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HMS Teme (K 458)

Frigate of the River class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassRiver 
PennantK 458 
Built bySmiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down25 May, 1943 
Launched11 Nov, 1943 
Commissioned 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Lent to the Royal Canadian Navy.

Torpedoed and damaged by the German submarine U-315 on 29 March 1945 off Lands End, in postion 50.07N, 05.45W, and declared a Constructive Total Loss (CTL).

Decommissioned and returned to the Royal Navy on 4 May 1945.
Sold to be broken up for scrap 8 December 1945. 

Career notesTo the Royal Canadian Navy as Teme

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