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HMCS
TEME K458
River
Class Frigate
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HMS TEME K458
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image
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Laid down: 25 May 1943
Launched: 11
Nov 1943
Transferred to RCN: 28
Feb 1944
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Commissioned: 28
Feb 1944
Fate:
Torpedoed by U-315. Declared a total loss. Returned to the RN:
04 May 1945. Broken up in 1946
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Laid down as HMS
TEME at South Bank-on-Tees, she was named after a river on the
English-Welsh boarder. Transferred to the RCN, she was commissioned in the RCN at Middlesbrough
on 28 Feb 1944. After working up, TEME was
assigned in May to EG 6, Londonderry, and spent her whole career
with this group. She was present on D-Day, and on 10 Jun 1944 was rammed
in the Channel by the escort carrier HMS Tracker, and cut almost in
half abaft the bridge. She was towed by OUTREMONT 200 miles to
Cardiff, where she remained under repair until Christmas. In 19 Jan 1945, she went to Tobermory to work up, returning to
Londonderry on 09 Feb 1945 to rejoin her group. At 0822 on
29 Mar 1945, U-315
fired a Gnat at TEME who was escorting
the convoy BTC-111 off Lands End and hit her stern. She lost 60 feet of
her stern, was towed to Falmouth where she was declared a total loss. On
04 May 1945, she was returned to the Royal Navy and sold for
scrap on 08 Dec 1945. She was broken up at Llanelly,
Wales, in 1946.
Photos and Documents
Ship's
company photos
Commanding Officers
LCdr Douglas George Jeffrey, DSO,
RCNR - 28 Feb 1944 - 20 Feb 1945
Lt Dennis Pearce Harvey,
RCNVR - 21 Feb 1945 - 04 May 1945
In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice
Lest We Forget
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BAKER,
James
Sto PO, RCNR
killed - 10 Jun 1944
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BOLIN,
Gordon W.
AB, RCNVR
MPK
- 29 Mar 1945
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CHISHOLM,
Duncan F.
Sto 1c, RCNVR
killed - 10 Jun 1944
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GRAHAM,
Earl W.
AB, RCNVR
killed - 29 Mar 1945
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HACKETT,
Thomas J.
AB, RCNVR
killed - 29 Mar 1945
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JOHNSTONE,
Robert D. Asst. Cook, RCNVR
MPK - 10 Jun 1944 |
MCMURDO,
Stephen B.
L/Sig, RCNVR
MPK - 10 Jun
1944 |
ROWE,
Robert E.
AB, RCNVR
MPK - 29 Mar 1945
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In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be
forgotten
(r)
- survived the ramming of HMCS TEME by HMS Tracker on 10 Jun 1944 (s)
- survived the torpedoing of HMCS TEME on 29 Mar 1945 by U-315
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Bell, Gordon
W. (r) |
Bligh,
George
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Burton,
Lou
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Coler, Milton
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Currie,
John J.
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Dow, Nelson
C. (r) |
Duckett,
Jack M. |
Eldridge,
Raymond B. (s)
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Forget,
Joseph H.L.
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Goodeve,
Arthur G.
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Harvey,
Denis P.
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Holland,
Kenneth G.
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Languay, Francis
P.
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Mills, James
E. |
Morrow,
Robert G.
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Paddon, A.
William (s)
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Rushbrook,
Edward D.
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Schuckburgh,
Trevor C.
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Walsh,
Thomas H.
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Wynacht,
Phillip L.
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Yule,
George B.
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Former Crew Members
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Bobinski, A., Stoker/1C,
V46674
Christie,
Charles Black (Mort), SLt, RCNVR - 23 Feb 1944 / 28 Feb 1944.
(Charles' nickname was “Mort”, after Edgar Bergen’s puppet
Mortimer Snerd)
Cooke,
James H.
Dickie,
Edward Dudley, Surg/Lt, RCNVR - 28 Feb 1944
Ferguson,
Graham Wilson, Lt, RCNVR - Jan 1945
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Hollingsworth,
Robert, LS - Mar 1945
Jeffrey,
Douglas George, LCdr, RCNVR - 23 Feb 1944
Miller,
Samuel Dickson, Lt, RCNVR - 23 Feb 1944 / 28 Feb 1944
Rankin,
Ronald Wurtele, Lt, RCNVR - 23 Feb 1944 / 28 Feb 1944
Ring,
Roy Percival, SLt (E), RCNVR - 26 Feb 1944 / 28 Feb 1944
// Lt (E), RCN - Mar 1945
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Photos
and Documents
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HMCS TEME K458
From the collection of Ivan Chamberlain
Courtesy of Dave Chamberlain |
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Damage to HMCS TEME after being rammed by the
aircraft carrier HMS Tracker in the Bay of Biscay
From the collection of Robert
Morrow
Courtesy of David Morrow |
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Robert Morrow Survives Sea
Ramming
Able Seaman Robert Morrow, aged
20, son of Mrs. Margaret Morrow, 1024 Latimer Street, was among
survivors of the Canadian-manned frigate TEME when it was rammed
amidships and almost sliced in half by an aircraft carrier. The
ramming took place in the Bay of Biscay during sub-hunting operations
of Canadian and British escort groups, it was announced from Ottawa
Wednesday.
From the collection of Robert Morrow
Courtesy of David Morrow |
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HMCS TEME K458, 1944
Source: Flickr photo collection of
Ron
Bell
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Joseph Henri Lionel Forget - 2nd from left - with
shipmates on HMCS TEME K458
Lou Burton - standing - 4th from right
From the collection of Lionel Forget
Courtesy of Johnny Forget |
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Joseph Henri Lionel Forget (back row 4th from
left) with shipmates on HMCS TEME K458
From the collection of Lionel Forget
Courtesy of Johnny Forget |
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Newspaper article on the ramming of HMCS TEME by
the aircraft carrier HMS Tracker in the Bay of Biscay
From the collection of Robert
Morrow
Courtesy of David Morrow |
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HMS Tracker, the carrier that rammed HMCS TEME
From the collection of Robert
Morrow
Courtesy of David Morrow |
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Damage to HMCS TEME after being
rammed by the aircraft carrier HMS Tracker in the Bay of Biscay
From the collection of Robert
Morrow
Courtesy of David Morrow |
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Robert Morrow on his gun on HMCS TEME K458
From the collection of Robert
Morrow
Courtesy of David Morrow |
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HMCS TEME K458
Source: The
Legion Magazine
Credit: Library and Archives of
Canada
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Newspaper article on the torpedoing of HMCS TEME
The Hamilton Spectator, 08 Aug 1945 |
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HMCS TEME, shortly after she was torpedoed on 29
Mar 1945
From the collection of Lionel Forget
Courtesy of Johnny Forget |
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