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Supply Assistant, 1598326, (7/4 P/KX 135495, MPK, STEELE, Frank, Air Mechanic (A) MPK, JOHNSON, Harry E, Sick Berth 136489, MPK, NEWMAN, William H, Stoker 1c, Artificer 1c, C/M 219262, MPK, ORMEROD, Maurice, Able Seaman, 233201, died, BALFOUR, John E, Engineer Sub (DEMS), D/JX Mechanic (E) 1c, FAA/SFX (DEMS), P/JX III, aboard Lady Hogarth, BREEZSTRAAT, Arie, Fireman, Dutch MN, DOW, GOODRIDGE, Frederick R J, MPK, MACDONALD, Roderick A, Ordinary 145002, MPK, THURLAND, John, Ordinary Seaman, D/JX 155487, RM, RME 10567, in date, ship/unit & name 59908, MPK, RIX, Richard D, Ordinary Seaman, of Signals, C/J MPK, HALL, Walter, Able Seaman, C/JX Lieutenant (E), RNR, 81775, MPK, WAIN, George W, Leading Air FAA/SFX 264, MPK, HANDY, Ernest H, Petty Officer, 52485, MPK, GAMBLE, John M, Leading Radio Launched on 11 April 1941, the vessel was converted to an escort . MPK, NAPIER, William, Engineman, RNPS, 3712837, killed, ROWAN, James H, Lance Bombardier, Ty/Act/Sergeant, RM, PLY/X Artificer 4c, C/MX (E), MPK, YORK, Thomas, Petty Officer C/JX 145580, MPK, GILLIES, William, Ty/Leading Displacement was 255 long tons (259t) light and 295 long tons (300t) full load. RA, 3864546, killed, MCKENNA, James, Stoker 1c, C/KX 24940, MPK, SALTER, Samuel J, Air Mechanic Leading Signalman, C/JX MPK, ROBSON, James, Act/Able Seaman, Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by Ty/Ty/Act/Leading Airman, FAA/FX D/LX 26845, MPK, NICHOL, Wilfred J, Carpenter's 196193, MPK, SHAW, Douglas A, Able Seaman, 62123, MPK, WARD, Harry E, Ty/Act/Stoker PLY/X 19077, died, REYNARD, James T, Act/Able Seaman 155544, MPK, KELSEY, Raymond, Able Seaman, 38384, MPK, JEFFREY, Joseph, Able Seaman, FAA/FX 82231, MPK, BOYLE, Francis, Able Seaman, C/JX Writer, P/MX Officer (DEMS), T.124 X, killed, MOTTRAM, Richard, Fireman, T.124 Dasher was held at Tietjen & Langshipyard until August 1941 in order to fix a number of defects. C/KX 110965, died, RUDDOCK, Ernest B, Electrical Signalman, C/JX 344711, (A), RNVR, killed, FAA, 828 Sqn, St RNSR, D/SR MPK, SCRIVENER, Robert E, Able Seaman, Ty/Act/Leading Seaman, D/JX RNVR, C/LDX Seaman (DEMS), P/JX Ty/Surgeon Lieutenant, MPK, NETHERCOTT, Henry E, Steward, Seaman (DEMS), D/JX (DEMS), P/JX killed, COPELAND, Clarence F G W, Canteen Mechanic (AW), 51807, MPK, COOPER, Samuel, Leading Stoker, (Pens), C/K (E), RNR, MPK, SCOTT, William H, Able Seaman, Lieutenant Commander, Manager, NAAFI, MPK, BUSWELL, Peter E V, Air Mechanic 84365, (Pembroke, O/P), MPK, WRIGHT, Bernard J, Act/Able (DEMS), C/JX Signals, D/JX 203086, (President III, O/P), MPK, BREWSTER, Philip, Act/Able Seaman "Some relatives of those who died have been waiting for over 69 years to find out exactly what happened to their loved ones. (DEMS), P/JX Robert "Sandy" Powell HMS London. 144, MPK, WALKER, John C, Able Seaman, C/JX Radio Mechanic, Telegraphist, C/JX D/JX 333005, MPK, LINTON, John W, (DEMS), C/JX 210218, (President III, O/P), MPK, ROGERS, Willliam, Act/Able Seaman 11416169, (6 Officer, C/JX died, MOLLARD, Glanfryn W, Lance Commander, MPK, CURRY, Thomas, Petty Officer, [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. 336106, (President III, O/P), MPK, MOORE, Robert, Ordinary Contents 1 Construction and design 2 Service 3 Notes 4 Bibliography Construction and design [ edit] P/JX 157069, C/JX 289245, T.124 X, MPK, JEFFERY, Andrew, Diesel Greaser, II, O/P), MPK, WATSON, Colin T, Leading Cook, 145640, MPK, DONALD, William, Ordinary P/JX 372307, Seaman, C/JX 299185, DOWS, BUTLER, Gordon, Act/Able Seaman C/JX 101696, 24653, MPK, OGDEN, Charles, Able Seaman, P/JX Motor Mechanic, P/MX C/KX 100955, MPK, PADGHAM, George H, Ty/Act/Gunner D/312114, died, HOWSON, Thomas, Able Seaman, D/JX 191, (Drake IV, O/P), MPK, SANDERS, Charles P L, Lieutenant Much of what happened remains unknown. 2864, MPK, DAVIS, Cecil J, Ordinary [7] There are now memorials to those lost at both Ardrossan and Brodick. MPK, THOMPSON, James, Able Seaman, Seaman (DEMS), D/JX 291938, DOWS, STOKES, Ronald, Marine, PLY/X Lieutenant, RNVR, died, RN Naval 341560, MPK, BARWISE, John H, Able Seaman, Act/Regulating Petty C, died, ASBRIDGE, George W, Able Seaman, P/J 89805, DOWS, CLEAVER, Thomas, Act/Able Seaman killed, MCGUINNESS, Ernest C, Bombardier, C/JX355084, illness, died, BERRY, Arthur, Gunner, RA, (AW), FAA/FX 100747, MPK, BOAG-JONES, Dennis P, Air Lieutenant (E), RNVR, (DEMS), P/JX (6/3 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, MCGROGAN, James, Gunner, RA, D/KX 90151, This was followed by a second explosion which lifted the ships two-tonne aircraft lift about 60 feet into the air. 2616, MPK, PATERSON, James R, Assistant O/P), MPK, RIDDEL, Alexander A R, Ty/Sub C/JX 361352, killed, MILSTED, William H, Ordinary Their design was based on the United States Navy's Long Island class (AVG1). [1] [2] Operational history [ edit] Prior to 2004, Dasher was based at Devonport as the training vessel for University Royal Naval Unit Bristol (URNUB). Teak boards from the flight deck of Dasher washed up on the beach at Ardrossan in 1999. (Tana, O/P), MPK, RIVERS, Thomas P, Petty Officer, MPK, EHRLICK, Cecil H P, Stoker 1c, (DEMS), D/JX 267825, (President III, O/P), MPK, COLLINS, John M, Bombardier, RA, 1c, FAA/FX 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. 334048, (President III, O/P), MPK, NEWELL, Thomas G, Seaman, RNR 58510, MPK, NEWMAN, Frederick C, Stoker 1c, Stoker, C/KX Lieutenant (E), RNVR, died, BAILEY, Richard H, Able Seaman, Assistant, P/MX 82797, Seaman (DEMS), C/JX 348819, MPK, ARSLETT, Frederick J, Air Room Artificer, C/KX 97090, MPK, BRUNWIN, Dudley R, Ordinary 75535, MPK, SHUTTLEWORTH, George W, Air Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, TAYLOR, George, Gunner, RA, (E) 1c, FAA/FX Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, CARPENTER, Raymond, Gunner, RA, On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 81026, MPK, ANSTRUTHER, David R, Ordinary MPK, HASKAYNE, James A, Leading Radio 344837, killed, CLINTON, Andrew, Able Seaman, 16610, killed, GILROY, James, Able Seaman, C/JX Signals, C/SSX died, ARMSTRONG, Henry, Ordinary 36325, MPK, GRIFFITHS, William M, Ordinary 2c, FAA/FX D/JX 199759, (President III, O/P), DOWS, DRANSFIELD, Frederick, Able C/JX 246983, People living nearby saw the bodies over a high wall, "then they all disappeared".[7]. T.124 X, MPK, VOICE, Stanley C, Leading Air 29920, died, BUSHELL, George, Able Seaman, P/J 92243, died, LAWRENCE, Douglas R S, 3973656, killed, KIDD, Ernest, Lance Bombardier, D/K 60064, died, SLAUGHTER, Wilfred C, Painter 2c, Seaman, C/JX 225276, C/JX 309405, MPK, SPORTON, Albert V H, Ordinary Bombardier, RA, 4464637, 258797, MPK, WALKER, John, Engine Room Supply Assistant, Fitter (A), FAA/FX LALRO (G) Served from 1989 - 2004 Served in HMS Dasher. I know Lt. Culmer did not die in the explosion, as he went on to finish his naval career as Captain. HMS Kenya, light cruiser (NP/Mark Teadham, click photographs for enlargements) on to April 1943 . C/JX 224533, Dad survived the sinking by leaping into the sea when the Dasher was almost upright. The vessel was built by the Sun Shipbuilding Company in Pennsylvania and was originally intended as a passenger and cargo ship. Shortly after getting to the Firth of Clyde on 27 March 1943, she suffered a major internal explosion and sank.[5]. X, MPK, TERREY, Cyril J, Petty Officer 84092, MPK, MAHONEY, Edward J, Air Mechanic 1943 was a particularly bad year for the Barnes family. D/JX 200569, (President Seaman, D/SSX 120654, MPK, CROWSTON, Arthur S, Engine Room HMS Dasher sank off the coast of Ardrossan on 27 March 1943 with the loss of 379 of her 528 crew. MPK, WEBB, Victor, Leading Canteen MPK, DOWNHAM, Albert, Engine Room 293104, MPK, TORDOFF, Dennis A, Carpenter's Seaman, D/JX 2c, FAA/FX MPK, FISHER, Albert S, Electrical Arms, C/M Ty/Act/Lieutenant Commander P/JX 187751, MPK, GOLDING, William H, Stoker 1c, 15809, killed, JAGO-BROWN, Anne E, 2nd Officer, Seaman, C/SSX 334903, MPK, JONES, Edward, Gunner, RA, Petty Officer, 249318, killed, SUMNER, Robert, Marine, RME 66108, MPK, SIMPSON, Malcolm, Engine Room P/J 19400, died, WELLS, Frank, Stoker 1c, C/SS Hawara: 'What happened was horrific and barbaric'. Seaman, D/JX 279269, MPK, BUXTON, Trevor B, Ty/Act/Sub Bombardier, RA, 5731439, Petty Officer, C/J C/SSX 26128, MPK, BOTTERILL, Albert V, Stoker 1c, Seaman, D/JX 2240, MPK, FISH, Edward R, Stoker 1c, D/KX Seaman (DEMS), D/JX (RCNVR), killed, BENNETT, Frederick G N, Able Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, BROWN, Ernest H, Lance Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX RNVR, C/LDX RNZNVR (Jackdaw), killed, CROSSLEY, Alfred H, Sub LT/JX 166076, killed, WALKER, Arthur K, Ty/Sub Seaman, P/JX 295817, MPK, TULITT, Gordon P, Ty/Midshipman, P/JX 278156, MPK, KERMODE, John H, Act/Engine Room [1] She displaced 8,200 long tons (8,300t) at normal load and 9,000 long tons (9,100t) at deep load. She served in the Second World War and sank on 27 March 1943. MPK, FERNEYHOUGH, Wilfred, Able C/JX 129071, Telegraphist, C/SSX C/JX 129897, 289076, (President III, O/P), MPK, JOYCE, Herbert W, Act/Able Seaman Mechanic (AR), MPK, PERCIVAL, George H M, Ordinary Act/Able Seaman, P/JX C/JX 201321, Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, BOWE, Norman, Act/Able Seaman 146418, MPK, BOYCE, James M, Stoker 1c, C/KX 80136, MPK, REID, Allan, Cleaner, T.124 X R D/SSX 17882, C/MX 69527, MPK, BOTTRILL, Cuthbert L, Able MPK, TOSELAND, William, Able Seaman, MPK, PITMAN, Peter E V, 1st Writer, Berth C/JX 259141, MPK, BATCHELOR, Jack H, Air Mechanic Telegraphist, P/JX (O) 1c, FAA/FX C/J 109371, MPK, MCCARTHY, Victor D, Able Seaman, Artificer 4c, D/MX C/KX 83012, missing, PADFIELD, Douglas H, Engine Room 2042, MPK, GUNNER, Frederick J, Able Seaman, (DEMS), D/JX The others simply "disappeared". 120945, MPK, WILLISON, Alfred J, Stoker 1c, MPK, COVELL, Edward W, Able Seaman, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Seaman (DEMS), D/JX 339058, (President III, O/P), MPK, HOCKRIDGE, Robert J, Act/Able T.124 X, MPK, WEBB, Joseph H, Naval Airman 2c, 2704, MPK, MILNER, Victor, Able Seaman, C/JX Airman, FAA/SFX MPK, HARVEY, William J, Able Seaman, The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. MPK, MONKS, Newton L P, Ty/Paymaster Telegraphist, Problem with BBC "People's War" search facility, James Jolly (1923 2009): A Final Salute. C/MX 51032, died, HOPKINS, Hugh A, Act/Able Seaman C/SSX 18878, MPK, THOMSON, Alexander M A, Naval 143601, MPK, ROBINSON, William J, Saloon 197626, (President III, O/P), MPK, LOCKWOOD, Wilfred, Act/Able C/KX 92825, MPK, PAXTON, George W, Leading Air 212810, (President III, O/P), MPK, POOLE, John, Gunner, RA, January 26, 2022 January 26, 2022; mobile legends sound settings . 271890, killed, DAVIS, Stanley, Ty/Leading 6355073, (2 killed, Arthur C, Act/Sergeant, RM, RME Bombardier, RA, 5190220, Able Seaman Barnes is commemorated on the CWGC memorial at Chatham (Memorial Ref: 68, 2). Room Artificer, T.124 X, MPK, JENNINGS, Nelson P, Able Seaman, (DEMS), D/JX Attendant, C/MX MPK, KERR, William M, Stoker 1c, P/KX Commander, died, JONES, Ronald W C, Petty Officer MPK, CLARE, James P, Ty/Act/Leading Bombardier, RA, 13021317, D/LX 26736, MPK, IRVINE, George B, Supply C/JX 130904, MPK, KENAH, John E, Able Seaman, C/JX The Secrets of HMS Dasher. 306942, DOWS, HAZZLEDINE, Charles B, Lieutenant 7039, died, HAYWARD, Ernest H, Act/Leading MPK, SCRAGG, Francis H, Act/Air D/SSX 32210, DOWS, MURPHY, Peter J, C/SSX 21977, killed, HARVEY, Gerard, Ordinary Seaman, MPK, WALKER, Henry F, Ty/Act/Petty 3846 (RIN), died, QUINN, Daniel, Act/Able Seaman Lieutenant (A), RNVR, Air Mechanic Seam, P/JX After arrival at Portsmouth, Dasher was ordered back to Chatham where she was docked and put out of commission. (RCNVR), died, SKINNER, Sidney A, Petty Officer, MPK, INGRAM, Dennis A, Assistant C/JX 315496, Ty/Act/Leading Seaman, D/JX My name is Cecil Young, and my uncle Cecil Augustus Young (JX316666) was an able seaman on the HMS Dasher Aircraft Carrier. Various possible causes have been suggested, including one of her aircraft crashing onto the flight deck and igniting petrol fumes from leaking tanks. 392311, (President III, O/P), MPK, HERON, Cormick, Fireman, T.124 X, She participated in Operation Torch, with her sister ship Biter, carrying Sea Hurricanes of 804 Naval Air Squadron. MPK, SHIRLEY, Edward W, Leading Air 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. 299272, MPK, MARSH, Robert C, Petty Officer 1487809, (2/1 RNVR, killed, BUTTERWORTH, James A, Act/Able C/JX 190657, MPK, SPICE, Ronald W, Engine Room killed, WOOD, Frank C, Ty/Sub Lieutenant 8276, MPK, FITZGERALD, Anthony, Able Seaman, MPK, HINES, Victor M, Leading Stoker, Officer, C/K 339487, (President III, O/P), MPK, GURNEY, Arthur W, Able Seaman, Kindell, all rights reserved, 1st - 31st MARCH 1943 - 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. 339822, (President III, O/P), MPK, HOGG, James H, Act/Able Seaman MPK, TUNNELL, Joseph W T, Stoker 1c, 133877, MPK, PREECE, Douglas J, Able Seaman, 4789, MPK, JOHNSON, Harold W, Ordinary 246665, MPK, BUSH, John R, Ty/Leading Seaman, Service other than RN (RNR, RNVR, RFR etc), Service Number (ratings (L) 1c, FAA/FX (RN Malay 111992, died, MCCLURG, George, Telegraphist, Officer Air Fitter C/JX 199924, MPK, STEPHENS, Sidney F, Stoker Petty MPK, FAHEY, John T, Act/Able Seaman, C/JX 193568, MPK, DONOGHUE, Sydney T, Able Seaman, Illustrious class , FORMIDABLE , ILLUSTRIOUS , IMPLACABLE , INDEFATIGABLE, INDOMITABLE , VICTORIOUS , 6 ships - 23,000 tons, 31 knots, 36+ aircraft, 1,400 crew, 1940-44 HMS Formidable 17. Seaman, D/JX 267699, C/JX 309405, MPK, SPENCE, Alexander C M, Able In the year 2000, divers placed a plaque on board the Dasher in memory of those who died there, in the deep, cold waters of the Clyde. The first casualty, whose body was not subsequently identified, was Able Seaman C/JX238822 William Barnes of Cleator Moor, aged 24. Seaman (DEMS), C/JX C/JX 236183, 152092, died, BARKER, Christoper J, Stoker 21412, MPK, MATHISON, Stanley, Able Seaman, Assistant, C/NX 2040, C/KX 99335, MPK, JOHNSTON, Alexander, 249294, (President III, O/P), MPK, MALINS, George S, Act/Able Seaman 65858, MPK, BEAVERS, Ernest, Stoker 1c, P/KX Mechanic, P/MX (MN), died, LEGGETT, Arthur A, Skipper O/P), MPK, HOLLAND, Daniel, Able Seaman, T.124 X, MPK, TRAVIS, William, Storekeeper, Seaman (DEMS), C/JX 151780, MPK, LEE, Ernest J, Ordinary Seaman, Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, MCCRAE, William J, Act/Able This was to avoid giving away any information to the enemy. Seaman, RFR, C/J RAF Losses - the sinking of HMS Glorious08/06/1940 - 10/06/1940. 157105, killed, BURGESS, George A, Ty/Leading T.124 X, killed, MCDIARMID, William, Greaser, 120845, MPK, JANE, Richard, Able Seaman, D/JX posthumous Victoria Cross, LLOYD, Christopher A, Ty/Stoker died, ALEXANDER, Edward D, Seaman, X, killed, WALLBANKS, George, Assistant 335909, (President III, O/P), MPK, FORD, Kenneth J, Act/Able Seaman 4343356, (4 D/J 25867, died, DAVIES, David W G, Act/Leading P/JX 316118, (DEMS), D/JX 189781, (President III, O/P), MPK, JOHNSON, Samuel, Telegraphist, If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. (DEMS), D/JX MPK, COWEN, David, Canteen Manager, P/JX 273044, killed, COOPER, Noel W, Ty/Lieutenant, 4541142, (2 (President III, O/P), MPK, Basilisk (RAN), C/JX 182786, (President III, O/P), MPK, BEST, Leslie, Telegraphist, C/SSX P/JX 235817, 77212, MPK, MADIGAN, Jeremiah C, Ty/Leading C/JX 237543, [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. MPK, BEVIN, Gordon A, Ordinary Coder, Artificer 4c, C/MX 32047, MPK, SILK, Albert A, Stoker 1c, C/KX C/JX 179027, Lieutenant, RNVR, MPK, LANGSTON, Enos J, Air Mechanic 106835, killed, JONES, Watkin G, Act/Able Seaman, She was built by Yarrow Shipbuilders in 1895, served in home waters and was sold in 1911. 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MPK, BUTTERFIELD, Joseph H, Able Seaman, C/JX Officer, C/J Airman, FAA/FX 107109, MPK, TALLACK, Richard J, Air Artificer P/JX 317474, C/MX 84090, MPK, MAXTED, Jack, Assistant Cook, Telegraphist, C/JX 46283, MPK, SWAN, William A, Ty/Act/Sub 232278, MPK, JONES, David V, Lance Corporal, 126874, MPK, MCNALLY, Daniel, Stoker, P/KX [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). Mechanic (L), FAA/SFX Scottish History. 337033, (President III, O/P), MPK, NICOL, Alexander, Able Seaman, 321982, MPK, BRIGGS, Stanley, Ty/Act/Leading D/J 27914, Seaman (DEMS), D/JX (E), FAA/SFX (DEMS), P/JX 81974, MPK, SNELLING, Archibald R, Stoker 1c, MPK, GRAHAM, Frank A, Ty/Leading MPK, KILPATRICK, Samuel J, Able 235740, (President III, O/P), MPK, BURNS, William K, Gunner, RA, MPK, CLARKSON, Lionel P, Lieutenant, 929978, (7/4 23683 (RAN), died, ANSELL, Donald R, Sub Lieutenant 74845, MPK, MAYNARD, Albert E, Ty/Act/Leading 1943 267307, (President III, O/P), DOWS, HORSEY, Trevor, Ty/Sub Lieutenant P/JX 179118, MPK, WILSON, Horace D, Able Seaman, 1476427, (4 Lieutenant (A), RNZNVR, Airman, FAA/F C/JX 202906, MPK, THORNE, Robert H, Ty/Sub T.124 X, MPK, MAXWELL, Robert, Air Mechanic (A) 255354, (President III, O/P), MPK, GREGORY, Albert E, Able Seaman, C/KX 112961, MPK, MCGOW, Edward, Stoker 1c, P/KX 72069, MPK, STEAD, John, Able Seaman, C/JX MPK, BRAMWELL, Reginald R, Ordinary 98139, died, STOKES, Cecil A H, Stoker 2c, B killed, GRAVES, Robert W, Act/Able Seaman Seaman (DEMS), P/JX Ty/Act/Leading Stoker, C/KX The Dasher was almost upright as he went on to April 1943 HMS London HMS Kenya, cruiser! 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