HMS Teazer. The WW2 Destroyer Adopted by Macclesfield - Remembering VE Day
HMS Teazer a T class destroyer was adopted by Macclesfield RDC and Bollington UDC, when they successfully raised sufficient funds in warship week March 1942 .
During September 1943, Teazer underwent builder's trials before being commissioned. Upon commissioning, she was accepted into the 24th Destroyer Flotilla. Upon deployment with the flotilla, Teazer underwent working up exercises in Scapa Flow before sailing for the Mediterranean theatre, where, in November, she supported ground operations by the British X Corps in the Minturno sector.
In July 1944, she was placed under U.S Navy command and was one of the ships scheduled to support the landing in the South of France as part of Operation Dragoon.
During the Allied withdrawal form the Aegean Sea in 1944, Teazer was responsible for the sinking of the transport ship KT Erpel and the submarine chaser UJ2171 off Cape Spatha.
In May 1945, following a refit in January and February, she was assigned to Task Force 57 and then Task Force 37 in the Pacific and was responsible for providing an escort screen to the large Royal Navy carriers used in raids on the Japanese Home Islands.
With the surrender of the Japanese, she was present at the surrender ceremony on 27 August 1945 in Tokyo Bay.
HMS Teazer a T class destroyer was adopted by Macclesfield RDC and Bollington UDC, when they successfully raised sufficient funds in warship week March 1942 .
