On March 29, 2026, Princess Anne and Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence attended a wreath-laying ceremony and memorial service marking the anniversary of HMS Dasher at the Ardrossan War Memorial on the North Ayrshire coast in southwestern Scotland. HMS Dasher served in the Second World War and sank on 27 March 1943. Only 149 of the 528 crew members on board survived.
HMS Dasher commemorations take place every year on the last full weekend in March. Most of those who died were buried at Ardrossan or Greenock. In 1993, a memorial to those lost on HMS Dasher was erected in Ardrossan, and since then there have been annual acts of remembrance involving local dignitaries and “Dasher families.”
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