Allied Warships

HMS Teviot (K 222)

Frigate of the River class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassRiver 
PennantK 222 
Built byHall, Russell & Co. Ltd. (Aberdeen, Scotland) 
Ordered 
Laid down4 Oct 1941 
Launched12 Oct 1942 
Commissioned30 Jan 1943 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Transferred to the South African Navy on 10 June 1945.
Returned to the Royal Navy in January 1946.
Scrapped on 29 March 1955.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Arthur Blewett, RNR
26 November 1942 – 1 May 1943

A/Cdr. Thomas Taylor, DSC, RN
1 May 1943 – 29 January 1945

Lt. David Welsh, RN
29 January 1945 – still in command in April 1945 according to the Navy List

HMS Teviot is not listed in the July 1945 Navy List 

Career notesTo South Africa as Teviot

Commands listed for HMS Teviot (K 222)

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CommanderFromTo
1Arthur Blewett, RNR26 Nov 19421 May 1943
2Lt.Cdr. Thomas Taylor, DSC, RN1 May 194329 Jan 1945
3S.Lt. David Welsh, RN29 Jan 1945Apr 1945 ?

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Noteable events involving Teviot include:


4 Jul 1943
Between 2100 and 2145 hours on 4 July 1943 the British passenger ship City of Venice and the British merchant St. Essylt were torpedoed and sunk off Cape Tenez, Algeria in position 36º44'N, 01º31'E. (The St. Essylt caught fire and blew up next moring.)

461 of the crew of and troops the City of Venice was carrying were rescued by the British corvettes HMS Honeysuckle (Lt. H.H.D. MacKillican, DSC, RNR), HMS Rhododendron (Lt. O.B. Medley, RNVR), the British frigate HMS Teviot (Cdr. T. Taylor, DSC, RN) and the British rescue tug HMRT Restive (Lt. D.M. Richards, RNR).

397 of the crew and troop of the St. Essylt were picked up by HMS Honeysuckle, HMS Rhododendron and HMRT Restive. (see map)

9 Oct 1943
On 9 October 1943, convoy WS-33 arrived in South Africa from the UK with reinforcements for service in Burma, the convoy consisted of 4 ships. The British frigats HMS Bann, HMS Plym, HMS Teviot and HMS Trent were responsible for providing the Anti-Submarine escort on the last leg of the passage.

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