HMS Teazer (R23)

HMS Teazer was a T-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service during World War II. She was later converted to a Type 16 fast anti-submarine frigate, with the new pennant number F23.

In popular Culture
In 1957. Teazer was used during the making of the film Yangtse Incident. She depicted both HMS Consort (R76) and HMS Concord. Some of the most impressive scenes in the film come when this wartime destroyer is seen steaming at speed and firing broadsides in the narrow confines of the River Orwell.

Doctor Who companion, Ben Jackson, was assigned to HMS Teazer, as shown on his uniform cap. Within the "Whoniverse", Teazer was still in service in 1966. In July of that year, she had recently left England, bound for the West Indies, leaving Ben seconded to a shore posting and very disappointed.