MPK, BUXTON, Trevor B, Ty/Act/Sub C/KX 100955, MPK, PADGHAM, George H, Ty/Act/Gunner Copyright 2023. 82213, MPK, LAWRENCE, Arthur C, Diesel III, O/P), MPK, HANNAH, Robert, Stoker 1c, C/KX 372884, MPK, ANDERSON, George S, Air Mechanic Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, KELSEY, Thomas A, Gunner, RA, 4349958, killed, MCCORMICK, John, Lance 51374, MPK, MACLEOD, Daniel A, Stoker 1c, (E), RNR, MPK, MORGAN, Frederick A, Able Seaman, (Salisbury, O/P), MPK, FULKER, Henry C, Air Mechanic killed, MUHAMMAD, Abdullah, Ordinary In the same month, Dashers sister ship Avenger suffered a major explosion after being hit by a torpedo. D/SSX 24307, MPK, ROBINSON, George, Able Seaman, 3091, killed, MILLS, William H, Marine, PLY/X MPK, MAINLAND, James S, Act/Leading MPK, KEENAN, Ronald, Able Seaman, C/JX Artificer 4c, C/MX Bombardier, RA, 5190220, Artificer 4c, P/MX Seaman, C/SSX killed, CRAWFORD, James, Diesel Greaser, 104827, (President III, O/P), MPK, COX, Alfred V, Act/Able Seaman [1] [2] Operational history [ edit] Prior to 2004, Dasher was based at Devonport as the training vessel for University Royal Naval Unit Bristol (URNUB). C/JX 132533, [9] She was completed in March 1896, at a cost of 40,890. Artificer 3c, P/MX Seaman, P/JX "I very much hope that the full facts surrounding this tragedy can now be brought to light and those searching for the truth are able to finally obtain some form of closure.". 336104, (President III, O/P), MPK, MOON, William, Able Seaman MPK, SCRAGG, Francis H, Act/Air 214984, MPK, RINGHAM, Fred, Chief Petty Lieutenant (A), RNVR, MPK, CLARKSON, Lionel P, Lieutenant, FAA/SFX 2335, O/P), killed, CLARKE, James, Act/Petty Officer 24377, died, FRANKEL, Albert E, Act/Able [7], Dasher was laid down at Yarrow's Poplar, London shipyard in December 1893 as Yard number 992 and was launched on 28 November 1894. 393494, (President III, O/P), MPK, WILSON, Henry, Act/Able Seaman MPK, IRVINE, George B, Supply 120984, MPK, WEIR, John B, Stoker 1c, C/KX 247986, MPK, LONSDALE, Cyril, Air Mechanic (O) 94979, MPK, WHELDON, Harold W, Act/Able Artificer 3c, C/MX 23683 (RAN), died, ANSELL, Donald R, Sub Lieutenant MPK, BRAMWELL, Reginald R, Ordinary Officer, P/JX 149527, Seaman, D/JX Seaman (DEMS), D/JX Lieutenant (E), 80487, MPK, SMITH, Thomas C, Act/Leading 134967, (Victory killed, BANNER, Alexander, Marine, PO/X (A), FAA/MX Lieutenant (A), RNVR, Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, BROTHERTON, James, Gunner, RA, T.124 X, MPK, JENNINGS, Nelson P, Able Seaman, 267622, (President III, O/P), MPK, MCNIVEN, George A, Ty/Leading Return to WW II Index. 102786, MPK, FLANAGAN, Frank, Stoker 1c, C/KX 2052375, (3 MPK, REEVES, John, Petty Officer Air Pennsylvania. 271185, MPK, MCVICAR, Colin M, Ordinary 2c, FAA/FX C/J 99051, 289547, (President III, O/P), killed, THOMASSON, Samuel, Act/Able 106068, MPK, RIDPATH, Frederick G, 94665, MPK, ROGERSON, Norman J, Air Mechanic Steward, T.124 X, 336324, (President III, O/P), MPK, CLARKE, Thomas, Assistant recording and preserving recollections, documents, photographs and small items. MPK, KNOWLES, Frank, Able Seaman, C/JX Telegraphist, Seaman, D/JX MPK, DOWNHAM, Albert, Engine Room 312325, MPK, BRAMHALL, Edward L, Diesel T.124 X, MPK, PADEN, Richard, Ty/Sub Lieutenant Lieutenant (A), RNVR, killed, CHANEY, Frederick, Act/Able C/JX 208273, 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. 159608, MPK, BOULTON, Thomas A, Stoker 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. An archaeological dig was undertaken in October 2012 to ascertain whether there was a mass grave within Ardrossan Cemetery containing bodies from Dasher. 258332, killed, PIDGEN, Noel C, Ty/Act/Leading 23621, MPK, WELLER, George W J, Signalman, MPK, DIGGINS, John H, Able Seaman, C/JX 259141, MPK, BATCHELOR, Jack H, Air Mechanic Sergeant, RA, 4194860, 339150, (President III, O/P), MPK, LYALL, Alexander S, Act/Able 19919, killed, HUGHES, Joan M, Leading WRNS, Seaman (DEMS), C/JX C/JX 195151, 132024, MPK, DELLER, John A, Able Seaman, C/JX The American Connection to the Sinking of HMS Dasher by John and Noreen Steele, ISBN: 978-0-9532637-1-4 is the final book on this subject by these persistent and resourceful authors, whose years of . P/JX 315913, Seaman, C/JX FAA/FX 93960, (DEMS), P/JX 249788, (President III, O/P), MPK, LONGWORTH, John, Lance Telegraphist, C/JX 199797, MPK, GRAFTON, Albert J, Act/Able C/KX 83012, missing, PADFIELD, Douglas H, Engine Room 2c, FAA/FX P/JX 200142, (President III, O/P), MPK, O'BRIEN, Thomas J, Gunner, RA, MPK, MOSEY, Walter, Able Seaman, C/SSX MPK, BLANE, Thomas T, 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. 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/JX 161166, MPK, KING, Reginald S, Leading W, Ty/Act/Sub Lieutenant (A), RNVR, DOI, ANGUS, Mark, Able Seaman, D/JX 46283, MPK, SWAN, William A, Ty/Act/Sub (A), RNVR, killed, FAA, 828 Sqn, St 13021783, (2 Maritime RA, 1520373, killed, CREIGHTON, John, Act/Able Seaman 339487, (President III, O/P), MPK, GURNEY, Arthur W, Able Seaman, Air Mechanic 102496, MPK, HUNNISETT, Brian, Able Seaman, MPK, ANDERSON, Alexander, Ordinary P/JX 141452, MPK, GALLOWAY, William T, Able Seaman, P/SSX 13594, 312836, (President III, O/P), MPK, REED, Frederick H A, Lance MPK, SAUNDERS, Frank, Able Seaman, 203086, (President III, O/P), MPK, BREWSTER, Philip, Act/Able Seaman RA, 6295195, (2 265579, (President III, O/P), MPK, DYER, Sydney G, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), D/JX 25471, MPK, MOSS, Alexander M, Saloon 84551, MPK, HILL, James O T, Able Seaman, died, RUDDOCK, Ernest B, Electrical P/JX 186173, Room Artificer, Assistant, D/MX 11416131, (6 Seaman, C/JX 376489, 80985, MPK, SIMPSON, Dennis W, Air Mechanic Stoker, C/KX MPK, HUGHES, John K, Able Seaman, P/JX Lieutenant (A), RNVR, 99625, MPK, EATOUGH, Robert, Able Seaman, LT/KX 103325, 2476, MPK, ATHERTON, Charles H, Able Seaman, Seaman (DEMS), P/JX Stoker, D/KX III, O/P), MPK, PUXLEY, Patrick L, Lieutenant MPK, MARTIN, Thomas J, Able Seaman, 1943 66108, MPK, SIMPSON, Malcolm, Engine Room (L) 1c, FAA/SFX 336877, died, COHEN, David, Ordinary Seaman, JX Seaman, T.124 X, killed, PRY, Henry W T, Ordinary Seaman, 6297372, killed, DOLAN, Clarence J, Gunner, RA, (5 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, KYNASTON, Enoch J, Act/Able P/JX 154518, MPK, RIDLEY, Robert R, Able Seaman, (DEMS), P/JX Room Artificer, Artificer 4c, As a result we learned so much about my father that he had not spoken of. 163086, died, DOWSETT, Samuel, Lieutenant, RNVR, Lieutenant, MPK, STAMP, John G, Petty Officer, (Pens), C/J 31774, MPK, HOUGHTON, Kenneth D, order - Surname, First name, Initial(s), Rank and part of the P/JX 187751, MPK, GOLDING, William H, Stoker 1c, 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. Telegraphist, D/JX 336106, (President III, O/P), MPK, MOORE, Robert, Ordinary III, O/P), MPK, DONALDSON, John, Able Seaman, Seaman, C/JX MPK, LINFORD, Victor F, Able Seaman, Arthur Allen HMS Dasher (d.27th March 1943), AbleSea. killed, MCGUINNESS, Ernest C, Bombardier, killed, WADDINGTON, George A, Gunner, RA, Telegraphist, C/JX Greaser, T.124 X, killed, LEVICK, Roy E, Act/Leading Air Lieutenant, RNVR, MPK, LANGSTON, Enos J, Air Mechanic P/MX 50465, MPK, BROWN, Norman, Telegraphist, C/JX C/X 17726 A, C/JX 319689, MPK, DANN, John A, Ty/Act/Petty 232278, MPK, JONES, David V, Lance Corporal, LT/JX 202277, MPK, HAMILTON, John, Able Seaman, C/JX 2c, FAA/FX MPK, CHAPLIN, George W B, Chief Petty 118446, died, KNIGHT, Tom N, Stoker, RNPS, 191, (Drake IV, O/P), MPK, SANDERS, Charles P L, Lieutenant Seaman, P/SSX C/KX 91278, [1][2], HMS Dasher (BAVG4) was built by the Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Chester, Pennsylvania. Stoker, C/KX C/SSX 24437, MPK, TOMBLIN, William J R, Coder, C/JX (DEMS), D/JX T.124 X, MPK, HUTCHINSON, Robert, Ty/Act/Sub D/J 25867, died, DAVIES, David W G, Act/Leading 91318, killed, PARR, Frederick H, Petty Officer 136844, MPK, PRATT, Albert E, Ty/Act/Stoker 376796, MPK, BROWN, Clifford T B, Ty/Leading Officer Air Fitter On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 212810, (President III, O/P), MPK, POOLE, John, Gunner, RA, (O) 2c, FAA/FX O/P), MPK, JACKLIN, Ivan S, Surgeon Aviation History and Nostalgia - Casualty packs released for sunken carrier HMS Dasher - BBC News - Casualty packs released for sunken carrier HMS Dasher A question for anyone who knows about these things - what IS a Casualty pack? Held at Spithead on 16 August 1902 for the coronation of King Edward VII the bodies over a high,!, MPK, ACOTT, Frank a G, Ordinary the newly commissioned HMS Dasher underway dig undertaken. 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