Seaman, C/JX 147759, MPK, LYNCH, Roderick, Chief Engine 217279, (President III, O/P), MPK, WILLIAMSON, John W, Gunner, RA, Seaman (DEMS), D/JX 81389, died, ROBINSON, Francis, Able Seaman, D/SSX 32210, DOWS, MURPHY, Peter J, HMS Dasher sank off the coast of Ardrossan on 27 March 1943 with the loss of 379 of her 528 crew. D/220 W, died, HODGSON, George A, Ty/Sub (President Petty Officer, 92243, died, LAWRENCE, Douglas R S, 196193, MPK, SHAW, Douglas A, Able Seaman, 197626, (President III, O/P), MPK, LOCKWOOD, Wilfred, Act/Able 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. MPK, MOORE, Leonard J, Able Seaman, (President III, O/P), MPK, BEST, Leslie, Telegraphist, C/SSX P/JX 157069, V 24433 (RCNVR), died, SHANNON, John P, Gunner, RA, If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Artificer 4c, X MPK, RICHARDSON, William, Act/Leading 6982063, killed, MARSON, William H, Gunner, RA, Telegraphist, P/JX MPK, NORWOOD, Ronald J, Stoker, C/KX Ty/Act/Lieutenant Commander So families of the bereaved were rather kept in the dark about what had happened. MPK, NICHOLSON, Albert J, Able Seaman, killed, WADDINGTON, George A, Gunner, RA, D/SSX 22722, killed, LATREILLE, Theodore J, Stoker, V Telegraphist, C/JX 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. P/KX 145782, Stoker, C/KX In 2009 at almost 86, we sent him by himself, to the UK. C/JX 195151, 359516, killed, PETTY, Charles J, Able Seaman, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX LT/JX 202277, (DEMS), D/JX MPK, WOOD, Albert S, Ty/Act/Leading MPK, FREEMAN, Stanley R, Petty Officer (DEMS), D/JX Seaman, C/JX 315182, Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, HARRISON, Joseph, Gunner, RA, You can help improve our commands section Click here to Submit events/comments/updates for this vessel . Seaman, P/JX 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, Petty Officer, C/JX 156068, died, CONWAY, James, Marine, PLY/X 105763, killed, LAVER, Albert F, Ty/Act/Corporal, Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, YENDOLL, Tom B, Ty/Lieutenant C/JX 185498, D/JX 155487, RM, PO/X 1553, MPK, ALLEN, Bernard, Able Seaman, C/JX We are now on Facebook. 75770, (Victory III, O/P), MPK, STEVENS, Frederick R, Sick Berth (DEMS), C/JX killed, BYRNE, David E, Able Seaman, C/JX P/JX 321159, Lieutenant, RNVR, Steward, C/LX 289076, (President III, O/P), MPK, JOYCE, Herbert W, Act/Able Seaman Lieutenant (E), 279269, MPK, BUXTON, Trevor B, Ty/Act/Sub 336106, (President III, O/P), MPK, MOORE, Robert, Ordinary (DEMS), P/JX Stoker, D/KX 336400, died, SULEMANI, Mohamed, Able Seaman, MPK, KEVERNE, Richard H J, Act/Petty (L) 1c, FAA/SFX VideoAt the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Why Covid lab-leak theory is now being taken seriously, Blackpink lead top stars back on the road in Asia, Exploring the rigging claims in Nigeria's elections, 'Wales is in England' gaffe sparks TikToker's trip, Ukraine war casts shadow over India's G20 ambitions, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. 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. P/KX 132450, 141624, MPK, BARHAM, Alfred E, Able Seaman, Artificer, D/MX 51596, died, JOHNS, Ivan P, Ty/Sub Lieutenant PLY/X 19077, died, REYNARD, James T, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), D/JX MPK, MCLELLAN, John, Air Mechanic 1c, MPK, MOXON, Frederick, Ordinary 96882, (Victory, O/P), MPK, MARTIN, Norman B W, Able Seaman, C/JX 352303, D/312114, died, HOWSON, Thomas, Able Seaman, D/JX 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. Seaman, C/JX 351170, 85689, MPK, STOREY, Thomas P, Ty/Surgeon 3195268, killed, KING, Arthur, Telegraphist, D/JX RNPS, LT/JX 3486 (RIN), died, IMIYAZ, Hasan K, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX 134868, 83109, MPK, SCANLON, Thomas, Able Seaman, Petty Officer, C/MX Telegraphist, P/JX 2476, MPK, ATHERTON, Charles H, Able Seaman, Seaman (DEMS), P/JX 628, MPK, DAY, Frederick G W, Able Seaman, 357886, MPK, COOLEY, Reginald D, Leading Radio P/WRNS 11478, We would like to show you a description here but the site won't allow us. 81974, MPK, SNELLING, Archibald R, Stoker 1c, killed, MCLEAN, Walter, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX 299146, Steward, C/LX MPK, BUTTERFIELD, Joseph H, Able MPK, MURRAY, George N, Leading Airman, FAA/FX Battles for Tunis & North Africa, Battle of Atlantic C/KX 152636, MPK, PITMAN, Peter E V, 1st Writer, Seaman, C/J 344216, MPK, CARPENTER, Clyde, Act/Rigger's RNR, MPK, TUNNEY, Owen, Able Seaman, C/JX Descripton: The authors' third book on HMS Dasher establishes a connection between this ship's sinking and The Man Who Never Was, the Allied ruse to deceive the Germans about the likely point of mainland Europe allied invasion. MPK, O'BRIEN, Arnold, Ordinary Seaman, (DEMS), C/JX 230414, MPK, DONALDSON, Robert W G, Able [11] In July 1901, Dasher took part in that year's Naval Manoeuvres. (A), RNVR, 335416, (President III, O/P), MPK, FRY, Norman F, Stoker, S 4178 94979, MPK, WHELDON, Harold W, Act/Able 116725, MPK, MITCHELL, Richard E, Able Seaman, Telegraphist, C/WRX 80136, MPK, REID, Allan, Cleaner, T.124 X R 247986, MPK, LONSDALE, Cyril, Air Mechanic (O) (Nile, O/P), killed, PENNY, Horace J, Stoker 1c, P/KX Telegraphist, D/WRX 120984, MPK, WEIR, John B, Stoker 1c, C/KX 90641, (Derby, O/P), MPK, FORMAN, Kenneth, Paymaster Casualty Lists of the Royal Navy and Dominion Navies, . MPK, RICHARDSON, William, Storekeeper (L) 1c, FAA/SFX Thomass mother never ever looked forward to Christmas after the tragedy as her son was born on Christmas Day. 82785, MPK, ROLPH, Alfred J, Stoker 1c, C/KX Scottish History. 6355554, (2 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. 317680, MPK, DRIVER, Jack, Able Seaman, C/JX C/J 60576, missing, HARRISON, Wilfred, Able Seaman, P/MX 54244, (Victory 169472, MPK, WALKER, John R, Ty/Sub Lieutenant 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. C/JX 352493, MPK, GRIFFITHS, William R, Air Fitter Seaman (DEMS), D/JX 63816, MPK, SHAW, Frank, Able Seaman, C/SSX 1c, FXX/FX Such things happen in wars and conflicts. After doing some aircraft ferry operations in the Mediterranean, Dasher sailed to the Clyde in March 1943 and, having had her flight-deck lengthened by 42 feet, she embarked Fairey Swordfish aircraft. (DEMS), P/JX Lieutenant (A), Seaman (DEMS), D/JX 106835, killed, JONES, Watkin G, Act/Able Seaman, Lt. Ralph Carnac Stallard-Penoyre Squadron Commander HMS Dasher (d.27th March 1943). 1531065, (7/4 MPK, REEVE, Alfred P, Ordinary 98823, MPK, SHAW, Alan, Able Seaman, P/JX MPK, ROUTLEY, Harold G, Act/Petty Seaman, C/JX Lieutenant, RNR, (Kipanga, Seaman, RFR, C/J 335651, (President III, O/P), MPK, HESKETH, Albert G, Act/Able RM, killed, LAMBERT, Frederick B, Stoker 2c, Lieutenant (E), RFR, C/J 88762, C/JX 154887, [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. 288838, (President III, O/P), MPK, MCGARRY, Robert M, Gunner, RA, MPK, BLAND, Ivan H, Ordinary Seaman, 353101, MPK, SNOWDON, John N, Ty/Sub RA, 3773063, Seaman, C/JX 208315, (President III, O/P), MPK, SLATER, Samuel, Act/Able Seaman T.124 X, MPK, TRAVIS, William, Storekeeper, 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. Writer, RNSR, D/SR MPK, JONES, Norman E, Able Seaman, D/KX 92324, 271809, MPK, MUNDY, James F, Stoker 1c, C/KX (DEMS), C/JX T.124 X, killed, SCOTT, Terence, Donkeyman, T.124 MPK, TOSH, William, Assistant Steward, MPK, HEATHCOTE, Eric, Leading Seaman, MPK, JAMES, John P, Chief Engine Room 13134, killed, JACQUES, John M, Signalman, P/JX Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, CARPENTER, Raymond, Gunner, RA, Discussions on all aspects of the Second World War. 1774131, (6/3 5093, MPK, DEVLIN, John, Carpenter's Mate, C/JX 195146, MPK, ANDERSON, Alexander, Ordinary Seaman (DEMS), P/JX Artificer 3c, P 349851, (President III, O/P), DOWS, BOTT, Geofrey, Gunner, RA, 72069, MPK, STEAD, John, Able Seaman, C/JX 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. 225994, MPK, CALDOW, Robert, Ordinary Seaman, Seaman, P/JX 282845, 338334, (President III, O/P), MPK, COLLETT, Cecil E, (DEMS), P/J There was a short announcement of the sinking in The Times in 1945, then nothing more was said officially for 70 years. 258797, MPK, WALKER, John, Engine Room 236668, (President III, O/P), MPK, DAVIS, Richard S, Act/Able Seaman (Salisbury, O/P), (Drake II), MPK, TERRY, Jack F, Yeoman of Signals, Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, SAYERS, Albert G, Act/Able Seaman Various possible causes have been suggested, including one of her aircraft crashing onto the flight deck and igniting petrol fumes from leaking tanks. To differentiate between the two classes, the Royal Navy ships were prefixed with a 'B' (BAVG). C/JX 318788, C/SSX 36026, C/MX 100723, C/MX 84090, MPK, MAXTED, Jack, Assistant Cook, MPK, MACDONALD, Roderick A, Ordinary [1][2], HMS Dasher (BAVG4) was built by the Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Chester, Pennsylvania. 266177, (President III, O/P), MPK, FARLEY, George H, Ty/Act/Leading 1598326, (7/4 Ty/Lieutenant, RNVR, MPK, JONES, Gareth O, Able Seaman, C/JX 130904, MPK, KENAH, John E, Able Seaman, C/JX Ty/Act/Leading Stoker, C/KX 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, . MPK, MURTON, Norman, Ty/Sick Berth Mechanic (O), FAA/FX 77087, MPK, KILBURN, William, Chief Steward Artificer 4c, 2334 WA/WRNS 47774, died, BENTLEY, George H, Lance MPK, PEEBLES, William C, Act/Yeoman of C/JX 220913, MPK, GILROY, Stanley, Able Seaman, C/KX 97090, MPK, BRUNWIN, Dudley R, Ordinary In heavy weather Cynthia had to stop to recover her cables, and then while trying to recover her position in front of Dasher, she smashed into the latter's port side creating a hole below waterline and damaging steering gear. (DEMS), C/JX C/SSX 23479, 310908, (President III, O/P), MPK, BURNS, Henry S, Act/Able Seaman 173906, MPK, SCOTT, Walter, Leading Motor His name was Able Seaman C/JX 212950 Sylvester Woolaghan, aged 23. 271890, killed, DAVIS, Stanley, Ty/Leading [6], The government of the time, eager to avoid damage to morale and anxious to avoid any suggestion of faulty US construction, tried to cover up the sinking. photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. (Pens), C/J 31774, MPK, HOUGHTON, Kenneth D, [7] She reached a speed of 26.21 knots (30.16mph; 48.54km/h) during sea trials. 2c, FAA/FX D/JX 182529, (Resource, 374891, MPK, PILE, Stephen G, Petty Officer, 84427, MPK, KANE, James, Able Seaman, C/SSX 347470, MPK, CONGDON, Noel C E, Ordinary 266514, (President III, O/P), MPK, PEARCE, Ralph, Act/Able Seaman 230334, died, WILSON, George, Act/Able Seaman 391190, (President III, O/P), MPK, INGRAM, Thomas, Ty/Act/Leading By 16:48 Dasher had sunk. Seaman, D/JX 349853, illness, 16331, MPK, SLADE, John, Diesel Greaser, C/JX 259141, MPK, BATCHELOR, Jack H, Air Mechanic Signalman, C/JX 11419485, (4 Stoker, D/KX (DEMS), C/JX 210218, (President III, O/P), MPK, ROGERS, Willliam, Act/Able Seaman 17317, MPK, CASSON, William E A, Act/Able 1037, MPK, SIMMONDS, Arthur S, Air Mechanic Mechanic (AR), FAA/FX Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, BROWN, Ernest H, Lance 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. C/MX 120712, killed, THOMAS, Ernest E, Stoker Petty She escorted one convoy successfully, but shortly after leaving with the second, Dasher suffered engine trouble and turned back. Mechanic (AW), 110766, killed, YATES, Thomas, Able Seaman, C/JX Dasher (right, probably in Iceland - NavyPhotos/Alan for Mr S Vallely), ship loss MPK, BRAMWELL, Reginald R, Ordinary MPK, BAKER, Sidney, Ty/Act/Petty in date, ship/unit & name 3973656, killed, KIDD, Ernest, Lance Bombardier, (SANF), killed, STAPLES, George A, Leading loss, ABRAHAMS, Cyril J, Air Mechanic 896579, killed, BOWLER, Albert, Bombardier, RA, 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. The others simply "disappeared". (RNZN), killed, LEACH, Arthur W, Leading Cook, (A), FAA/FX 22822 (RCNVR), Video, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story, Harry and Meghan told to 'vacate' Frogmore Cottage, Prince Andrew offered Frogmore Cottage - reports, Rare Jurassic-era bug found at Arkansas Walmart, Bieber cancels remaining Justice world tour dates, Havana Syndrome unlikely to have hostile cause - US, China and Belarus call for peace in Ukraine, Man survives 31 days in jungle by eating worms, Beer and wine sales in Canada fall to all-time low, Covid origin likely China lab incident - FBI chief. MPK, COVELL, Edward W, Able Seaman, 100601, killed, NEIGHBOUR, Thomas H, Able Seaman, III, O/P), MPK, BIRNIE, Harry C, Commodore, RNR, Seaman, C/SSX Records of HMS Dasher from other sources. Seaman (DEMS), C/JX (A), RNVR, killed, GEORGE, Eric R, Ty/Act/Leading D/JX 173636, The local media were ordered to make no reference to the tragedy. 337033, (President III, O/P), MPK, NICOL, Alexander, Able Seaman, MPK, ROBERTS, Geoffrey, Air Fitter Seaman (DEMS), 16610, killed, GILROY, James, Able Seaman, C/JX 96583, (Pembroke I), MPK, WARD, John, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX The second casualty came from the village of Frizington, about 3 miles from Cleator Moor. 181272, MPK, CHAMBERLAIN, Arthur H R, Stoker 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 . MPK, FERNEYHOUGH, Wilfred, Able RNPS, LT/JX Steward, T.124 X, MPK, DAVIS, Charles F, Seaman, RNR, 374889, MPK, PIGDEN, Charles F, Ordinary MPK, SWEETNAM, Cuthbert B, Supply She participated in Operation Torch, with her sister ship Biter, carrying Sea Hurricanes of 804 Naval Air Squadron. 81026, MPK, ANSTRUTHER, David R, Ordinary Dasher was able to reach Swanage Bay where the destroyer was cleared of water and was then able to proceed to Portsmouth at 8 knots on 17 April. Ty/Petty Officer, C/JX 147634, MPK, EDWARDS, Augustus, Able Seaman, 62412, MPK, FERGUSON, Arthur, Ty/Act/Petty (6/3 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, HOOPER, Harold, Gunner, RA, MPK, CAPSTICK, Joseph A, Chief Petty 104115, MPK, BIDDLECOMBE, William H J, Leading 152557, MPK, MATCHAM, Sidney G, Stoker 1c, Seaman, C/JX Advanced Flying Unit (AFU), air crash, STARK, Winston V, Ty/Act/Sub P/JX 186173, Sylvester was the son of Sylvester and Catherine Woolaghan. MPK, CAMERON, Angus, Ty/Act/Sub Mechanic (AW), FAA/FX C/JX 353084, 300609, MPK, DRYDEN, James L, Stoker 1c, P/KX C/JX 161166, MPK, KING, Reginald S, Leading Mechanic, P/MX Seaman (DEMS), C/JX Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, KELSEY, Thomas A, Gunner, RA, 90601, MPK, BERESFORD, Sidney, Act/Able MPK, LANGLEY, John R, Ty/Sub P/JX 273044, killed, COOPER, Noel W, Ty/Lieutenant, 929978, (7/4
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