HMS TEAZER F23

HMS TEAZER F23

Class……………………………T-class Destroyer

Builder………………………..Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd., Birkenhead

Yard number……………….1099

Laid down..………………….20 October 1941

Launched….…………………7 January 1943

Completed.………………….13 September 1943

Propulsion.…………………..2 shafts : 2 Parsons Single Reduction Geared Steam Turbines( manufactured by Cammell Laird) with steam supplied by 2 Oil fired Admiralty 3 drum boilers

Speed..………………………… 36 knots

Range:…………………………4675 nautical miles at 20 knots

Fate

HMS TEAZER returned to UK post WWII in 1946 and was placed in Reserve at Devonport. She was selected for full conversion to an Anti-Submarine Frigate in 1952 but this was later changed because of the costs involved. Instead a limited conversion (Type 16 Anti-Submarine Frigate) was approved and on completion by 1956 was recommissioned for service in the 2nd Training squadron.

She was placed on the Disposal List in 1965 and sold to BISCO for breaking-up at Dalmuir where she arrived in tow on 7th August that year.

 

Vessel allocated the following pennant numbers:

R23……………….1943 until Sept 1948

D23………………Sept 1948 until 1951

F23……………….1952 until 1965 (as Type 16 Frigate)

 

 

HMS TEAZER circa 1956 after her conversions to a Type 16 frigate undertaking trials

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