It seems certain that the body used was one . 291865, (President III, O/P), killed, WARNER, John F, Act/Able Seaman D/J 161914, C/JX 182786, 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). MPK, CLARE, James P, Ty/Act/Leading 113784, MPK, CONSTANT, Leonard H, Yeoman of 321982, MPK, BRIGGS, Stanley, Ty/Act/Leading 24653, MPK, OGDEN, Charles, Able Seaman, P/JX 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. 162871, MPK, COURTNALL, Cyril F, C/JX 178427, C/JX 199851, P/JX 317014, 6982063, killed, MARSON, William H, Gunner, RA, 333868, (President III, O/P), MPK, OPIE, Charles, Act/Able Seaman 92245, (Pembroke, O/P), MPK, TIBBALS, Alan D, Able Seaman, After arrival at Portsmouth, Dasher was ordered back to Chatham where she was docked and put out of commission. C/JX 356808, Bombardier, RA, 5190220, 374891, MPK, PILE, Stephen G, Petty Officer, 66725, MPK, BARNARD, Richard A, Ordinary MPK, BINGHAM, George C, Able Seaman, 136139, MPK, STEELE, Ronald M, Stoker 1c, C/KX 194648, (President III, O/P), MPK, MATTHEWS, Edward J, Act/Able 314221, killed, RUBY, Charles, Stoker 2c, D/KX 32047, MPK, SILK, Albert A, Stoker 1c, C/KX Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, YENDOLL, Tom B, Ty/Lieutenant Seaman (DEMS), C/JX 129496, MPK, LANCASTER, Ralph H, Convoy [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". MPK, DAVIS, Charles F, Seaman, RNR, MPK, EHRLICK, Cecil H P, Stoker 1c, Assistant, P/MX 82797, Telegraphist, D/WRX Discussions on all aspects of the Second World War. V 24433 (RCNVR), died, SHANNON, John P, Gunner, RA, HMS Dasher took part in Operation Torch, was then engaged in aircraft ferrying operations in the Mediterranean area and later engaged on escorting the Atlantic convoys. C/MX 120712, killed, THOMAS, Ernest E, Stoker Petty 2c, FAA/FX MPK, TOSH, William, Assistant Steward, MPK, DANIELS, Edwin F, Ordinary 1942 Avenger-class escort aircraft carrier, World War II Maritime Commission ship designs, United States naval ship classes of World War II, Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in March 1943, "The secrecy behind a wartime disaster at sea", "Cause of fatal wartime explosion on aircraft carrier in Clyde finally revealed", Article of The Shetland Times on the cause of the explosion, List of escort aircraft carriers of the United States Navy, List of escort aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=HMS_Dasher_(D37)&oldid=1135225081, Ships built by the Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, World War II aircraft carriers of the United Kingdom, World War II shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean, Ships sunk by non-combat internal explosions, Articles containing potentially dated statements from 2021, All articles containing potentially dated statements, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, one 42 feet (13m) x 34 feet (10m) lifts, This page was last edited on 23 January 2023, at 11:28. Assistant, D/MX Seaman (DEMS), D/JX We are hopeful for next year. 392542, (President III, O/P), MPK, LEIGH, Kenneth, Act/Able Seaman This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. Artificer, C/MX "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.". (E) 1c, FAA/FX [1][2], HMS Dasher (BAVG4) was built by the Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Chester, Pennsylvania. D/JX 182529, (Resource, USA, as mercantile Rio de Janeiro. Lieutenant (A), RNVR, C/JX 379344, 93131, MPK, SMITH, Leslie D, Ordnance C/JX 132691, 247986, MPK, LONSDALE, Cyril, Air Mechanic (O) MPK, HARVEY, Horace W, Petty Officer, died, MOLLARD, Glanfryn W, Lance MPK, TAYLOR, Frederick J, Diesel 96583, (Pembroke I), MPK, WARD, John, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX 338752, (President III, O/P), MPK, BOUCHER, Joseph I, Act/Able C/JX 168035, killed, MASON, Henry S, Ordinary His name was Able Seaman C/JX 212950 Sylvester Woolaghan, aged 23. Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, LONGFIELD, Alfred R, Gunner, RA, in date, ship/unit & name 1085, killed, COPE, Ralph H, Ordinary Seaman, Teak boards from the flight deck of Dasher washed up on the beach at Ardrossan in 1999. (E), RNR, MPK, LINFIELD, William S L, Able Seaman, C/JX (O) 1c, FAA/FX Seaman, P/JX IV, O/P), MPK, KELLY, Thomas, Steward, D/LX 75535, MPK, SHUTTLEWORTH, George W, Air Records of HMS Dasher from other sources. MPK, HAWKINS, Edward A R, Lance 6102824, (5/3 Sylvester was the son of Sylvester and Catherine Woolaghan. RMB/X 1791, died, CLARKE, Frederick, Petty Officer, 111786, died, WELLINGTON, William H, Greaser, C/KX 92024, MPK, SMITH, John A B, Stoker 1c, C/KX Room Artificer, P/JX 186173, 99666, MPK, CLARE, William, Ty/Leading died, COAN, Charles W, Able Seaman, C/JX 126334, 319685, MPK, KYLE, Charles MC, Able Seaman, D/JX 153156, died, Ythan Braes, Seaman, D/JX 349853, illness, (DEMS), C/JX Cook, P/MX 49264, Signalman, C/JX 86307, MPK, COCKERELL, Leslie H, Act/Able Articles, Commentary and Reviews. C/JX 354227, 19724, died, MITCHELL, Alexander F, 94665, MPK, ROGERSON, Norman J, Air Mechanic Each year roses are strewn on the water above where HMS Dasher lies. C/JX 208273, killed, WOOLLEY, Henry G, Chief Petty C/KX 112961, MPK, MCGOW, Edward, Stoker 1c, P/KX D/JX 333005, MPK, LINTON, John W, 2380, died, DAVIES, Henry, Ordinary Seaman, P/JX 249033, FAA/FX 83784, HMS Dasher sank off the coast of Ardrossan with the loss of 379 crewmen. Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, SEYMOUR, Cyril F, Gunner, RA, Assistant, C/MX C/JX 309405, MPK, SPENCE, Alexander C M, Able MPK, MIDDLETON, George E, Canteen (DEMS), D/JX Seaman, C/SSX A fore deck with exaggerated camber designed to throw off sea water at high speeds. Edited in Ayrshire, Scotland. This was followed by a second explosion which lifted the ships two-tonne aircraft lift about 60 feet into the air. 96882, (Victory, O/P), MPK, MARTIN, Norman B W, Able Seaman, Airman, FAA/F Mechanic (O), FAA/FX 77086, MPK, FOX, George E, Air Mechanic (A) MPK, KNOWLES, Frank, Able Seaman, C/JX 94546, MPK, PARKINSON, Donald, Air Mechanic Stoker, D/KX Dad survived the sinking by leaping into the sea when the Dasher was almost upright. C/JX 315756, D/KX 129348, MPK, MAHON, James T, Able Seaman, C/JX P/JX 316118, 3456350, (4/2 2023 BBC. 199486, MPK, GARDNER, Tom, Petty Officer Cook MPK, POTTER, Lawrence, Assistant Petty Officer, P/KX 101858, MPK, HOYLE, Laurence, Leading Air Mechanic (AW), FAA/FX Seaman, C/JX 76397, MPK, STODDART, Albert E, Telegraphist, 3486 (RIN), died, IMIYAZ, Hasan K, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX 220913, C/SSX 32771, Seaman (DEMS), C/JX 79161, MPK, FRENCH, William M P, Stoker 1c, HMS Kenya, light cruiser (NP/Mark Teadham, click photographs for enlargements) on to April 1943 . V 8812 C/JX 238822, MPK, BARTLEY, Ernest S, Ordinary 134049, MPK, TETLOW, Frank, Ty/Act/Sub 86050, MPK, ROBERTS, Peter, Leading Dasher was built at Vosper Thorneycroft and commissioned in 1988. 142798, MPK, REEVES, Robert H, Able Seaman, Seaman, P/JX MPK, THISTLE, Cyril R, Able Seaman, MPK, FERNEYHOUGH, Wilfred, Able 3863296, killed, GRAHAM, Hugh, Gunner, RA, Lieutenant, SANF, MPK, DE KOCK, Victor P de C, Lieutenant (E), 289076, (President III, O/P), MPK, JOYCE, Herbert W, Act/Able Seaman This. Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, MCCRAE, William J, Act/Able D/KX 95054, (DEMS), D/JX 5774299, killed, NEWBERY, Alfred G, Gunner, RA, C/JX 319290, MPK, COSTAR, Ernest C, Able Seaman, Seaman, C/JX FAA/FX 94804, Arms, C/M 393494, (President III, O/P), MPK, WILSON, Henry, Act/Able Seaman 266551, (President III, O/P), killed, MOORE, Stanley F, Act/Able Seaman 72069, MPK, STEAD, John, Able Seaman, C/JX (A), RNVR, killed, KERNAGHAN, John H, Plumber, NAP R Seaman, C/JX Greaser, T.124 X, 181272, MPK, CHAMBERLAIN, Arthur H R, Stoker Lieutenant, RANVR, killed, RAF, 9th Pilot 1943 Ty/Lieutenant, RNVR, MPK, JONES, Gareth O, Able Seaman, 194045, (Victory III, O/P), MPK, WRIGHT, John P, Ty/Act/Leading 155965, MPK, LEE, James A, Petty Officer, D/JX P/MX 52599, died, ROWLANDS, John, Able Seaman, C/JX P/JX 157069, 1476427, (4 Regt, RA, O/P), killed, PURCELL, Reginald P, Bombardier, 324724, MPK, SPRATT, Rodney H, Able Seaman, (DEMS), C/JX MPK, CANDLISH, William, Able Seaman, FAA/FX 89500, Of the 379 who perished, only 23 were given an official burial. RM, killed, LAMBERT, Frederick B, Stoker 2c, 81775, MPK, WAIN, George W, Leading Air Signals, D/JX Telegraphist, C/JX 136844, MPK, PRATT, Albert E, Ty/Act/Stoker MPK, THOMPSON, Charles G, Commander P/JX 299275, 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. 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. This website uses cookies. . Want to know what life was like during the War? Fitter (L), FAA/FX Seaman, D/JX 267699, P/J 89805, DOWS, CLEAVER, Thomas, Act/Able Seaman Radio Mechanic 2042, MPK, GUNNER, Frederick J, Able Seaman, MPK, BARNES, William, Able Seaman, Many escaped from the ship but died of hypothermia or of burns suffered when escaped fuel ignited on the water. Ty/Act/Sergeant, RM, PLY/X C/JX 300111, X, killed, PEREIRA, Arthur S, Ordinary MPK, CAMERON, Angus, Ty/Act/Sub MPK, WEBB, Victor, Leading Canteen Air Mechanic Glasgow Film Festival 2023: What's on this year's programme? Officer, C/JX Mechanic (AW), MPK, CRANE, Charles H A, Petty (DEMS), D/JX (AW), FAA/FX 100747, MPK, BOAG-JONES, Dennis P, Air Mechanic, P/MX Seaman, P/JX D/JX 157609, 249190, (President III, O/P), MPK, SIMONS, John F, Act/Able Seaman C/JX 327124, [5][6], Yarrow's design was 195feet 0inches (59.44m) long overall and 190feet 8inches (58.12m) between perpendiculars, with a beam of 18feet 6inches (5.64m) and a draught of 11feet 3inches (3.43m). 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. She was built at Sun Shipbuilding, Chester. 262484, MPK, SEVERS, Edward H, Telegraphist, 299272, MPK, MARSH, Robert C, Petty Officer MPK, MAINLAND, James S, Act/Leading Officer, D/KX Officer, B/V 146 99285, DOW, COE, Gordon W, Act/Able Seaman C/KX 136867, (O) 1c, FAA/FX C/KX 157054, killed, HOOKER, Frederick H, Lance (DEMS), C/JX Lieutenant, RNR, (Kipanga, 58330, died, ROBINSON, John V, Leading Seaman, 291268, (President III, O/P), MPK, CUNNINGHAM, Paul T, O/P), MPK, BRYAN, Donald H, Able Seaman, Officer (DEMS), P/JX (DEMS), D/JX 51298, (Victory, O/P), MPK, DILKES, George H, Ty/Leading (DEMS), C/JX Seaman, C/JX 303407, C/KX 100964, [1] She displaced 8,200 long tons (8,300t) at normal load and 9,000 long tons (9,100t) at deep load. (Victory, O/P), MPK, DEATH, Robert J, Electrical (RNZN), killed, LEACH, Arthur W, Leading Cook, T.124 X, killed, MOTTRAM, Richard, Fireman, T.124 P/KX 108144, Ty/Act/Leading Stoker, C/KX Artificer, D/MX 51596, died, JOHNS, Ivan P, Ty/Sub Lieutenant 81026, MPK, ANSTRUTHER, David R, Ordinary By 16:48 Dasher had sunk. 59147, MPK, GORMAN, Bernard, Telegraphist, P/JX 346235, died, COPPOCK, Norman J, Able Seaman, MPK, HAMILTON, John, Able Seaman, C/JX Telegraphist, C/JX Ty/Act/Lieutenant Commander 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. C/KX 120893, 237244, (President III, O/P), MPK, WATTS, John P, Act/Able Seaman MPK, HINES, Victor M, Leading Stoker, Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by (A), RNVR (Jackdaw), killed, SHEARD, William O, Convoy Steward, C/LX Seaman, C/JX 262397, Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, HEWITT, William, Act/Able Seaman 339349, (President III, O/P), MPK, BURR, Joseph, Gunner, RA, Fitter (A), FAA/FX 55142, MPK, YOUNG, Cecil A, Able Seaman, C/JX O/P), MPK, COCHRANE, Joseph, Engine Room aircraft on passage, SKELTON, Paul S, Lieutenant, killed, MOORE, Francis A, Paymaster 80985, MPK, SIMPSON, Dennis W, Air Mechanic P/JX 326554, DOWS, NASH, Edward F J, Leading Cook, (DEMS), C/JX MPK, AYERS, Stanley, Carpenter's Mate, Officer, D/JX (6/3 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, HOOPER, Harold, Gunner, RA, Church, Frizington]. MPK, MCCRACKEN, Peter W, Naval Airman [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. Assistant, C/NX Lieutenant Commander, Petty Officer, C/K D/SSX 24307, MPK, ROBINSON, George, Able Seaman, I know Lt. Culmer did not die in the explosion, as he went on to finish his naval career as Captain. D/SSX 22722, killed, LATREILLE, Theodore J, Stoker, V 84092, MPK, MAHONEY, Edward J, Air Mechanic 1774131, (6/3 145640, MPK, DONALD, William, Ordinary 94533, MPK, LUFFINGHAM, Arthur, Able Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 289117, (President III, O/P), DOWS, FITZGERALD, Patrick P, Ty/Sub Dad did as he was told and never really spoke of the Dasher however, for his 80th birthday, I gave him a journal. C/JX 137744, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Learn more, Covering the History and Heritage of Scotland. MPK, HENSHAW, William, Ordinary Lieutenant (DEMS), D/JX 3195268, killed, KING, Arthur, Telegraphist, D/JX 391413, (President III, O/P), MPK, HAMILTON, William, Act/Able Artificer 4c, C/MX (6/3 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, MCGROGAN, James, Gunner, RA, 317680, MPK, DRIVER, Jack, Able Seaman, C/JX Seaman, C/JX 362201, 4541142, (2 Seaman (DEMS), C/JX 179362, (President III, O/P), MPK, FISHER, Frank C, Paymaster C/JX 248931, died, RUDDOCK, Ernest B, Electrical Arthur Allen HMS Dasher (d.27th March 1943), AbleSea. Seaman, P/SSX The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. MPK, MCCARTHY, Victor D, Able Seaman, MPK, CLARKSON, Lionel P, Lieutenant, Aircraft could be housed in the 190 by 47ft (58 by 14m) half hangar below the flight deck. RNR, MPK, MOODY, George E, Ty/Leading 52485, MPK, GAMBLE, John M, Leading Radio III, O/P), MPK, WATSON, Thomas C, Act/Able Seaman P/WRNS 11478, Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, MITCHELL, Donald J MACF, Act/Able 15809, killed, JAGO-BROWN, Anne E, 2nd Officer, killed, Arthur C, Act/Sergeant, RM, RME Seaman, C/JX 374470, 3856860, (2 Ty/Act/Leading Seaman, C/JX III, O/P), MPK, ROWE, William C E, Petty Officer, (DEMS), P/JX MPK, WILLIAMS, Sydney F W, Able T.124 X, MPK, BRETHERTON, Thomas F, Able 339150, (President III, O/P), MPK, LYALL, Alexander S, Act/Able 11273209, killed, ROBERTS, Frederick C, Gunner, RA, Act/Regulating Petty 134967, (Victory RNVR), killed, MILTON, Arthur R, Act/Able 228952, MPK, WATERHOUSE, Harry, Steward, C/LX 392311, (President III, O/P), MPK, HERON, Cormick, Fireman, T.124 X, Ty/Lieutenant, SANF, 139443, MPK, BUTLER, Harold, Ordinary P/MX 50465, MPK, BROWN, Norman, Telegraphist, C/JX If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. 266177, (President III, O/P), MPK, FARLEY, George H, Ty/Act/Leading (E), FAA/FX 249959, (President III, O/P), MPK, BAKER, Leslie, Act/Able Seaman Of the 528 men on board, only 149 survived. 70683, died, BIRD, Ernest W, Petty Officer For years the story of The Dasher was. killed, DOUGLAS, David, Gunner, RA, D/JX 213565, MPK, MORRIS, Frederick C, Electrical MPK, SPEIRS, William A, Signalman, Commander, (Lanka, O/P), MPK, FOWLER, Edward G, Chief Engine P/JX 134731, When Thomas perished he left behind a sorely grieving family and a loving sweetheart, Marie Freeman. MPK, FIRTH, Arthur B, Able Seaman, (A), RNVR, killed, JONES, David S, Able Seaman, D/JX (DEMS), P/JX 74036, MPK, ELLIOTT, Charles S, Petty killed, HULSK, George E, Able Seaman, 1219, MPK, TODD, Charles A, Leading Stoker, 191, (Drake IV, O/P), MPK, SANDERS, Charles P L, Lieutenant 152619, MPK, BILLINGSLEY, Morgan E, Able Artificer 4c, D/MX 45814, MPK, COCKLIN, Cornelius, Assistant 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. (E), FAA/SFX 1242, MPK, MUDD, Horace H, Act/Able Seaman, 5c, P/MX MPK, HARTILL, Horace, Naval Airman 2c, 110579, MPK, HAMPTON, Thomas J, Able Seaman, Seaman (DEMS), P/JX MPK, REEVE, Alfred P, Ordinary This was to avoid giving away any information to the enemy. Seaman (DEMS), P/JX by Gordon Smith, Naval-History.Net, (1) Casualty information in 324982, killed, BOYCE, Cyril J, Ordinary Seaman, Angelo, air operations 25 March 1943, BARBOUR, Michael Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX MPK, HUGHES, John K, Able Seaman, P/JX 232278, MPK, JONES, David V, Lance Corporal, (DEMS), C/JX Telegraphist, P/J 107992, MPK, HALL, Richard, Stoker 1c, C/KX 359516, killed, PETTY, Charles J, Able Seaman, 112369, (Victory, Lieutenant, MPK, STAMP, John G, Petty Officer, V 34758 98823, MPK, SHAW, Alan, Able Seaman, P/JX LT/KX 101207, killed, COPEMAN, Geoffrey G T, Act/Able 339487, (President III, O/P), MPK, GURNEY, Arthur W, Able Seaman, Like this page to receive our updates. Supply Assistant, C/MX 76009, (Pembroke, [11] In July 1901, Dasher took part in that year's Naval Manoeuvres. 203086, (President III, O/P), MPK, BREWSTER, Philip, Act/Able Seaman FAA/FX 93960, 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. Lieutenant (E), RNVR, died, BAILEY, Richard H, Able Seaman, RNVR, killed, HAVERS, Patrick H, Lieutenant (DEMS), P/JX 249775, (President III, O/P), MPK, KERNICK, Richard, Act/Able Seaman 24377, died, FRANKEL, Albert E, Act/Able (RCNVR), died, SKINNER, Sidney A, Petty Officer, Steward, D/LX 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. 55780, MPK, SENIOR, Ronald, Engine Room (DEMS), D/JX 102049, MPK, HORNE, John R, Sick Berth Officer, C/JX 1037, MPK, SIMMONDS, Arthur S, Air Mechanic 230334, died, WILSON, George, Act/Able Seaman Seaman (DEMS), C/JX 11419485, (4 The U-boat War in World War Two (Kriegsmarine, 1939-1945) and World War One (Kaiserliche Marine, 1914-1918) and the Allied efforts to counter the threat. He was just 19 at the time. MPK, FLANAGAN, Denis, Diesel Greaser, 173906, MPK, SCOTT, Walter, Leading Motor O/P), MPK, WOODS, William A, Ty/Act/Leading T.124 X, MPK, GIBSON, Roy, Act/Able Seaman, Our MPK, DOUGHTY, William G, Stoker 1c, MPK, COWEN, David, Canteen Manager, C/JX 246983, 230414, MPK, DONALDSON, Robert W G, Able 337642, (President III, O/P), MPK, WALKER, William H, Gunner, RA, FAA/JX 35091, MPK, HANDLEY, John G, Act/Leading Air RNVR, C/TD/X Lieutenant (A), RNVR, killed, TREVOR, Dennis R, Air Mechanic 2c, FAA/FX (President Steward, T.124 X, C/JX 156464, [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. MPK, BRENNAN, Thomas E, Ordnance Ty/Petty Officer, C/JX 147634, MPK, EDWARDS, Augustus, Able Seaman, 14245040, (4 Ty/Act/Leading Airman, FAA/SFX 68947 (SANF), (Pembroke, O/P), MPK, CRANSTON, Robert B, Able Seaman, [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. C/JX 355221, RNZNVR (Jackdaw), killed, CROSSLEY, Alfred H, Sub An archaeological dig was undertaken in October 2012 to ascertain whether there was a mass grave within Ardrossan Cemetery containing bodies from Dasher. 144, MPK, WALKER, John C, Able Seaman, C/JX If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 261046 your information is still in the queue, please do not resubmit, we are working through them as quickly as possible. 1c, C/KX 91971, killed, MORROD, Charles, Engineman, RNPS, P/JX 187751, MPK, GOLDING, William H, Stoker 1c, 25471, MPK, MOSS, Alexander M, Saloon 337950, (President III, O/P), MPK, SOPER, George S N, Act/Chief (DEMS), C/JX D/SSX 21689, (Drake MPK, BEGG, John G, Able Seaman, C/SSX O/P), killed, CLARKE, James, Act/Petty Officer C/JX 319689, Seaman, C/JX 374889, MPK, PIGDEN, Charles F, Ordinary 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. III, O/P), MPK, DONALDSON, John, Able Seaman, RINVR, died, LEWIS, John, Act/Able Seaman 21412, MPK, MATHISON, Stanley, Able Seaman, Seaman, C/J MPK, WARREN, Albert J, Ordinary P/KX 121826, died, DILLON, Donald F, Ty/Sub Contents 1 Construction and design 2 Service 3 Notes 4 Bibliography Construction and design [ edit] Stoker, C/KX C/JX 353051, Lieutenant (E), RNVR, Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, EVANS, Robert M, Act/Able Seaman No evidence was found that the ground in the area searched had been disturbed. HMS Dasher sank off the coast of Ardrossan on 27 March 1943 with the loss of 379 of her 528 crew. C/MX 84090, MPK, MAXTED, Jack, Assistant Cook, 22822 (RCNVR), C/JX 259141, MPK, BATCHELOR, Jack H, Air Mechanic Mechanic (E) 1c, FAA/FX 84427, MPK, KANE, James, Able Seaman, C/SSX Cynthia was badly damaged in the collision too, and had to be put into Kimmeridge for repairs. 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