Allied Warships

HMS Tetcott (L 99)

Escort destroyer of the Hunt (Type II) class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeEscort destroyer
ClassHunt (Type II) 
PennantL 99 
Built byJ.S. White & Co. (Cowes, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down29 Jul 1940 
Launched12 Aug 1941 
Commissioned11 Dec 1941 
End service 
Loss position
 
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

 

Commands listed for HMS Tetcott (L 99)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt. Henry Richard Rycroft, RN28 Oct 1941Oct 1943
2Lt. Archibald Ferguson Harkness, DSC, OBE, RNROct 1943Mar 1944
3Lt. Hubert James Watkins, RNMar 194410 Jun 1945
4A/Lt.Cdr. John Alexander Jeffreys Dennis, DSC, RN10 Jun 1945Oct 1945 ?

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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)

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