Commentics 16 16 My late father served aboard HMS Dasher as an artificer with 804 Squadron during Operation Torch. Fortunately he had left the ship prior to its loss in the Clyde, but he told me that the ship used to have a very strong smell of aviation fuel and he recalled frequent Tannoy warnings forbidding smoking and naked lights. He finished the war aboard HMS Glory with the Corsairs of 1831 Squadron and served in the Fleet Air Arm until retirement as a Lt Commander.

]]> Mon, 30 Mar 2026 23:28:58 +0100 item_846 When I was a child in the 1950’s my mother told me that she saw a ship exploding, and the sea going on fire, from a back window of 6 Hamilton Street in Saltcoats. Other family members knew the story, but it was only in the 1990’s, long after her death, that the story was verified.

]]> Wed, 19 Apr 2023 12:06:53 +0100 item_744 I believe my uncle Walter Marfleet was serving on HMS Dasher at the time of the sinking. He survived the war but was he a member of Compliment?

]]> Mon, 10 Jan 2022 12:50:03 +0000 item_683 Without a word of a lie, my aunt got the final message from the Dasher that night. It came through as an uncoded flash message which said “We’ve been hit”. The telegraphers on board might not have known the cause, only thinking they got hit, but that’s the exact message. My aunt was traumatised and sworn by Official Secrets Act. She got moved to a different posting.

]]> Mon, 25 May 2020 14:02:45 +0100 item_572 Fri, 14 Dec 2018 16:32:02 +0000 item_388 No ship blows up with out a reason well i've spoken to two WW2 veterans who spoted a plane had landed late and crashed on to the Dasher.

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