Royal Navy — Destroyer
L99
HMS Tetcott
Type II Hunt-class destroyer
Service
- as HMS Tetcott2 December 1941 — 24 September 19561,370 days of the war
Type II Hunt-class destroyer
Particulars
- Name
- HMS Tetcott
- Pennant / hull number
- L99
- Builder
- J. Samuel White
- Ordered
- 20 December 1939
- Laid down
- 29 July 1940
- Launched
- 12 August 1941
- Commissioned
- 2 December 1941
- Fate
- Arrived Thos. W. Ward, Milford Haven for breaking up 24 September 1956, completed 9 April 1957 (1956)
- Status
- Unknown
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,050 long tons (1,067 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 1,430 long tons (1,453 t)
- Length
- 85.3 m (279.9 ft) OA
- Beam
- 9.6 m (31.5 ft)
- Draught
- 2.51 m (8.2 ft)
- Speed
- 27 knots (50 km/h, 31.1 mph)
- Range
- 3,600 nmi (6,667 km)
- Complement
- 164
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
HMS Tetcott was a Type II Hunt-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number L99. Her keel was laid at J. Samuel White on 29 July 1940. Launched on 12 August 1941, she entered service on 2 December 1941.
She displaced 1,050 long tons standard and 1,430 long tons at full load. She measured 85.3 m (280 ft) long with a beam of 9.6 m (31 ft). Her designed speed was 27 knots, and she carried a complement of 164. Her main battery was of 102 mm (4.0 in) calibre.
She was in commission for 1,370 days of the Second World War.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
- 2 shaft Parsons geared turbines, 19,000 shp
- Armament
- 6 × QF 4 in Mark XVI guns on twin mounts Mk. XIX
- 4 × QF 2-pounder (40-mm) Mk VIII guns on quad mount MK.VII
- 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns on single mounts P Mk. III
- 110 depth charges, 2 throwers, 3 racks
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Tetcott on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph A 8216 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4700-01) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons