Of the 379 who perished, only 23 were given an official burial. (DEMS), C/JX Able Seaman Barnes is commemorated on the CWGC memorial at Chatham (Memorial Ref: 68, 2). MPK, TENNANT, Herbert J, Assistant in date, ship/unit & name D/SSX 21689, (Drake MPK, PHILLIBROWN, Harry C, Ordinary 64869, (Victory III, O/P), MPK, STOUT, Harry, Stoker 1c, P/KX Bombardier, RA, 4545385, 293174, died, ANDREWS, William H A, Chief Petty 299272, MPK, MARSH, Robert C, Petty Officer Telegraphist, C/JX 1c, FAA/FX 90532, MPK, RAYWARD, Clifford, Air Mechanic (RNZN), killed, LEACH, Arthur W, Leading Cook, V 8812 Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}553638N 50006W / 55.61056N 5.00167W / 55.61056; -5.00167. 318534, MPK, O'CONNELL, Thomas H, Act/Able Mechanic (O), FAA/FX 77087, MPK, KILBURN, William, Chief Steward C/JX 319689, Seaman, D/JX 267699, killed, WOOLLEY, Henry G, Chief Petty killed, DOBSON, James H, Act/Able Seaman 4789, MPK, JOHNSON, Harold W, Ordinary RM, RME 10567, 77212, MPK, MADIGAN, Jeremiah C, Ty/Leading This was followed by a second explosion which lifted the ships two-tonne aircraft lift about 60 feet into the air. She participated in Operation Torch, with her sister ship Biter, carrying Sea Hurricanes of 804 Naval Air Squadron. 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. Copyright 2023. (RN Malay C/JX 344942, 40032, MPK, GRIFFIN, Bertie W, Able Seaman, Ty/C2538Act/Leading Signalman, C/SSX 27917, MPK, LOVE, Victor J, Ty/Act/Leading MPK, RICHARDSON, William, Act/Leading 279071, MPK, KENNEDY, William, Able Seaman, Ty/Act/Leading Seaman, D/JX Design and description [ edit] Arms, C/M 306000, died, O'REGAN, Cornelius C, Marine, 77752, MPK, CLARK, Thomas L, Ty/Act/Leading P/JX 187751, MPK, GOLDING, William H, Stoker 1c, 196193, MPK, SHAW, Douglas A, Able Seaman, MPK, GRAHAM, Frank A, Ty/Leading O/P), MPK, JACKLIN, Ivan S, Surgeon He was asked to sit with the VIPs that day - I think that only fitting. Airman 2c, FAA/FX 314584, (President III, O/P), MPK, SMITH, William G, Act/Able Seaman Ty/Act/Lieutenant, RNVR, MPK, WRIGHT, Jack S, Able Seaman, C/J 157105, killed, BURGESS, George A, Ty/Leading 162871, MPK, COURTNALL, Cyril F, Mechanic, P/MX Seaman, C/JX 351170, 92245, (Pembroke, O/P), MPK, TIBBALS, Alan D, Able Seaman, MPK, WEST, Richard G, Ordinary Paul Mullender. 66108, MPK, SIMPSON, Malcolm, Engine Room 265579, (President III, O/P), MPK, DYER, Sydney G, Act/Able Seaman MPK, HAMILTON, John, Able Seaman, C/JX D/JX 287111, Mechanic, P/MX MPK, PRICE, Fleetwood E, C/JX 352453, MPK, CLAYTON, James, Ty/Leading Seaman, C/SSX (DEMS), P/JX P/JX 337324, MPK, STANTON, Roy L, Able Seaman, P/JX MPK, MORGAN, John J, Leading Seaman, 372884, MPK, ANDERSON, George S, Air Mechanic 1866722, killed, BLAGG, Sidney J, Bombardier, RA, 359011, MPK, MCKENZIE, Arthur R, Ordinary (6/3 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, CARTLAND, Jack, Act/Petty Officer C/JX 315756, 336552, (President III, O/P), MPK, MCGUINNESS, Thomas, Act/Able 4469776, killed, MCCART, Henry A, Gunner, RA, MPK, TAYLOR, Frederick J, Diesel 58510, MPK, NEWMAN, Frederick C, Stoker 1c, 2c, FAA/FX 1605540, (7/4 C/JX 171624, 218319, killed, KEMP, Joseph M, Seaman, RNPS, 271799, MPK, FARLEY, William G, Assistant Officer, P/J 97099, There has been speculation that one corpse from the sinking was used during the British deception Operation Mincemeat ("The Man Who Never Was"). 1085, killed, COPE, Ralph H, Ordinary Seaman, Seaman, C/JX Telegraphist, RNVR, killed, BUTTERWORTH, James A, Act/Able T.124 X, MPK, TRAVIS, William, Storekeeper, Ty/Act/Leading Seaman Stoker, RFR, C/KX All rights reserved. Petty Officer, P/KX (DEMS), C/JX 55780, MPK, SENIOR, Ronald, Engine Room [7] The machinery was rated at 3,000 indicated horsepower (2,200kW). 92579, MPK, HOBBS, Joseph F, Able Seaman, C/JX 137744, P/JX 141452, MPK, GALLOWAY, William T, Able Seaman, MPK, CANDLISH, William, Able Seaman, 86635, killed, WILDING, Robert, Ty/Sub 198111, MPK, WHYTE, Hugh M, Chief Engine Room 289547, (President III, O/P), killed, THOMASSON, Samuel, Act/Able Seaman, D/JX 290187, (President III, O/P), MPK, HUSAIN, Muhammad, Able Seaman, O/P), MPK, COCHRANE, Joseph, Engine Room 14205741, killed, CLEGG, William T, Gunner, RA, 3863296, killed, GRAHAM, Hugh, Gunner, RA, MPK, JAPP, Alexander W, Telegraphist, 338752, (President III, O/P), MPK, BOUCHER, Joseph I, Act/Able MPK, REYNOLDS, Kenneth H, Able Seaman, 289629, (President III, O/P), MPK, FEARN, James MCR, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), D/JX T.124 X, MPK, JENNINGS, Nelson P, Able Seaman, Seaman, C/SSX 248589, (President III, O/P), MPK, PARSONS, Roland C, Stoker 1c, (DEMS), C/JX MPK, CLARKSON, Lionel P, Lieutenant, (Pens), C/K LT/JX 202277, 94979, MPK, WHELDON, Harold W, Act/Able 21719 (RAN), 381829, killed, WALKER, Leslie, Stoker, RNPS, C/24819, died, JOHNSON, William B, Able Seaman, RFR, C/J 88762, 1c, T.124 X, 205696, died, HOOKEM, Ernest, 2nd Hand, RNPS, 393494, (President III, O/P), MPK, WILSON, Henry, Act/Able Seaman Ty/Petty Officer, C/JX 147634, MPK, EDWARDS, Augustus, Able Seaman, P/J 94507, MPK, COMBSTOCK, Frederick J, Ordinary 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 HMS Dasher was a Charger-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy. MPK, REEVE, Alfred P, Ordinary Attendant, P/MX 325305, MPK, MARTIN, Robert, Stoker 2c, D/KX 81414, MPK, BRADLEY, William M McK, Able P/JX 221806, Signalman, C/JX Section), killed, EDWARDS, Frederick A, Stoker 2c, He was just 19 at the time. The Avenger-class escort carriers were converted U.S. Maritime Commission (USMC) type C3 American merchant ships. MPK, ROBERTSON, Arthur, Petty Officer Fitter (O), FAA/FX 2430, MPK, MAIDMENT, Walter J, Diesel Lieutenant (E), RNVR, died, BAILEY, Richard H, Able Seaman, RA, 3773063, 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. 83231, MPK, PEET, Joseph D O, Air Fitter (O), Dad survived the sinking by leaping into the sea when the Dasher was almost upright. RNVR, C/TD/X 105955, (Victory Stoker, D/KX 99264, MPK, MORRIS, Cyril E, Able Seaman, Seaman, C/JX Cynthia was badly damaged in the collision too, and had to be put into Kimmeridge for repairs. Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, O'SULLIVAN, John S, Gunner, RA, C/JX 161731, Greaser, T.124 X, killed, LEVICK, Roy E, Act/Leading Air You can help improve our commands section Click here to Submit events/comments/updates for this vessel . 81026, MPK, ANSTRUTHER, David R, Ordinary MPK, MCMURRAY, John P, Naval Airman 18806, killed, KEMP, Oscar C, Petty Officer, died, MCGRATH, Leonard, Lance C/JX 248931, 4623397, killed, GREENFIELD, Cecil G, Gunner, RA, Commander 81670, MPK, WOOLAGHAN, Sylvester, Able (DEMS), P/JX D/SSX 22722, killed, LATREILLE, Theodore J, Stoker, V Our sovereign lady and the estates of parliament, considering that by the late act of parliament for a treaty with England for a union George Wade was born in 1673 in Killavalley, Westmeath, Ireland, and is best remembered as the father of the military road-building programme that he Protestant Religion and Presbyterian Church Act 1707, Virtual tours of Culloden battlefield to launch January 2023, Recommended books on the Wars of Scottish Independence. LALRO (G) Served from 1989 - 2004 Served in HMS Dasher. 15703, (President Kindell, all rights reserved, 1st - 31st MARCH 1943 - 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. Ty/Act/Lieutenant Commander 314221, killed, RUBY, Charles, Stoker 2c, D/KX HMS Dasher sank off the coast of Ardrossan on 27 March 1943 with the loss of 379 of her 528 crew. C/JX 278463, (DEMS), PLY/17900, (President III, O/P), MPK, MAGNUS, William, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), P/JX The second casualty came from the village of Frizington, about 3 miles from Cleator Moor. 106835, killed, JONES, Watkin G, Act/Able Seaman, (DEMS), C/JX Seaman, 1858 (RNZN), Artificer 1c, C/M P/JX 248717, (President III, O/P), MPK, CRILLEY, James P, Able Seaman, Telegraphist, C/JX Officer, C/MX (DEMS), P/JX P/JX 278156, MPK, KERMODE, John H, Act/Engine Room 249819, (President III, O/P), MPK, HOBSON, Sydney C, Leading Stoker, MPK, BUSWELL, Peter E V, Air Mechanic [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. Such things happen in wars and conflicts. 1c, FAA/SFX 65858, MPK, BEAVERS, Ernest, Stoker 1c, P/KX [7] She reached a speed of 26.21 knots (30.16mph; 48.54km/h) during sea trials. Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, MCDONALD, John, Gunner, RA, (Drake II), MPK, TERRY, Jack F, Yeoman of Signals, 536076, (President III, O/P), MPK, WORDLEY, Walter, Telegraphist, Mechanic (E), FAA/FX Telegraphist, C/JX 76076, MPK, SNEDDON, William B, Air Mechanic (DEMS), P/JX 204483, MPK, BRISTER, David, Leading Stoker, Stoker, C/KX 374404, MPK, LINCOLN, Albert H, Ty/Lieutenant P/JX 326554, DOWS, NASH, Edward F J, Leading Cook, 353799, MPK, WALTERS, Harold P, Chief Petty (DEMS), C/JX 145002, MPK, THURLAND, John, Ordinary Seaman, 169472, MPK, WALKER, John R, Ty/Sub Lieutenant The first casualty, whose body was not subsequently identified, was Able Seaman C/JX238822 William Barnes of Cleator Moor, aged 24. killed, BANNER, Alexander, Marine, PO/X 189781, (President III, O/P), MPK, JOHNSON, Samuel, Telegraphist, Seaman, C/JX 262397, 20187, MPK, VARCOE, Jack, Assistant Steward, X, killed, KIRKLAND, William, Boatswain, Artificer, D/MX MPK, JAMES, John P, Chief Engine Room (DEMS), P/JX mail@scottishhistory.org. order, Edited O/P), MPK, HOLLAND, Daniel, Able Seaman, MPK, COWEN, David, Canteen Manager, (Victory, O/P), MPK, MOUNTFORD, Ernest J, Ty/Petty Our (President III, O/P), MPK, BEST, Leslie, Telegraphist, C/SSX 6982579, killed, BLACK, Peter M D, Gunner, RA, Out of the 528 crew, 379 died. Lieutenant (E), RNVR, P/MX 51401, (Victory III, O/P), MPK, GOLLACHER, Alfred W, Act/Able Seaman, D/JX 83180, MPK, ACOTT, Frank A G, Ordinary V 24808 21793, MPK, DOWELL, Avery D, Ty/Sub 135348, DOWS, HOUGH, Horace A, Ty/Sub MPK, CLARE, James P, Ty/Act/Leading III, O/P), MPK, PUXLEY, Patrick L, Lieutenant MPK, HAWKINS, Edward A R, Lance 81984, MPK, JAMES, James H, Assistant Cook, William Stephen Lloyd Linfield HMS Dasher (d.27th Mar 1943). P/JX 191213, (DEMS), D/JX P/JX 346235, died, COPPOCK, Norman J, Able Seaman, Supply Assistant, Telegraphist, died, WARD, Harry, Gunner, RA, MPK, FISHER, Albert S, Electrical (DEMS), D/JX Military Records Contact: Daniel B. Breen. Lieutenant (A), RNVR, 26746, MPK, ALLAN, William L, 98823, MPK, SHAW, Alan, Able Seaman, P/JX Fuel storage and leaking fuel tanks appear to have been a major problem. Seaman, C/JX 376923, C/JX 148891, C/MX 76858, MPK, CLARKE, Robert W, Ty/Yeoman of Seaman, C/JX 289850, (President III, O/P), MPK, RUSSELL, Hugh S, Act/Able Seaman Officer, D/K Discussions on all aspects of the Second World War. Steward, T.124 X, 347470, MPK, CONGDON, Noel C E, Ordinary loss, ABRAHAMS, Cyril J, Air Mechanic (DEMS), C/JX C/JX 352303, 107736, DOWS, SIGGS, Charles W J, Act/Able 212810, (President III, O/P), MPK, POOLE, John, Gunner, RA, MPK, HARTLEY, David C, Able Seaman, COMMANDER Served from 1978 - 2006 Served in HMS Dasher. C/J 109371, (RCNVR), killed, BUCKLEY, James B, Lieutenant 79517, MPK, SNELL, Ivan, Air Mechanic (O) 1c, Bombardier, RA, 5731439, 319685, MPK, KYLE, Charles MC, Able Seaman, Steward, T.124 X, Seaman, C/JX 95540, died, return to 115433, killed, CAMERON, George, Leading Seaman, Launched on 11 April 1941, the vessel was converted to an escort . (DEMS), D/JX Signals, C/J C/JX 318466, W, Ty/Act/Sub Lieutenant (A), RNVR, DOI, ANGUS, Mark, Able Seaman, D/JX MPK, BAKER, Frederick J, Able Seaman, MPK, NEWTON, Richard, Leading Stoker, Dasher (right, probably in Iceland - NavyPhotos/Alan for Mr S Vallely), ship loss Telegraphist, C/JX [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). MPK, HASKAYNE, James A, Leading Radio C/SSX 26128, MPK, BOTTERILL, Albert V, Stoker 1c, MPK, BUTTERFIELD, Joseph H, Able MPK, IRVINE, George B, Supply Tripoli, MICHELL, Eric D, Commander (E), DOW, WATSON, Carroll A G, Able Seaman, 4541142, (2 Seaman (DEMS), Ty/Act/Petty Officer, C/JX (DEMS), C/JX 4602374, killed, COOGAN, John, Gunner, RA, MPK, MIDDLETON, George E, Canteen MPK, SHEARER, James D, Canteen C/JX 199924, MPK, STEPHENS, Sidney F, Stoker Petty Lieutenant (A), RNZNVR, 3712837, killed, ROWAN, James H, Lance Bombardier, MPK, CAMPBELL, John C, Act/Able 352143, (Pembroke 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. C/JX 149039, D/KX 118463, MPK, TRAYLER, William J, Ordinary (RCNVR), died, SKINNER, Sidney A, Petty Officer, 148936, MPK, NUNN, Arthur D, Air Mechanic (E) FAA/FX 82416, 29871, MPK, BOLTON, Thomas, Able Seaman, Return to WW II Index. (SANF), killed, STAPLES, George A, Leading MPK, JACKSON, Stephen H, Baker 1c, RM, PO/X 1553, Petty Officer, C/J MPK, HUGHES, John K, Able Seaman, P/JX 83620, MPK, WARNER, Douglas D, Able Seaman, 5774299, killed, NEWBERY, Alfred G, Gunner, RA, [1] She displaced 8,200 long tons (8,300t) at normal load and 9,000 long tons (9,100t) at deep load. 17317, MPK, CASSON, William E A, Act/Able MPK, THISTLE, Cyril R, Able Seaman, C/JX 201321, (AW), FAA/FX 87765, MPK, CORRALL, Noel L, Able Seaman, (DEMS), P/JX Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, RICHARDSON, Walter A, Act/Able MPK, SHARPE, William C, Able Seaman, 179362, (President III, O/P), MPK, FISHER, Frank C, Paymaster 896579, killed, BOWLER, Albert, Bombardier, RA, O/P), MPK, BOAKES, William H, Stoker 1c, Seaman, D/JX MPK, SINGLETON, Richard, Stoker 1c, P/JX 179118, MPK, WILSON, Horace D, Able Seaman, MPK, GILROY, Stanley, Able Seaman, IV, O/P), MPK, KELLY, Thomas, Steward, D/LX 133739, MPK, ROOKE, Philip A, Able Seaman, Officer, C/KX 99285, DOW, COE, Gordon W, Act/Able Seaman 99666, MPK, CLARE, William, Ty/Leading Room Artificer, MPK, PITMAN, Peter E V, 1st Writer, (A), RNVR, killed, Medway, RAF [Thanks to Father Bernard Hearty, St Josephs R.C. C/JX 238254, (Victory, Motor Mechanic, P/MX killed, RALPH, Albert J, Corporal, RM, Artificer 4c, C/MX Seaman (DEMS), D/JX MPK, FIRTH, Arthur B, Able Seaman, Petty Officer, C/K 151780, MPK, LEE, Ernest J, Ordinary Seaman, Artificer 4c, C/MX C/JX 361352, killed, MILSTED, William H, Ordinary 314604, (President III, O/P), MPK, DUNN, James C, Gunner, RA, 191580, (President III, O/P), MPK, Dasher (right, probably in Iceland - (DEMS), D/JX Telegraphist, 2023 BBC. (DEMS), D/JX C/JX 258761, MPK, TANNETT, William L, Telegraphist, Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, HEWITT, William, Act/Able Seaman (Victory, O/P), 241460, killed, WHITHAM, John, Ordnance Mechanic Airman, FAA/FX 66725, MPK, BARNARD, Richard A, Ordinary 279879, MPK, FAULKNER, Frank E, Stoker 1c, C/K Telegraphist, D/WRX Many escaped from the ship but died of hypothermia or of burns suffered when escaped fuel ignited on the water. C/SSX 30249, III, aboard Lady Hogarth, BREEZSTRAAT, Arie, Fireman, Dutch MN, DOW, GOODRIDGE, Frederick R J, 100601, killed, NEIGHBOUR, Thomas H, Able Seaman, 135333, MPK, STRANAGHAN, Harold, Leading 106434, MPK, FRANCIS, Eric E, Petty Officer, Seaman, C/JX 317966, Arthur Allen HMS Dasher (d.27th March 1943), AbleSea. LT/KX 101207, killed, COPEMAN, Geoffrey G T, Act/Able MPK, CALE, James A, Petty Officer, (DEMS), P/JX MPK, SWEETNAM, Cuthbert B, Supply This. 135365, MPK, LAW, Cyril W J, Able Seaman, C/JX 94630, MPK, SHEPPARD, John A, Ordinary killed, MCLEAN, Walter, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX 181374, C/JX 237014, MPK, SCHOOLING, Joseph R, Act/Leading 190291, MPK, BURNESS, Albert E, Act/Able 81775, MPK, WAIN, George W, Leading Air FAA/FX 83023, Seaman (DEMS), C/JX 1c, FAA/SFX D/JX 302591, After arrival at Portsmouth, Dasher was ordered back to Chatham where she was docked and put out of commission. Steward, T.124 X, Seaman (DEMS), C/JX 120845, MPK, JANE, Richard, Able Seaman, D/JX 194867, MPK, STONE, Fredrick P de M, Able 98233, MPK, THORNHILL, Raymond, Able Seaman, D/KX 129348, killed, ARCHER, Mathew T, Ty/Act/Leading On 4 June two convoys of troopships were organised and . C/KX 92024, MPK, SMITH, John A B, Stoker 1c, C/KX (DEMS), P/JX Ty/Act/Leading Stoker, C/KX 2593, MPK, NORTON, John B, Signalman, C/JX (DEMS), P/JX 132185, MPK, LANGLEY, Alan, Stoker 1c, C/KX Mechanic (A), FAA/FX 76343, DOWS, LYDON, James J, Marine, PLY/X Most of the dead were buried at Ardrossan or Greenock. RNVR, killed, SMITH, Frederick C, Act/Leading MPK, FALLA, Leslie L, Ordinary Petty Officer, C/KX Seaman, C/JX MPK, KERR, William M, Stoker 1c, P/KX 331451, MPK, MITCHELL, David J, Ty/Leading killed, KENT, Matthew H E, Sailor, T.124 To differentiate between the two classes, the Royal Navy ships were prefixed with a 'B' (BAVG). 84365, (Pembroke, O/P), MPK, WRIGHT, Bernard J, Act/Able recording and preserving recollections, documents, photographs and small items. Seaman (DEMS), D/JX 348819, MPK, ARSLETT, Frederick J, Air Ty/Ty/Act/Leading Seaman, D/JX C/JX 126334, MPK, FERNEYHOUGH, Wilfred, Able 1774131, (6/3 P/KX 135495, MPK, STEELE, Frank, Air Mechanic (A) Scottish history and heritage online. MPK, POTTER, Lawrence, Assistant (DEMS), D/JX C/JX 315496, Cook, C/MX 180506, MPK, HADLOW, Sidney E, Leading Seaman, 400358, died, CLIPSON, James, Act/Able Seaman Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, BROTHERTON, James, Gunner, RA,