Memorial

HMS Dasher - Tablet

Tablet

Source: Copyright John Burnett

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Current Location

In pier entrance vestibule, Caledonian MacBrayne Ferry Terminal, Brodick (Isle of Arran), Cunninghame, Ayrshire, KA27 8AY, Scotland

NS 02227 35966

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 9780
Description: Rectangular grey slate tablet inside black frame, with badge of HMS Dasher engraved above commemoration incised in gold lettering. The badge depicts a horse's head in profile within a laurel wreath, the wreath topped by a crown and the word "DASHER".
Inscription: IN MEMORY OF THE/ OFFICERS AND MEN/ LOST ON THE/ AIRCRAFT CARRIER/ H.M.S. DASHER/ WHO SAILED FROM/ LAMLASH BAY/ ON 27TH MARCH 1943/ AND SANK BETWEEN ARRAN AND/ ARDROSSAN

Unveiled

01 June 1999

Mrs Francis Hook (relative of one of the men lost on the ship), survivors, relatives and friends of the fallen

Tablet

Made from: Slate

Condition: Good