| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Escort destroyer |
| Class | Hunt (Type II) |
| Pennant | L 99 |
| Built by | J.S. White & Co. (Cowes, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 20 Dec 1939 |
| Laid down | 29 Jul 1940 |
| Launched | 12 Aug 1941 |
| Commissioned | 11 Dec 1941 |
| End service | |
| History | Scrapped at Milford Haven on 24 September 1956. |
Commands listed for HMS Tetcott (L 99)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt. Henry Richard Rycroft, RN | 28 Oct 1941 | Oct 1943 |
| 2 | Lt. Archibald Ferguson Harkness, DSC, OBE, RNR | Oct 1943 | Mar 1944 |
| 3 | Lt. Hubert James Watkins, RN | Mar 1944 | 10 Jun 1945 |
| 4 | A/Lt.Cdr. John Alexander Jeffreys Dennis, DSC, RN | 10 Jun 1945 | late 1945 |
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Noteable events involving Tetcott include:
4 Aug 1942
German U-boat U-372 was sunk in the Mediterranean south-west of Haifa, in position 32°28'N, 34°37'E, by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Sikh Capt. St.J.A. Micklethwait, DSO and Bar, RN) and HMS Zulu (Cdr. R.T. White, DSO and Bar, RN) and the British escort destroyers HMS Croome (Lt.Cdr. R.C. Egan, RN) and HMS Tetcott (Lt. R.H. Rycroft, RN) and by depth charges from a British Wellington aircraft (221 Sqdn.). (see map)