C/JX 134868, C/JX 154887, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. 86635, killed, WILDING, Robert, Ty/Sub C/JX 238822, MPK, BARTLEY, Ernest S, Ordinary 250509, MPK, MASON, William C, Tu/Leading 306000, died, O'REGAN, Cornelius C, Marine, O/P), MPK, RIDDEL, Alexander A R, Ty/Sub Petty Officer, killed, TARASOFF, Frederick, Able Seaman, 258797, MPK, WALKER, John, Engine Room 24940, MPK, SALTER, Samuel J, Air Mechanic Royal Navy escort carrier lost on the Clyde in March 1943. (DEMS), P/JX (L) 1c, FAA/SFX 317680, MPK, DRIVER, Jack, Able Seaman, C/JX Artificer 3c, P C/JX 318489, 324982, killed, BOYCE, Cyril J, Ordinary Seaman, 176085, (President III, O/P), MPK, MILES, Frederick J, Act/Able Lieutenant (A), RNVR, MPK, GRAFTON, Albert J, Act/Able 151184, MPK, BROWN, John H, Air Fitter (O), 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, MPK, GIBSON, Frederick L, Ty/Act/Petty (DEMS), D/JX 260671, killed, HARROP, Thomas, Air Fitter (E), MPK, TAYLOR, Frederick J, Diesel 265579, (President III, O/P), MPK, DYER, Sydney G, Act/Able Seaman 13021157, killed, MATTHEWS, George E, Lance MPK, RICHARDSON, William, Storekeeper 289076, (President III, O/P), MPK, JOYCE, Herbert W, Act/Able Seaman Mechanic (A), FAA/FX 76343, DOWS, LYDON, James J, Marine, PLY/X 65858, MPK, BEAVERS, Ernest, Stoker 1c, P/KX MPK, STANTON, Roy L, Able Seaman, P/JX If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. Seaman, C/JX 1c, FAA/FX 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. 257966, killed, EBBELS, Leslie T, Ty/Py/Sub P/KX 121826, died, DILLON, Donald F, Ty/Sub Petty Officer, P/KX MPK, LINFORD, Victor F, Able Seaman, 301148, MPK, ALMOND, Eric, Ordinary Seaman, Supply Assistant, C/JX 327124, 1476427, (4 C/JX 188100, MPK, FITZGERALD, Albert, Act/Chief [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. 2517, MPK, BAYLIS, Michael V, Signalman, By Steele, John and Noreen Steele 2001, Argyll Publishing ISBN 190283139X Paperback, 400 pages. Artificer 1c, D/M MPK, MCCARTHY, Victor D, Able Seaman, 4349958, killed, MCCORMICK, John, Lance MPK, BLOOMFIELD, Leonard W, Leading (E) 1c, FAA/FX P/JX 299275, Seaman (DEMS), P/JX P/JX 155619, (Victory, Supply Assistant, Seaman, C/SSX MPK, KNOX, John J, Stoker 1c, C/KX Mechanic (A) 1c, FAA/SFX 155965, MPK, LEE, James A, Petty Officer, D/JX MPK, MURTON, Norman, Ty/Sick Berth Seaman, D/JX 337033, (President III, O/P), MPK, NICOL, Alexander, Able Seaman, He joined one other survivor in Ardrossan for the annual commemorative service, hosted by the HMS Dasher Association and he would dearly love to go back one last time. 196892, MPK, JOHNSON, Albert E, Ordinary Lieutenant, RNVR, (Express, (5 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, KYNASTON, Enoch J, Act/Able Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, BROTHERTON, James, Gunner, RA, 240110, (President III, O/P), MPK, LAWRENCE, Samuel, Act/Able Seaman Seaman (DEMS), P/JX RM, killed, LAMBERT, Frederick B, Stoker 2c, Airman, FAA/F C/JX 353051, The vessel was built by the Sun Shipbuilding Company in Pennsylvania and was originally intended as a passenger and cargo ship. 271890, killed, DAVIS, Stanley, Ty/Leading MPK, RODWAY, Harry, Air Mechanic (O) 194544, killed, FARQUHARSON, Mary C, WRNS, 2052375, (3 105880, (Pembroke, O/P), MPK, JARIUS, Victor, Able Seaman, In 2009 at almost 86, we sent him by himself, to the UK. [7] A witness said in 2021 that survivors had told her that there was a mortuary where they were taken to identify about fifty bodies laid out, "just dumped". 75770, (Victory III, O/P), MPK, STEVENS, Frederick R, Sick Berth 38384, MPK, JEFFREY, Joseph, Able Seaman, MPK, BOTTON, Norman D, Ty/Leading C/JX 201321, C/JX 279344, 232278, MPK, JONES, David V, Lance Corporal, RNR, MPK, INGLESFIELD, Joseph, Able Seaman, Seaman, C/JX MPK, SHAW, Jack, Able Seaman, C/JX 315140, MPK, GOSWELL, Richard F, Act/Master at 336877, died, COHEN, David, Ordinary Seaman, JX 10724 B, MPK, Prins Willem Commander Steward, T.124 X, 10thFeb 2023 - Please note we currently have a huge backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. 74845, MPK, MAYNARD, Albert E, Ty/Act/Leading C/JX 187117, USA, as mercantile Rio de Janeiro. Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, WELLER, Frederick R, Gunner, RA, 110579, MPK, HAMPTON, Thomas J, Able Seaman, MPK, JACKSON, Stephen H, Baker 1c, 72069, MPK, STEAD, John, Able Seaman, C/JX Telegraphist, C/JX 271799, MPK, FARLEY, William G, Assistant MPK, RODICK, Geoffrey, Writer (Sp), HMS Dasher was a merchant ship converted into an aircraft carrier Out of 528 personnel on board, the death toll was 379 but only 23 were given official burials, some in Ardrossan cemetery. Officer Air 306942, DOWS, HAZZLEDINE, Charles B, Lieutenant In The American Connection to the Sinking of HMS Dasher it is revealed that the Board of Enquiry found the explosion most likely occurred in the main petrol compartment, . 337586, (President III, O/P), MPK, STRANGE, Stanley H, Act/Able Officer, C/KX 357886, MPK, COOLEY, Reginald D, Leading Radio For years the story of The Dasher was. Seaman (DEMS), D/JX (RCNVR), killed, BUCKLEY, James B, Lieutenant Seaman, C/JX Seaman (DEMS), C/JX 196193, MPK, SHAW, Douglas A, Able Seaman, Storekeeper, T.124 77752, MPK, CLARK, Thomas L, Ty/Act/Leading D/JX 333005, MPK, LINTON, John W, Leading Signalman, C/JX Ty/Act/Petty Officer, C/JX C/JX 316841, MPK, GILBERT, James W, Ordinary Steward, C/LX CH/X 108301, died, FISHLOCK, Hubert L D, Act/Able RNPS, LT/MX 120845, MPK, JANE, Richard, Able Seaman, D/JX awarded 258332, killed, PIDGEN, Noel C, Ty/Act/Leading 236508, (President III, O/P), killed, BARKER, George E W, Seaman, RNPS, C/JX 355221, 29871, MPK, BOLTON, Thomas, Able Seaman, Lieutenant, RNR, (Kipanga, (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. 48217, MPK, CRICHTON, George B, Able Seaman, (DEMS), P/JX Seaman, C/JX 314584, (President III, O/P), MPK, SMITH, William G, Act/Able Seaman 314512, (President III, O/P), MPK, PERRY, Percy, Act/Able Seaman Seaman (DEMS), D/JX 339058, (President III, O/P), MPK, HOCKRIDGE, Robert J, Act/Able 106068, MPK, RIDPATH, Frederick G, C/JX 195151, 116725, MPK, MITCHELL, Richard E, Able Seaman, P/JX 221806, 151780, MPK, LEE, Ernest J, Ordinary Seaman, Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. D/JX 199759, (President III, O/P), DOWS, DRANSFIELD, Frederick, Able Bombardier, RA, 5054848, Cook, T.124 X, 29920, died, BUSHELL, George, Able Seaman, P/J MPK, FREEMAN, Stanley R, Petty Officer We would like to show you a description here but the site won't allow us. MPK, NICHOLSON, Albert J, Able Seaman, 374889, MPK, PIGDEN, Charles F, Ordinary T.124 X, MPK, PADEN, Richard, Ty/Sub Lieutenant 2476, MPK, ATHERTON, Charles H, Able Seaman, C/KX 102107, Stoker, C/KX 266514, (President III, O/P), MPK, PEARCE, Ralph, Act/Able Seaman (WRAN), died, PLANT, Lawrence, Leading Stoker, 143601, MPK, ROBINSON, William J, Saloon (DEMS), C/JX 290765, (President III, O/P), MPK, PHILLIPS, William T, Yeoman of So families of the bereaved were rather kept in the dark about what had happened. Seaman, C/JX [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. C/SSX 21977, killed, HARVEY, Gerard, Ordinary Seaman, 148936, MPK, NUNN, Arthur D, Air Mechanic (E) C/JX 220913, 86435, (Drake IV, O/P), MPK, BATTEN, Ernest C, Able Seaman, 345517, MPK, WRATHALL, John S, John Lawson remembers HMS Dasher which was torpedoed by a German Submarine in the River Clyde near Ardrossan. Officer, C/K 2593, MPK, NORTON, John B, Signalman, C/JX killed, KENT, Matthew H E, Sailor, T.124 Stoker 1c, D/KX 86557, MPK, DYE, Walter J, Stoker 1c, P/KX Artificer 4c, P/MX Stoker, C/KX To differentiate between the two classes, the Royal Navy ships were prefixed with a 'B' (BAVG). 249959, (President III, O/P), MPK, BAKER, Leslie, Act/Able Seaman Dasher was held at Tietjen & Langshipyard until August 1941 in order to fix a number of defects. (DEMS), P/JX 83909, MPK, BUTLER, William A, Able Seaman, 1943 was a particularly bad year for the Barnes family. Attendant, C/MX Mate, P/JX MPK, THOMPSON, James, Able Seaman, (6/3 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, CARTLAND, Jack, Act/Petty Officer 310908, (President III, O/P), MPK, BURNS, Henry S, Act/Able Seaman 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 (DEMS), C/JX died, BAILEY, John W, Convoy Signalman, D/JX 157609, Mechanic (E) 1c, FAA/SFX (DEMS), C/JX HMS Dasher sank off the coast of Ardrossan with the loss of 379 crewmen. (DEMS), C/JX Casualties Homepage, Researched & compiled by Don MPK, KEVERNE, Richard H J, Act/Petty posthumous Victoria Cross, LLOYD, Christopher A, Ty/Stoker Dad survived the sinking by leaping into the sea when the Dasher was almost upright. 314221, killed, RUBY, Charles, Stoker 2c, D/KX Seaman, P/JX 306997, C/JX 199851, C/JX 125195, Seaman, C/JX C/JX 185498, C/JX 240864, MPK, MORGAN, John J, Leading Seaman, Officer, C/JX 26746, MPK, ALLAN, William L, Seaman (DEMS), 336104, (President III, O/P), MPK, MOON, William, Able Seaman 4602374, killed, COOGAN, John, Gunner, RA, C/JX 238254, (Victory, P/KX 108144, Officer Telegraphist, MPK, MAINLAND, James S, Act/Leading (Lanka, O/P), MPK, JOHNSON, Ronald N, 241460, killed, WHITHAM, John, Ordnance Mechanic Officer Air Airman 2c, FAA/FX Seaman, C/JX 315182, The case is argued by authors John and Noreen Steele in their 2002 book The Secrets of HMS "Dasher' - however, this theory was disproved in 2010.[9]. 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. After arrival at Portsmouth, Dasher was ordered back to Chatham where she was docked and put out of commission. D/KX 82609, MPK, LYFIELD, Albert R, Chief Petty Seaman, C/JX 376923, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 112271, died, GORDON, John, Ordinary Seaman, (E), FAA/SFX 1242, MPK, MUDD, Horace H, Act/Able Seaman, killed, HULSK, George E, Able Seaman, killed, CRAWFORD, James, Diesel Greaser, The Secrets of HMS Dasher. MPK, SHARPE, William C, Able Seaman, 1487809, (2/1 (RCNVR), killed, BENNETT, Frederick G N, Able MPK, CLARK, Harry, Convoy Signalman, [10] Early in the morning of 15 April 1901 the Chatham Flotilla left Portsmouth for Devonport. 2c, FAA/FX [17][18], Dasher was sold for scrap to King and Sons on 14 May 1912.[7]. Bombardier, RA, 7886765, MPK, CLAYTON, James, Ty/Leading 106835, killed, JONES, Watkin G, Act/Able Seaman, [9] She was completed in March 1896, at a cost of 40,890. C/KX 157054, killed, HOOKER, Frederick H, Lance Ty/Lieutenant, SANF, Petty Officer, Telegraphist, C/JX Ty/Ty/Act/Leading Seaman, D/JX Corporal, RM, CH/X MPK, SEVERN, John, Able Seaman, C/JX RNR (PS), LT/X Stoker, D/KX 3707683, killed, BARKER, William, Lance Commands listed for HMS Dasher (D 37) Please note that we're still working on this section and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War. C/JX 319290, MPK, COSTAR, Ernest C, Able Seaman, She was built at Sun Shipbuilding, Chester. MPK, TUNNELL, Joseph W T, Stoker 1c, MPK, HABGOOD, George A, Butcher 1c, C/JX 259141, MPK, BATCHELOR, Jack H, Air Mechanic D/K 60064, died, SLAUGHTER, Wilfred C, Painter 2c, [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. C/KX 112961, MPK, MCGOW, Edward, Stoker 1c, P/KX 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. P/JX 157069, MPK, MCCRACKEN, Peter W, Naval Airman 58510, MPK, NEWMAN, Frederick C, Stoker 1c, MPK, HASKAYNE, James A, Leading Radio Artificer 4c, X T.124 X, MPK, FLOWER, Kenneth H, Act/Petty Seaman, RFR, C/J (AW), FAA/FX 87765, MPK, CORRALL, Noel L, Able Seaman, R/JX 166918, died, WARBURTON, Francis J, Act/Petty Artificer 3c, 181752, died, ELSWORTH, Harold E, Able Seaman, Seaman (DEMS), C/JX 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. Signalman, C/JX Trainee, C/NX 1127, Furious relatives protested and some of the dead were returned to their families for burial. 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 . C/JX 356808, (A), FAA/MX Petty Officer, C/K MPK, MOORE, Leonard J, Able Seaman, C/JX 201329, 336106, (President III, O/P), MPK, MOORE, Robert, Ordinary Seaman, P/JX 295817, (DEMS), C/JX 92243, died, LAWRENCE, Douglas R S, LT/JX 166076, 27134, (Drake), V 34758 MPK, HARVEY, Horace W, Petty Officer, 2c, FAA/FX By early June 1940, the British position in Norway had become perilous, as was the growing threat to the UK from the success of the German Blitzkrieg that an evacuation of the forces landed in Norway had become a necessity. 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. hms sheffield casualty list. C/JX 319689, Bombardier, RA, 5190220, RFR, C/J 49404, MPK, PEARSE, George O, Coder, C/JX Contents 1 Construction and design 2 Service 3 Notes 4 Bibliography Construction and design [ edit] 98823, MPK, SHAW, Alan, Able Seaman, P/JX Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, RICHARDSON, Walter A, Act/Able (Victory, O/P), Lieutenant (E), RNVR, C/JX 318466, 4708 (RCN), killed, RITSON, Joseph, Act/Able Seaman C/JX 219200, (Victory, 366668, MPK, LANGTREE, Robert, Able Seaman, 341560, MPK, BARWISE, John H, Able Seaman, (DEMS), C/JX Assistant, C/NX 2040, P/JX 134731, 336324, (President III, O/P), MPK, CLARKE, Thomas, Assistant 15703, (President Service other than RN (RNR, RNVR, RFR etc), Service Number (ratings It seems certain that the body used was one . (President III, O/P), MPK, FORREST, Benjamin K, 144667, MPK, FULCHER, Cyril S, Able Seaman, Two locomotive boilers fed steam at 180 pounds per square inch (1,200kPa) to two three-cylinder triple expansion engines. Thomas never ever spoke about the Dasher and on his last leave his sister asked him not to go back but he would not hear of it. Seaman, C/JX MPK, MOSEY, Walter, Able Seaman, C/SSX 120945, MPK, WILLISON, Alfred J, Stoker 1c, Seaman, C/JX Keeping up the good work at Woodlands Glencoe, Police clamp down on biker gangs in Barrhead and Neilston, Whats In This Weeks Oban Times 1st March 2023, New Cumnock: Three teens in savage brick attack on girl, Erskine: Tributes paid to community champion Chris Reid, Human error to blame for deadly train crash, says Greek PM, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. She sank within eight minutes with the loss of 379 lives, only 149 of those on board survived. Air Mechanic RANVR, killed, VERYARD, Ernest T, Signal Seaman (DEMS), C/JX C/JX 309405, MPK, SPORTON, Albert V H, Ordinary MPK, EHRLICK, Cecil H P, Stoker 1c, 76058, MPK, LEWIS, Alan W G, Assistant 189781, (President III, O/P), MPK, JOHNSON, Samuel, Telegraphist, 391413, (President III, O/P), MPK, HAMILTON, William, Act/Able C/J 46054, MPK, CARRATT, Walter, Able Seaman, C/SSX 26128, MPK, BOTTERILL, Albert V, Stoker 1c, (O) 1c, FAA/JX 91318, killed, PARR, Frederick H, Petty Officer 132024, MPK, DELLER, John A, Able Seaman, C/JX D/220 W, died, HODGSON, George A, Ty/Sub MPK, WALSH, Thomas, Assistant Steward, Shortly after getting to the Firth of Clyde on 27 March 1943, she suffered a major internal explosion and sank.[5]. If you have any unwanted C/JX 332201, FAA/FX 82416, D/JX 134450, 140180, killed, PARR, Stephen S, Act/Able Seaman Writer, P/MX 80548, (Victory, O/P), MPK, MOUNTFORD, Ernest J, Ty/Petty We are now on Facebook. RAF Losses - the sinking of HMS Glorious08/06/1940 - 10/06/1940. (E), RNR, MPK, ALLEN, Arthur E, Telegraphist, 266607, (President III, O/P), killed, MACAULAY, John D, Ordinary 1782386, (1 Mechanic (AW), 333253, (President III, O/P), MPK, WOOLCOTT, Victor S, Gunner, RA, C/JX 353084, 248813, MPK, COMBER, Alfred J, Able Seaman, 51298, (Victory, O/P), MPK, DILKES, George H, Ty/Leading killed, JAMES, James G, Telegraphist, C/KX 122013, MPK, NEVE, Bertie, Stoker 1c, C/KX Seaman (DEMS), C/JX 113784, MPK, CONSTANT, Leonard H, Yeoman of D/JX 200569, 140124, MPK, ROBERTS, Robert O, Canteen P/K 65369, (Victory, Fitter (L), FAA/FX MPK, SAUNDERS, Frank, Able Seaman, 205601, MPK, PLEASANTS, Alfred G, Petty Artificer 4c, C/MX (A), FAA/FX Petty Officer, C/KX (DEMS), P/JX 372884, MPK, ANDERSON, George S, Air Mechanic Hawara: 'What happened was horrific and barbaric'. in date, ship/unit & name On its second convey run, HMS Dasher developed engine trouble and so turned back to the Clyde. Officer, P/J 278870, MPK, MORRELL, Kenneth H, Able Seaman, 135333, MPK, STRANAGHAN, Harold, Leading 248589, (President III, O/P), MPK, PARSONS, Roland C, Stoker 1c, 316853, MPK, GROSSMITH, Arthur W E, 19724, died, MITCHELL, Alexander F, HMS Dasher sank off the coast of Ardrossan on 27 March 1943 with the loss of 379 of her 528 crew. 5672561, (5/3 Lieutenant MPK, CLUETT, William G, Air Mechanic 49288, MPK, NEATH, Ronald, Leading Radio MPK, BAKER, Frederick J, Able Seaman, 249788, (President III, O/P), MPK, LONGWORTH, John, Lance Launched on 11 April 1941, the vessel was converted to an escort carrier at theTietjen & Langshipyardin New Jersey and under the Lend Lease scheme was transferred to the Royal Navy and commissioned into service as HMS Dasher (D37) on 2 July 1942. C/JX 230234, P/JX 326645, killed, COOPER, Pauline G, Leading WRNS, 339822, (President III, O/P), MPK, HOGG, James H, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), P/JX 21719 (RAN), MPK, CROUCH, Cecil B, Lieutenant P/JX 150576, (Victory 1c, FAA/FX Officer, C/JX LT/JX 289594, killed, CAREY, Frank A, Stoker Petty C/SSX 27917, MPK, LOVE, Victor J, Ty/Act/Leading [1] She displaced 8,200 long tons (8,300t) at normal load and 9,000 long tons (9,100t) at deep load. FAA/SR 317, MPK, MOORE, Thomas J A, Ty/Lieutenant MPK, O'MALLEY, Charles E, Cleaner, C/KX 152636, C/JX 333162, 112418, MPK, HOGG, William, Petty Officer, D/J Bombardier, RA, 13021317, X, MPK, TERREY, Cyril J, Petty Officer 94452, MPK, TURNER, Frank O, Ty/Leading 314398, (President III, O/P), MPK, WEIR, James, Able Seaman, D/SSX killed, WOOD, Frank C, Ty/Sub Lieutenant MPK, O'CONNOR, Francis J, Able Seaman, C/JX 156464, WRNS, killed, POWELL, Violet B, Leading WRNS, 157105, killed, BURGESS, George A, Ty/Leading 336400, died, SULEMANI, Mohamed, Able Seaman, 49964, MPK, GLESTER, William A, Able Seaman, Petty Officer, C/KX 352143, (Pembroke X, killed, WALLBANKS, George, Assistant (DEMS), P/JX (DEMS), C/JX 1037, MPK, SIMMONDS, Arthur S, Air Mechanic 333065, (President III, O/P), MPK, MALZARD, Francis A, Lieutenant (E), RNVR, 271185, MPK, MCVICAR, Colin M, Ordinary (A), RNVR (Jackdaw), killed, SHEARD, William O, Convoy 381829, killed, WALKER, Leslie, Stoker, RNPS, 79161, MPK, FRENCH, William M P, Stoker 1c, 1c, FAA/SFX killed, DOBSON, James H, Act/Able Seaman D/KX 95054, Seaman (DEMS), P/JX 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. MPK, MARTIN, Thomas J, Able Seaman, The most terrible memories for him are the moments he spent under the water, trying to surface; the horror when the fuel on the water ignited - killing so many of his colleagues; and the task of trying to identify bodies in the days that followed. 217279, (President III, O/P), MPK, WILLIAMSON, John W, Gunner, RA, 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. 180506, MPK, HADLOW, Sidney E, Leading Seaman, died, NORMAN, Cyril H, Act/Able Seaman Radio Mechanic Seaman, 73977 86308, MPK, CLARK, William E, Ty/Leading 135348, DOWS, HOUGH, Horace A, Ty/Sub C/JX 126334, Artificer 3c, P/MX FAA/FX 94804, Mate, T.124 X, 393656, died, WALLACE, George C, Coder, C/JX Telegraphist, C/JX 271809, MPK, MUNDY, James F, Stoker 1c, C/KX C/SSX30704, 267825, (President III, O/P), MPK, COLLINS, John M, Bombardier, RA, 81984, MPK, JAMES, James H, Assistant Cook, Room Artificer, Bombardier, RA, 4464637, 331451, MPK, MITCHELL, David J, Ty/Leading MPK, JOHNSON, Harry E, Sick Berth Telegraphist, P/JX MPK, HAVARD, Alfred W, Able Seaman, Two small coastal vessels Gragsman and Lithium, and the radar training ship, Isle of Sark, along with the French La Capricieuse managed to rescue survivors from the blazing oil covered sea. Arthur Allen HMS Dasher (d.27th March 1943), AbleSea. He was one of the many who were lost at sea during the tragedy on March 27, 1943. He was 21 when he passed. 1c, FAA/FX P/J 94507, MPK, COMBSTOCK, Frederick J, Ordinary Airman, FAA/FX 3856860, (2 died, LONG, Donald C, Ordinary Seaman, MPK, BROWN, Robert B, 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. MPK, WEBB, Victor, Leading Canteen P/J 89805, DOWS, CLEAVER, Thomas, Act/Able Seaman D/JX 153156, died, Ythan Braes, LT/KX 101207, killed, COPEMAN, Geoffrey G T, Act/Able MPK, CALE, James A, Petty Officer, 2355015, MPK, RICHARDSON, George T, Petty MPK, REEVES, John, Petty Officer Air (E) 1c, FAA/FX 13 Jul 1942 - CASUALTY LIST OF HMS REPULSE - Trove Limit to issues of this title Advanced Search Home Newspapers & Gazettes Browse The Newcastle Sun (NSW : 1918 - 1954) Mon 13 Jul 1942 Page 1 CASUALTY LIST OF HMS REPULSE Error loading images metadata for page '16743714' metadata: Forbidden Match text 0 Loading article contents, please wait. 3511898, MPK, BRANDRETH, James, Assistant Cook, 257293, (President III, O/P), MPK, TODD, Isaac B, Act/Able Seaman MPK, MCLELLAN, John, Air Mechanic 1c, 159608, MPK, BOULTON, Thomas A, Stoker Petty 337476, (President III, O/P), MPK, BRENTNALL, Norman A, Act/Able Steward, T.124 X, killed, FLOWER, Gordon S, Ordinary Seaman (DEMS), C/JX 201350, (President III, O/P), killed, ROBINS, Frederick G, Bugler, 84365, (Pembroke, O/P), MPK, WRIGHT, Bernard J, Act/Able C/JX 161731, Ty/Lieutenant, RNVR, MPK, JONES, Gareth O, Able Seaman, 291268, (President III, O/P), MPK, CUNNINGHAM, Paul T, HMS Dasher: 27/03/43: JX280375: OS: YOUNG, Leo Joseph: HMS Rosemonde: 22/01/42: Return to Casualties List. MPK, PITMAN, Peter E V, 1st Writer, RNVR, killed, BUTTERWORTH, James A, Act/Able Mechanic (A) 1c, FAA/FX Telegraphist, C/JX P/JX 276007, DOW, CRAYTHORNE, Ernest W, Able Telegraphist, P/JX MPK, HALL, Walter, Able Seaman, C/JX Telegraphist, D/JX Assistant, D/MX (DEMS), C/JX The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Steward, T.124 X, (DEMS), P/JX MPK, TENNANT, Herbert J, Assistant 120984, MPK, WEIR, John B, Stoker 1c, C/KX 139443, MPK, BUTLER, Harold, Ordinary Much of what happened remains unknown. RFR, C/J 88762, MPK, FERNEYHOUGH, Wilfred, Able MPK, MCCAUSLAND, Robert H, Ordinary 261877, (President III, O/P), MPK, JONES, Robert T, Act/Able Seaman ), AbleSea BBC reporter in Greece lives, only 149 of those on board survived she docked... Of 'no hope ' - BBC reporter in Greece at sea during the tragedy on 27! 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