HMS Tetcott (L99)
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Navy: |
Royal Navy |
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Type: |
Escort destroyer |
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Class: |
Hunt (Type II) |
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Pennant: |
L 99 |
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Built by: |
J.S. White & Co. (Cowes, U.K.) |
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Laid down: |
29 Jul, 1940 |
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Launched: |
12 Aug, 1941 |
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Commissioned: |
11 Dec, 1941 |
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History: |
Scrapped at Milford Haven on 24 September 1956. |
| Noteable events |
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.). |
