Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
Type | Frigate |
Class | River |
Pennant | K 458 |
Built by | Smith's Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) |
Ordered | 15 Jul 1942 |
Laid down | 25 May 1943 |
Launched | 11 Nov 1943 |
Commissioned | 28 Feb 1944 |
End service | 4 May 1945 |
History | HMCS Teme (T/Lt Dennis Pearce Harvey, RCNVR) was torpedoed and damaged by the German submarine U-315 on 29 March 1945 off Lands End, in postion 50º07'N, 05º45'W, and declared a Constructive Total Loss (CTL). Decommissioned and returned to the Royal Navy on 4 May 1945. Hit by U-boat |
U-boat Attack | See our U-boat attack entry for the HMCS Teme |
Former name | HMS Teme |
Commands listed for HMCS Teme (K 458)
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and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.
Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/Lt.Cdr. Douglas George Jeffrey, DSO, RCNR | 23 Feb 1944 | 20 Feb 1945 |
2 | T/Lt. Dennis Pearce Harvey, RCNVR | 21 Feb 1945 | 3 May 1945 |
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Notable events involving Teme include:
20 Apr 1944
HMS United (Lt. N.R. Wood, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory together with HMS Knaresborough Castle (Lt. J.R. Freeman, RNR), HMS Monnow (Cdr. E.G. Skinner, DSC, RD, RCNR), HMCS Teme (T/Lt.Cdr. D.G. Jeffrey, DSO, RCNR) and HMS Lapwing (Cdr.(Retd.) E.C. Hulton, RN). (1)
21 Apr 1944
HMS United (Lt. N.R. Wood, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory together with HMCS Teme (T/Lt.Cdr. D.G. Jeffrey, DSO, RCNR), HMS Jed (Lt.Cdr. R.S. Miller, DSC, RNR), HMS Highlander (Cdr. D.A. Rayner, DSC, RNVR) and La Surprise. (1)
27 Apr 1944
HMS United (Lt. N.R. Wood, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory together with HMS Jed (Lt.Cdr. R.S. Miller, DSC, RNR), La Surprise, HMCS Teme (T/Lt.Cdr. D.G. Jeffrey, DSO, RCNR) and HMS Loch Fada (Lt.Cdr. B.A. Rogers, RD, RNR). (1)
28 Apr 1944
HMS United (Lt. N.R. Wood, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory together with HMS Loch Fada (Lt.Cdr. B.A. Rogers, RD, RNR), HMCS Teme (T/Lt.Cdr. D.G. Jeffrey, DSO, RCNR), HMS Jed (Lt.Cdr. R.S. Miller, DSC, RNR) and HMS Tintagel Castle (Lt. R. Atkinson, DSC and Bar, RNR). (1)
29 Apr 1944
HMS United (Lt. N.R. Wood, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory together with HMS Tintagel Castle (Lt. R. Atkinson, DSC and Bar, RNR), HMS Loch Fada (Lt.Cdr. B.A. Rogers, RD, RNR) and HMCS Teme (T/Lt.Cdr. D.G. Jeffrey, DSO, RCNR). (1)
22 Jan 1945
HMS Upshot (Lt. A.J. Boyall, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Loch Katrine (T/A/Lt.Cdr. R.A. Cherry, RNR) and HMCS Teme (T/Lt.Cdr. D.G. Jeffrey, DSO, MBE, RCNR). (2)
24 Jan 1945
HMS Upshot (Lt. A.J. Boyall, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMCS Teme (T/Lt.Cdr. D.G. Jeffrey, DSO, MBE, RCNR) and HMS Courier (A/Cdr. H.J.A.S. Jerome, DSO, RN). (2)
31 Jan 1945
HMS Vulpine (T/Lt. P.S. Thirsk, DSC, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMCS Teme (T/Lt.Cdr. D.G. Jeffrey, DSO, MBE, RCNR) and HMS Godetia (Lt. R.H. Nossiter, DSC, RANVR). (3)
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Sources
- ADM 173/19218
- ADM 173/20187
- ADM 173/20360
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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