Escort destroyer of the Hunt (Type II) class
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Escort destroyer |
| Class | Hunt (Type II) |
| Pennant | L 99 |
| Built by | J.S. White & Co. (Cowes, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 29 Jul, 1940 |
| Launched | 12 Aug, 1941 |
| Commissioned | 11 Dec, 1941 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
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| History | Scrapped at Milford Haven on 24 September 1956.
Commanding Officers:
Lt. Henry Richard Rycroft, RN
28 October 1941 - October 1943
Promoted to Lt.Cdr. on 16 August 1942
A/Lt.Cdr. Archibald Ferguson Harkness, OBE, DSC, RNR
October 1943 - March 1944
RD awarded in December 1943
Lt. Hubert James Watkins, RN
March 1944 – 10 June 1945
Promoted to Lt.Cdr. on 9 January 1945
A/Lt.Cdr. John Alexander Jeffreys Dennis, DSC, RN
10 June 1945 - still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List |
| Noteable events involving Tetcott include: 4 Aug, 1942
The German submarine U-372 was sunk in the Mediterranean south-west of Haifa, in position 32º28'N, 34º37'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) |
