(DEMS), C/JX (L), FAA/76644, MPK, SCOTCHMOOR, John W, Ty/Lieutenant O/P), MPK, MCFATRIDGE, Arthur R, Able C/JX 125195, 128337, MPK, OLDFIELD, Harold, Stoker 2c, P/KX 335909, (President III, O/P), MPK, FORD, Kenneth J, Act/Able Seaman RNVR, killed, HAVERS, Patrick H, Lieutenant (DEMS), C/JX T.124 X, MPK, PADEN, Richard, Ty/Sub Lieutenant killed, MUHAMMAD, Abdullah, Ordinary (DEMS), D/JX D/JX 288686, killed, GIBSON, John, Able Seaman, D/JX 1c, FAA/SFX Officer, C/J 109099, MPK, TIMMIS, Robert, Able Seaman, 2c, FAA/FX (DEMS), C/JX 144, MPK, WALKER, John C, Able Seaman, C/JX Trainee, C/NX 1127, Seaman, C/JX Two locomotive boilers fed steam at 180 pounds per square inch (1,200kPa) to two three-cylinder triple expansion engines. The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources. Lieutenant, SANF, MPK, DE KOCK, Victor P de C, - Air Frame Engineer), FAA/F 55010, MPK, CHAPPELL, Ronald A, Assistant Return to the Main Military Records Index. If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small MPK, CLEMENTS, Kenneth G, Leading Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX Signalman, C/JX Artificer 4c, P/MX IV, O/P), MPK, KELLY, Thomas, Steward, D/LX C/SSX 21977, killed, HARVEY, Gerard, Ordinary Seaman, Steward, T.124 X, C/JX 361352, killed, MILSTED, William H, Ordinary (Victory, O/P), MPK, MOUNTFORD, Ernest J, Ty/Petty Airman, FAA/SFX 334048, (President III, O/P), MPK, NEWELL, Thomas G, Seaman, RNR Seaman, C/JX 311635, (President III, O/P), MPK, WATTS, John, Act/Able Seaman Mechanic (AR), 323583, MPK, STEAD, Wilfred, Leading Radio killed, BYRNE, David E, Able Seaman, C/JX (AW), FAA/FX 87765, MPK, CORRALL, Noel L, Able Seaman, World War 2 RNR, MPK, TUNNEY, Owen, Able Seaman, C/JX Richard Faulkner. 331451, MPK, MITCHELL, David J, Ty/Leading 84125, MPK, WILLIAMS, Robert, Air Mechanic 299185, DOWS, BUTLER, Gordon, Act/Able Seaman MPK, JOHNSON, Harry, Able Seaman, Telegraphist, C/JX V 34758 [2][5] Armament comprised three single-mounted 4-inch dual-purpose guns, two forward and one aft, and fifteen 20mm cannon on single or twin mounts. (DEMS), D/JX T.124 X, MPK, MAXWELL, Robert, Air Mechanic (A) 190986, (President III, O/P), MPK, HICKSON, Thomas, Act/Able Seaman 345517, MPK, WRATHALL, John S, 112369, (Victory, MPK, LINFORD, Victor F, Able Seaman, Our D/JX 338518, died, TAYLOR, Stanley, Wireman, D/MX Petty Officer, C/JX 154887, 374891, MPK, PILE, Stephen G, Petty Officer, Mechanic (O), FAA/FX 77086, MPK, FOX, George E, Air Mechanic (A) (DEMS), C/JX Fitter (L), FAA/FX Ty/Act/Leading Seaman, D/JX C/SSX 26128, MPK, BOTTERILL, Albert V, Stoker 1c, (DEMS), P/JX C/JX 199797, 141624, MPK, BARHAM, Alfred E, Able Seaman, Telegraphist, 143469, MPK, LOWE, Fred, Stoker Petty Officer, MPK, RODICK, Geoffrey, Writer (Sp), Lieutenant (A), RNZNVR, MPK, RICHARDS, Thomas, Stoker 1c, C/KX 283544, MPK, PLAYFORD, Cyril E, Able Seaman, In the same month, Dashers sister ship Avenger suffered a major explosion after being hit by a torpedo. 101282, MPK, MCSWAIN, James M, Leading Seaman, 92524, MPK, FURRELL, Patrick E, Supply Petty 291268, (President III, O/P), MPK, CUNNINGHAM, Paul T, Artificer 4c, D/MX Video, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story, Harry and Meghan told to 'vacate' Frogmore Cottage, Prince Andrew offered Frogmore Cottage - reports, Rare Jurassic-era bug found at Arkansas Walmart, Bieber cancels remaining Justice world tour dates, Havana Syndrome unlikely to have hostile cause - US, China and Belarus call for peace in Ukraine, Man survives 31 days in jungle by eating worms, Beer and wine sales in Canada fall to all-time low, Covid origin likely China lab incident - FBI chief. 24653, MPK, OGDEN, Charles, Able Seaman, P/JX 1c, FAA/FX Stoker, C/KX MPK, GIBSON, Frederick L, Ty/Act/Petty Such things happen in wars and conflicts. Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, RICHARDSON, Walter A, Act/Able 2c, FAA/FX Seaman (DEMS), P/JX Lieutenant, RNVR, died, RN Naval Design and description [ edit] 205601, MPK, PLEASANTS, Alfred G, Petty Ordnance Department, Woolwich, illness, ALLISON, Dugald, Gunner, RA, RFR, C/J 88762, 15703, (President 102496, MPK, HUNNISETT, Brian, Able Seaman, C/KX 80479, 59147, MPK, GORMAN, Bernard, Telegraphist, Dad survived the sinking by leaping into the sea when the Dasher was almost upright. 2517, MPK, BAYLIS, Michael V, Signalman, 257966, killed, EBBELS, Leslie T, Ty/Py/Sub Officer, C/J Assistant, D/MX 98823, MPK, SHAW, Alan, Able Seaman, P/JX Lieutenant (E), RNVR, 271185, MPK, MCVICAR, Colin M, Ordinary CH/X 108301, died, FISHLOCK, Hubert L D, Act/Able Bombardier, RA, 14277505, P/JX 155619, (Victory, 247986, MPK, LONSDALE, Cyril, Air Mechanic (O) 314604, (President III, O/P), MPK, DUNN, James C, Gunner, RA, 108159, killed, BYATT, Horace L, Ty/Midshipman Stoker, C/MX 194045, (Victory III, O/P), MPK, WRIGHT, John P, Ty/Act/Leading Seaman, D/JX 374404, MPK, LINCOLN, Albert H, Ty/Lieutenant 76397, MPK, STODDART, Albert E, Telegraphist, [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. 191580, (President III, O/P), MPK, Dasher (right, probably in Iceland - 316853, MPK, GROSSMITH, Arthur W E, 334903, MPK, JONES, Edward, Gunner, RA, Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, SEYMOUR, Cyril F, Gunner, RA, Officer Air 115433, killed, CAMERON, George, Leading Seaman, 1794815, killed, FROST, Ernest W, Gunner, RA, 24338, MPK, BYRNE, Peter J, Ty/Sub MPK, VAUGHAN, George, Assistant Cook, 249381, (President III, O/P), MPK, ALLEN, Roy S, Ty/Sub Lieutenant [7], In March 1901 she was commissioned at Chatham Dockyard to take her place in the Medway Instructional Flotilla. 3195268, killed, KING, Arthur, Telegraphist, D/JX 102640, DOWS, BOYD, Barney W, Ordinary Seaman, Petty Officer, C/J "Many questions surrounding the sinking of HMS Dasher have been left unanswered for far too long. 1c, FAA/FX MPK, BRETT, Dennis G, Air Mechanic (O) Telegraphist, (Victory, O/P), 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. 324982, killed, BOYCE, Cyril J, Ordinary Seaman, Signals, D/JX Officer, D/K Dasher (right, probably in Iceland - NavyPhotos/Alan for Mr S Vallely), ship loss C/JX 237543, 105955, (Victory C/SSX 15239, 4623397, killed, GREENFIELD, Cecil G, Gunner, RA, killed, ARCHER, Mathew T, Ty/Act/Leading Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, MOLLOY, John, Ty/Leading Seaman Seaman, C/J Records of HMS Dasher from other sources. "Some relatives of those who died have been waiting for over 69 years to find out exactly what happened to their loved ones. C/JX 181374, 52485, MPK, GAMBLE, John M, Leading Radio O/P), MPK, BRYAN, Donald H, Able Seaman, MPK, KILPATRICK, Samuel J, Able 392311, (President III, O/P), MPK, HERON, Cormick, Fireman, T.124 X, On 16 August of that year a brother of Able Seaman William Barnes - Private Alexander Barnes, 4th Battalion The Border Regiment, Service No 3598377 - died while serving with the army in India. MPK, DANIELS, Edwin F, Ordinary Seaman (DEMS), C/JX Their design was based on the United States Navy's Long Island class (AVG1). Seaman, P/JX C/MX 84090, MPK, MAXTED, Jack, Assistant Cook, MPK, ALLAN, William F, Steward, D/LX MPK, SPEIRS, William A, Signalman, Artificer 4c, C/MX Officer, D/KX O/P), MPK, WOODS, William A, Ty/Act/Leading HMS Dasher was a Charger -class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy. P/J 89805, DOWS, CLEAVER, Thomas, Act/Able Seaman 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. 173315, MPK, MAHON, William, Air Mechanic (O) RFR, C/J 80241, RM, EX/2868, MPK, HARVEY, William J, Able Seaman, 83109, MPK, SCANLON, Thomas, Able Seaman, HMS Dasher (D37) was a British Royal Navy aircraft carrier, of the Avenger class, converted merchant vessels, and one of the shortest-lived escort carriers. Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, EVANS, Robert M, Act/Able Seaman Seaman (DEMS), P/JX (DEMS), D/JX 24144, MPK, GRANT, John J, Electrical (E), RNR, MPK, LINFIELD, William S L, Able 5093, MPK, DEVLIN, John, Carpenter's Mate, This website uses cookies. Artificer 4c, P/JX 346235, died, COPPOCK, Norman J, Able Seaman, 113784, MPK, CONSTANT, Leonard H, Yeoman of Seaman, C/JX 225276, [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. 230334, died, WILSON, George, Act/Able Seaman Each year roses are strewn on the water above where HMS Dasher lies. Telegraphist. 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. C/JX 309405, MPK, SPORTON, Albert V H, Ordinary 2494, MPK, DANDO, Edwin J, Ty/Act/Leading Artificer 3c, P/MX (A), RNVR, killed, STAGG, John K, Ty/Act/Leading D/KX 117080, Artificer 4c, D/MX Stoker, D/KX Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, LONG, Ronald C, Gunner, RA, Seaman, D/JX 2c, FAA/FX Seaman (DEMS), P/JX MPK, BROMBY, Harry, Act/Chief Engine 77018, killed, WARD, Albert L, Ty/Leading Supply 337586, (President III, O/P), MPK, STRANGE, Stanley H, Act/Able He was 21 when he passed. Greaser, T.124 X, 109151, MPK, CALLOW, Douglas W, Ty/Lieutenant, Stoker, C/KX Mechanic (AW), Telegraphist, P/JX 197543, MPK, CASTLE, Rex, Assistant Steward, RA, 3864546, killed, MCKENNA, James, Stoker 1c, C/KX 72694, MPK, WILKES, George H, Chief Petty RNVR, MPK, DIXON, Horace E, Stoker 1c, P/KX killed, WADDINGTON, George A, Gunner, RA, 344220, MPK, BUSH, Albert E G, Ty/Leading MPK, RICHER, Jack, Able Seaman, D/J 82212, MPK, BOND, Douglas A, Ordinary 90025, MPK, WILLIS, Howard, Air Mechanic (O) 335416, (President III, O/P), MPK, FRY, Norman F, Stoker, S 4178 (DEMS), P/JX 278870, MPK, MORRELL, Kenneth H, Able Seaman, MPK, PITMAN, Peter E V, 1st Writer, 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. 88236, MPK, STOCKFORD, Albert J, Air Mechanic 17317, MPK, CASSON, William E A, Act/Able Telegraphist, C/JX 98233, MPK, THORNHILL, Raymond, Able Seaman, Stoker, C/KX By continuing to use this site, you accept our use of cookies. C/JX 149039, III, O/P), MPK, SAMS, William E, Leading Ty/Petty Officer, C/JX 147634, MPK, EDWARDS, Augustus, Able Seaman, Telegraphist, C/JX MPK, SLINGSBY, George A, Stoker 1c, (Nile, O/P), killed, PENNY, Horace J, Stoker 1c, P/KX LT/KX 148707, killed, GODFREY, Frank, Able Seaman, D/J 391190, (President III, O/P), MPK, INGRAM, Thomas, Ty/Act/Leading killed, MCLEAN, Walter, Ordinary Seaman, 90055, MPK, MCFARLANE, John L, Ty/Act/Sub Commander, died, DUNCAN, George, Stoker 1c, C/KX Bombardier, RA, 5054848, MPK, HARTILL, Horace, Naval Airman 2c, killed, KENT, Matthew H E, Sailor, T.124 (L) 1c, FAA/FX [5] She had the capacity for 15 aircraft which could be a mixture of Grumman Martlet or Hawker Sea Hurricane fighters and Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers. MPK, BUTTERFIELD, Joseph H, Able Telegraphist 336324, (President III, O/P), MPK, CLARKE, Thomas, Assistant Lieutenant (E), RNVR, (A), RNVR, killed, KERNAGHAN, John H, Plumber, NAP R (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. Seaman, P/SSX Writer, P/MX 279071, MPK, KENNEDY, William, Able Seaman, Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, BOWE, Norman, Act/Able Seaman There has been speculation that one corpse from the sinking was used during the British deception Operation Mincemeat ("The Man Who Never Was"). 235740, (President III, O/P), MPK, BURNS, William K, Gunner, RA, RNVR, killed, SMITH, Frederick C, Act/Leading MPK, BAKER, Sidney, Ty/Act/Petty MPK, FISHER, Albert S, Electrical (DEMS), C/JX Ty/Ty/Act/Leading Seaman, D/JX 19919, killed, HUGHES, Joan M, Leading WRNS, C/JX 134552, MPK, ROBSON, William, Able Seaman, 132185, MPK, LANGLEY, Alan, Stoker 1c, C/KX P/KX 135495, MPK, STEELE, Frank, Air Mechanic (A) Seaman, P/JX 382889, If you have any unwanted Artificer, D/MX January 26, 2022 January 26, 2022; mobile legends sound settings . MPK, PEARCE, Charles H, Able Seaman, Signals, C/J RNR, MPK, INGLESFIELD, Joseph, Able Seaman, - HMS Dasher during the Second World War -, HMS Dasher saw action in the North African landings, Operation Torch in November 1942, carrying the Sea Hurricanes of 835 squadron. P/JX 201214, died, MARSDEN, Stephen A, Musician, 173883, MPK, HUSSY-YEO, Leslie D, Able Seaman, 250509, MPK, MASON, William C, Tu/Leading 1943 Seaman, 1858 (RNZN), Bombardier, RA, 7886765, The survivors were ordered not to talk about what happened. Telegraphist, C/JX died, ARMSTRONG, Henry, Ordinary 16610, killed, GILROY, James, Able Seaman, C/JX D/JX 302591, C/JX 355221, 152619, MPK, BILLINGSLEY, Morgan E, Able MPK, CAPSTICK, Joseph A, Chief Petty (DEMS), C/JX Casualty Lists of the Royal Navy and Dominion Navies, Assistant, C/NX 2040, Officer Air MPK, GILROY, Stanley, Able Seaman, (T), MPK, PARKER, Harold, KN 47 (Kenya MPK, ROBERTSON, Arthur, Petty Officer 99264, MPK, MORRIS, Cyril E, Able Seaman, Seaman, D/JX 349853, illness, 6982063, killed, MARSON, William H, Gunner, RA, . 349851, (President III, O/P), DOWS, BOTT, Geofrey, Gunner, RA, Radio Mechanic MPK, HALL, Walter, Able Seaman, C/JX 314512, (President III, O/P), MPK, PERRY, Percy, Act/Able Seaman Artificer 3c, P/MX 120845, MPK, JANE, Richard, Able Seaman, D/JX 160256, MPK, CLAUSON, William D, Able Seaman, Lieutenant (A), RNVR, killed, CHANEY, Frederick, Act/Able Seaman, C/JX C/JX 190282, killed, COULSON, George V T, Able Seaman, P/J 19400, died, WELLS, Frank, Stoker 1c, C/SS Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, MITCHELL, Donald J MACF, Act/Able 3707683, killed, BARKER, William, Lance This was to avoid giving away any information to the enemy. 333065, (President III, O/P), MPK, MALZARD, Francis A, [5], The ship was transferred to the Royal Navy and commissioned into RN service as HMS Dasher (D37) on 2 July 1942. 199486, MPK, GARDNER, Tom, Petty Officer Cook She was built by Yarrow Shipbuilders in 1895, served in home waters and was sold in 1911. D/SSX 22722, killed, LATREILLE, Theodore J, Stoker, V People living nearby saw the bodies over a high wall, "then they all disappeared".[7]. 38384, MPK, JEFFREY, Joseph, Able Seaman, P/SSX 23566, (Victory killed, FRANCIS, Walter H, Able Seaman, We would like to show you a description here but the site won't allow us. MPK, HADLEY, William K, Chief Petty 289076, (President III, O/P), MPK, JOYCE, Herbert W, Act/Able Seaman Seaman, C/JX 147759, Mechanic, P/MX D/220 W, died, HODGSON, George A, Ty/Sub Even in the 21st century it is not that a simple matter to determine actually what happened, or to honour those who lost their lives in the accident. Cook, P/MX 49264, 1487809, (2/1 T.124 X, MPK, GIBSON, Roy, Act/Able Seaman, Bombardier, RA, 5731439, After arrival at Portsmouth, Dasher was ordered back to Chatham where she was docked and put out of commission. MPK, LYNCH, Roderick, Chief Engine Lieutenant, RNR, (Kipanga, 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. D/KX 82007, HMS Kenya, light cruiser (NP/Mark Teadham, click photographs for enlargements) on to April 1943 . Petty Officer, C/KX (DEMS), C/JX Evidence strongly points to an unmarked mass grave in Ardrossan. 2c, FAA/FX [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. Officer, D/JX killed, BARKER, Eric W J, Act/Able Seaman X, killed, WALLBANKS, George, Assistant MPK, MONKS, Newton L P, Ty/Paymaster MPK, CROUCH, Cecil B, Lieutenant 116725, MPK, MITCHELL, Richard E, Able Seaman, Seaman, C/JX C/MX 76858, MPK, CLARKE, Robert W, Ty/Yeoman of 337476, (President III, O/P), MPK, BRENTNALL, Norman A, Act/Able The newly commissioned HMS DASHER underway. 58510, MPK, NEWMAN, Frederick C, Stoker 1c, C/24819, died, JOHNSON, William B, Able Seaman, Glasgow Film Festival 2023: What's on this year's programme? 6102824, (5/3 (A), RNVR, killed, GODDARD, Thomas, Ty/Sub 289117, (President III, O/P), DOWS, FITZGERALD, Patrick P, Ty/Sub He was asked to sit with the VIPs that day - I think that only fitting. Launched on 11 April 1941, the vessel was converted to an escort . MPK, PHILLIBROWN, Harry C, Ordinary Lieutenant (A), RNZNVR, (DEMS), C/JX 298702, MPK, JOY, Edwin G, Air Mechanic (A)