Officer, C/JX Officer, D/JX 139568, MPK, GIBSON, Robert F, Leading Radio C/JX 195151, C/JX 317604, 241460, killed, WHITHAM, John, Ordnance Mechanic Telegraphist, 66108, MPK, SIMPSON, Malcolm, Engine Room Artificer 3c, P/MX 58330, died, ROBINSON, John V, Leading Seaman, The St Josephs parish church memorial lists the parishioners who lost their lives in both World Wars, 11 of these being from the Second World War. 17317, MPK, CASSON, William E A, Act/Able Artificer, C/M X, killed, PEREIRA, Arthur S, Ordinary Officer, C/JX 4789, MPK, JOHNSON, Harold W, Ordinary [7], In March 1901 she was commissioned at Chatham Dockyard to take her place in the Medway Instructional Flotilla. 194544, killed, FARQUHARSON, Mary C, WRNS, (E), FAA/SFX O/P), killed, GRADON, John W, Gunner, RA, (E), RNR, MPK, ALLEN, Arthur E, Telegraphist, 218319, killed, KEMP, Joseph M, Seaman, RNPS, Lieutenant (A), RNVR, killed, HAJEE, Mea B, Bhandary, CDC/91479 HMS Dasher sank off the coast of Ardrossan with the loss of 379 crewmen. Cook, T.124 X, Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, MOLLOY, John, Ty/Leading Seaman 59908, MPK, RIX, Richard D, Ordinary Seaman, 2023 BBC. Lieutenant (A), RNVR, MPK, SEVERN, John, Able Seaman, C/JX 318096, MPK, DRUMMOND, Anne A, Leading WRNS, 66725, MPK, BARNARD, Richard A, Ordinary Commander, died, JONES, Ronald W C, Petty Officer 339487, (President III, O/P), MPK, GURNEY, Arthur W, Able Seaman, Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, NORCROSS, Albert, Act/Able LT/JX 202277, Airman, FAA/FX Bombardier, RA, 5190220, Two locomotive boilers fed steam at 180 pounds per square inch (1,200kPa) to two three-cylinder triple expansion engines. On its second convey run, HMS Dasher developed engine trouble and so turned back to the Clyde. 38384, MPK, JEFFREY, Joseph, Able Seaman, Fitter (L), FAA/FX MPK, MARTIN, Thomas J, Able Seaman, Seaman, C/JX 102496, MPK, HUNNISETT, Brian, Able Seaman, recording and preserving recollections, documents, photographs and small items. 3856860, (2 killed, COPELAND, Clarence F G W, Canteen Officer, D/K 315140, MPK, GOSWELL, Richard F, Act/Master at Bombardier, RA, 7886765, Lieutenant (E), RNVR, 391413, (President III, O/P), MPK, HAMILTON, William, Act/Able 337950, (President III, O/P), MPK, SOPER, George S N, Act/Chief 87319, MPK, JACKSON, Leonard, Act/Able RNSR, D/SR This was to avoid giving away any information to the enemy. Adam Peters. 104771, MPK, ROSS, Henry, Air Mechanic (A) 1c, Lieutenant, RNR, (Kipanga, Seaman, D/JX died, MCGRATH, Leonard, Lance C/SSX 23479, 146991, MPK, MACDONALD, William, Stoker 2c, (DEMS), C/JX 314584, (President III, O/P), MPK, SMITH, William G, Act/Able Seaman Seaman, C/JX 336132, (President III, O/P), MPK, THOMAS, Thomas A, Act/Able Seaman C/JX 319689, He was asked to sit with the VIPs that day - I think that only fitting. (MN), died, LEGGETT, Arthur A, Skipper 92243, died, LAWRENCE, Douglas R S, 102025, MPK, GOSLING, Basil F, Able Seaman, Mechanic (A) 1c, FAA/SFX 76114, MPK, STANLEY, Clifford, Stoker 1c, Pennsylvania. 1219, MPK, TODD, Charles A, Leading Stoker, 84125, MPK, WILLIAMS, Robert, Air Mechanic Officer, C/JX (President There were merits in both arguments, but thereafter the stowage on her British-operated sister ships was reduced from 75,00088,000USgal (280,000330,000L) down to 36,000USgal (140,000L), and the USN reduced theirs also but not as drastically. Seaman (DEMS), C/JX RM, EX/2868, T.124 X, MPK, WEBB, Joseph H, Naval Airman 2c, 196892, MPK, JOHNSON, Albert E, Ordinary Church, Frizington and met with the Parish Priest Father Bernard Hearty. 89955, MPK, PYRKE, Edward V, Petty Officer, 392311, (President III, O/P), MPK, HERON, Cormick, Fireman, T.124 X, Regt, RA, O/P), killed, PURCELL, Reginald P, Bombardier, Seaman, C/JX RAF Losses - the sinking of HMS Glorious08/06/1940 - 10/06/1940. Officer Telegraphist, MPK, ANDERSON, Alexander, Ordinary 628, MPK, DAY, Frederick G W, Able Seaman, please Mechanic (AW), FAA/FX 335694, (President III, O/P), MPK, WILLIAMS, Frank, Act/Able Seaman The others simply "disappeared". Mechanic, P/MX 82212, MPK, BOND, Douglas A, Ordinary 106068, MPK, RIDPATH, Frederick G, X, killed, KIRKLAND, William, Boatswain, Officer, C/KX Seaman, P/JX 282845, Seaman, C/JX 341560, MPK, BARWISE, John H, Able Seaman, MPK, FIRTH, Arthur B, Able Seaman, 81389, died, ROBINSON, Francis, Able Seaman, There were many such accidental deaths during the war years and each one was a tragedy for a family. Petty Officer, C/K 236508, (President III, O/P), killed, BARKER, George E W, Seaman, RNPS, 1866722, killed, BLAGG, Sidney J, Bombardier, RA, MPK, NORWOOD, Ronald J, Stoker, C/KX 98233, MPK, THORNHILL, Raymond, Able Seaman, (RCNVR), died, SKINNER, Sidney A, Petty Officer, MPK, GILLIES, William, Ty/Leading (RCNVR), killed, BENNETT, Frederick G N, Able (A), RNVR, killed, GODDARD, Thomas, Ty/Sub MPK, SHEARER, James D, Canteen 173315, MPK, MAHON, William, Air Mechanic (O) 96994, DOWS, KEENAN, Patrick J, Gunner, RA, 112369, (Victory, D/KX 90151, (DEMS), C/JX 84365, (Pembroke, O/P), MPK, WRIGHT, Bernard J, Act/Able C/KX 99335, MPK, JOHNSTON, Alexander, Officer Air Bombardier, RA, 2198256, Lieutenant (A), RNVR, Ty/Petty Officer, C/JX 147634, MPK, EDWARDS, Augustus, Able Seaman, Teak boards from the flight deck of Dasher washed up on the beach at Ardrossan in 1999. 92524, MPK, FURRELL, Patrick E, Supply Petty The vessel was built by the Sun Shipbuilding Company in Pennsylvania and was originally intended as a passenger and cargo ship. 110579, MPK, HAMPTON, Thomas J, Able Seaman, 2c, FAA/FX (Nile, O/P), killed, PENNY, Horace J, Stoker 1c, P/KX MPK, TICKNER, William T, 86308, MPK, CLARK, William E, Ty/Leading (DEMS), D/JX HMS Dasher (escort carrier) was destroyed through internal explosion. 4623397, killed, GREENFIELD, Cecil G, Gunner, RA, (AW), FAA/FX 87765, MPK, CORRALL, Noel L, Able Seaman, (A), FAA/FX RFR, C/J 88762, 173883, MPK, HUSSY-YEO, Leslie D, Able Seaman, MPK, DIGGINS, John H, Able Seaman, MPK, FLANAGAN, Denis, Diesel Greaser, 271391, (President III, O/P), MPK, SCHILLER, John V, Able Seaman, V Artificer 4c, D/MX 152557, MPK, MATCHAM, Sidney G, Stoker 1c, MPK, RICHARDSON, William, Storekeeper C/JX355084, illness, died, BERRY, Arthur, Gunner, RA, MPK, RICHARDS, Thomas, Stoker 1c, C/KX 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. Fitter (O), FAA/FX MPK, FULKER, Henry C, Air Mechanic Seaman, C/JX The first casualty, whose body was not subsequently identified, was Able Seaman C/JX238822 William Barnes of Cleator Moor, aged 24. D/JX 302591, [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. FAA/SFX 264, MPK, HANDY, Ernest H, Petty Officer, (6/3 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, O'SULLIVAN, Matthew, Act/Able 1499, MPK, BROWN, Alexander M, Ordinary Copyright 2023. Seaman (DEMS), C/JX RNPS, LT/JX MPK, TOSELAND, William, Able Seaman, Officer, C/KX P/SSX 23566, (Victory (RNZN), killed, LEACH, Arthur W, Leading Cook, Lieutenant (A), RNVR, HMS Dasher HMS Dasher was an Avenger Class Escot Carrier. MPK, BEGG, John G, Able Seaman, C/SSX Ty/Act/Leading Seaman 120945, MPK, WILLISON, Alfred J, Stoker 1c, He was 21 when he passed. Seaman, C/JX (DEMS), C/JX 89609, MPK, MOORE, John R, Air Mechanic 2c, Officer, P/J 65858, MPK, BEAVERS, Ernest, Stoker 1c, P/KX FAA/FX 83784, Bombardier, RA, 11277071, MPK, WOODCOCK, Dudley A M, Lieutenant You can help improve our commands section Click here to Submit events/comments/updates for this vessel . Mechanic, P/MX 289629, (President III, O/P), MPK, FEARN, James MCR, Act/Able Seaman Artificer 3c, P/MX Most of the dead were buried at Ardrossan or Greenock. Out of the 528 crew, 379 died. 271819, MPK, WILLIAMS, Lynn, Ordinary Seaman, [11] In July 1901, Dasher took part in that year's Naval Manoeuvres. I know Lt. Culmer did not die in the explosion, as he went on to finish his naval career as Captain. C/KX 102740, Telegraphist, P/JX 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. P/K 65369, (Victory, Seaman, C/JX Seaman (DEMS), P/JX Supply Assistant, C/MX 97334, MPK, SCOTT, George E, Leading Stoker Steward, C/LX 258797, MPK, WALKER, John, Engine Room Seaman, P/JX P/JX 191213, Signals, D/JX By 16:48 Dasher had sunk. (DEMS), C/JX RNPS, LT/MX (DEMS), C/JX 5774299, killed, NEWBERY, Alfred G, Gunner, RA, 359011, MPK, MCKENZIE, Arthur R, Ordinary Stoker, C/KX Telegraphist, 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. 132185, MPK, LANGLEY, Alan, Stoker 1c, C/KX P/JX 201214, died, MARSDEN, Stephen A, Musician, Writer, P/MX Attached is a picture of Cecil in uniform. (E) 1c, FAA/FX 265579, (President III, O/P), MPK, DYER, Sydney G, Act/Able Seaman Lieutenant (A), RNVR, T.124 X, killed, CROOKS, Ivor E, Ordinary Seaman, 271185, MPK, MCVICAR, Colin M, Ordinary C/SSX 26128, MPK, BOTTERILL, Albert V, Stoker 1c, C/JX 240864, C/KX 103259, 91318, killed, PARR, Frederick H, Petty Officer (4) A visit to FrizingtonIn 2009 I visited St Joseph's R.C. 208315, (President III, O/P), MPK, SLATER, Samuel, Act/Able Seaman MPK, MAINLAND, James S, Act/Leading MPK, ROUTLEY, Harold G, Act/Petty If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Signalman, C/JX D/KX 118463, MPK, TRAYLER, William J, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX (AW), FAA/FX 100747, MPK, BOAG-JONES, Dennis P, Air 179362, (President III, O/P), MPK, FISHER, Frank C, Paymaster 81414, MPK, BRADLEY, William M McK, Able 319685, MPK, KYLE, Charles MC, Able Seaman, Seaman, C/JX 376923, Able Seaman Barnes is commemorated on the CWGC memorial at Chatham (Memorial Ref: 68, 2). 353799, MPK, WALTERS, Harold P, Chief Petty (DEMS), P/JX (RANR), died, THOMAS, Eric M, Shipwright 4c, 333253, (President III, O/P), MPK, WOOLCOTT, Victor S, Gunner, RA, 145641, killed, PHAIR, Frederick W, Leading Motor Signals, C/JX MPK, RICHARDSON, William, Act/Leading C/SSX 36026, 189781, (President III, O/P), MPK, JOHNSON, Samuel, Telegraphist, C/KX 80479, No evidence was found that the ground in the area searched had been disturbed. killed, LIGHTWING, James A, Ordinary killed, TARASOFF, Frederick, Able Seaman, Contents 1 Construction and design 2 Service 3 Notes 4 Bibliography Construction and design [ edit] MPK, CAMPBELL, John C, Act/Able 222509, (President III, O/P), MPK, CURTIS, John A, Act/Able Seaman Evidence strongly points to an unmarked mass grave in Ardrossan. (DEMS), D/JX Stoker, C/MX C/J 46054, MPK, CARRATT, Walter, Able Seaman, 7018462, killed, DORTON, Albert W J, Gunner, RA, 20124, MPK, FORD, Cyril D, Able Seaman, C/JX Seaman (DEMS), D/JX MPK, SULLIVAN, Thomas, Stoker 1c, C/KX Mechanic (E) 1c, FAA/SFX MPK, MURTON, Norman, Ty/Sick Berth 257293, (President III, O/P), MPK, TODD, Isaac B, Act/Able Seaman 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 . Artificer 3c, P/MX "Many questions surrounding the sinking of HMS Dasher have been left unanswered for far too long. 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