HMS Teazer (R23)
HMS "Teazer" was a T-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that saw service during the Second World War. She was later converted to a Type 16 fast anti-submarine frigate, with the new pennant number F23. Service history. Wartime service. 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. Postwar service. Between 1946 and 1953, "Teazer" was held in reserve at Devonport. Between 1953 and 1954, she was converted into a Type 16 fast anti-submarine frigate, by Mountstuart Dry Docks, Cardiff, with the new pennant number F23 In January 1959, she replaced "Grenville" in the 2nd Training Squadron. Decommissioning and disposal. Following decommissioning, "Teazer" was placed on the disposal list in September 1961. She was subsequently sold to Arnott Young , Dalmuir, for scrapping, arriving there on 7 August 1965. In popular culture. In 1957, "Teazer" was used during the making of the film "Yangtse Incident". She depicted both and . "Doctor Who" companion, Ben Jackson, was assigned to "Teazer", as shown on his uniform cap. Within the "Whoniverse", "Teazer" was still in service in 1966. In July that year, she had recently left England, bound for the West Indies, leaving Jackson seconded to a shore posting and very disappointed.