For Posterity's Sake
A Royal
Canadian Navy Historical Project
HMCS
TEME K458
Former
HMS TEME K458
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.
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
- Book of Remembrance entry
- Grave or burial information
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BAKER,
James
Sto PO, A2696, RCNR
killed - 10 Jun 1944 
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BOLIN,
Gordon Walter
AB, V36102, RCNVR
MPK
- 29 Mar 1945 
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CHISHOLM,
Duncan Forbes
Sto 1c, V49944, RCNVR
killed - 10 Jun 1944 
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GRAHAM,
Earl William
AB, V31122, RCNVR
killed - 29 Mar 1945 
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HACKETT,
Thomas Joseph
AB, V35785, RCNVR
killed - 29 Mar 1945 
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JOHNSTONE,
Robert David
Asst. Cook, V50801, RCNVR
MPK - 10 Jun 1944  |

MCMURDO,
Stephen Blake
L/Sig, V/22602, RCNVR
MPK - 10 Jun
1944  |

ROWE,
Robert Everett
AB, V50606, RCNVR
MPK - 29 Mar 1945  |
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In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be
forgotten |
A-B
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Bligh,
George
1917-2006 |

Burton,
Lou
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C-D |

Coler, Milton
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Currie,
John
Joseph
1915-2011 |

Duckett,
Jack M. ____-____ |
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E-F |

Eldridge,
Raymond Burton
____-1993 |

Forget,
Joseph Henri Lionel
1924-1986
Served in Teme 27 Sep 1944 - 23
Apr 1945 as an A/Sto 1c |
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G-H |

Holland,
Kenneth
Gerald
1923-2010 |
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K-L |

Languay, Francis Patrick
____-____ |
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M-N |

Morrow,
Robert G.
1925-2017 |
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Q-R |

Rushbrook,
Edward Dennis
____-2016 |
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W-X |

Wynacht,
Phillip Lorraine
1921-2016 |
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Y-Z |

Yule,
George Bruce
1924-2011 |
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Former Crew Members
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Bell,
Gordon Watson, Lt, RCNVR - 23 Feb 1944 (Stand by) / 28 Feb 1944
Bobinski, A., Stoker/1C,
V46674
Christie,
Charles Black, Slt, RCNVR - 23 Feb 1944 (Stand by) / 28 Feb 1944
Dickie,
Edward Dudley, Surg/Lt, RCNVR - 28 Feb 1944
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Ferguson,
Graham Wilson, Lt, RCNVR - Jan 1945
Harvey,
Denis Pearce, Lt, RCNVR - 23 Feb 1944 (Stand by) / 28 Feb 1944
Hollingsworth,
Robert, LS - Mar 1945
Jeffrey,
Douglas George, LCdr, RCNVR - 23 Feb 1944 (Stand by)
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Miller,
Samuel Dickson, Lt, RCNVR - 23 Feb 1944 (Stand by) / 28 Feb 1944
Rankin,
Ronald Wurtele, Lt, RCNVR - 23 Feb 1944 (Stand by) / 28 Feb 1944
Ring,
Roy Percival, Slt(E), RCNVR - 26 Feb 1944 (Stand by) / 28 Feb 1944
// Lt (E), RCN - Mar 1945 Shuckburgh,
Trevor Cole - 1945
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Photos
and Documents
Links
In
memory of my shipmates - A. Bobinski
John
Joseph (Joe) Currie - The Memory Project
Personal
photo gallery of Joseph Henri Lionel Forget
Personal
photo gallery of Robert G. Morrow
Ship's
company photos for HMCS Teme
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