HMS Dasher

Message 2 - HMS Dasher

Posted on: 24 December 2004 by jelyoung22

My father was a survivor of the Dasher tragedy.
I only found out via the internet, some 20 years after his death, of the truth behind the mystery of HMS Dasher.
She was not torpedoed by a German uboat, as described above, This has been substantiated by German uboat records. Probable cause of sinking has been blamed on either a leaking fuel tank or a plane crashing into the ship on landing.
You may also find the HMS Dasher (1943) Association: http://www.johnsteele.free-online.co.uk/associat.htm^{About links}

for survivors and families of sailors that served on the Dasher useful.
My father joined the Dasher in New York when she was being converted into an escort carrier; and was one of the last people off it when she sunk in the Clyde between Ardrossan and the Isle of Arran.
His life was plagued with memories of this tragedy for forty years; he lost his best friend from school and many shipmates.
He wrote an autobiography that I have been trying to get published.

Message 3 - HMS Dasher

Posted on: 28 March 2005 by ronanddi

Re HMS Dasher.

At the time of the trgedy I was 4 years old.
My Uncle A/B Henry (Harry) Marston was killed on HMS Dasher. All I knew about him and the ship was that" it was a Woolwich Carrier and that on his last leave he did not want to return to the ship as it was a jinx ship". I did not know the nam,e of the ship until many years later,1997 although I served for 10 years in the Royal Navy, all of my time on aircraft carriers.
I am now the Secretary of HMS Dasher(1943) Association, many people are in the same position as your Mother, if we can be of any support, please contact me by e-mail or telephone on 0118 966 6658.

Ron Marston.