HMAS Teal

History
United Kingdom
Name	Jackton
Builder	Philip and Son, Dartmouth
Launched	28 February 1955
Fate	Sold to Australia
Australia
Name	Teal
Acquired	1961
Commissioned	30 August 1962
Decommissioned	14 August 1970
Honours and awards	Battle honours: Malaysia 1964–66
Fate	Decommissioned
General characteristics
Class and type	Template:Sclass2-
Displacement	440 tons
Length	152 ft (46 m)
Beam	28 ft (8.5 m)
Draught	8 ft (2.4 m)
Propulsion	Originally Mirrlees diesel, later Napier Deltic, producing 3,000 shp (2,200 kW) on each of two shafts
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	33
Armament	1 × Bofors 40 mm gun 1 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon 1 × M2 Browning machine gun

HMAS Teal (M 1152) (formerly HMS Jackton) was a Template:Sclass2- operated by the Royal Navy (RN) and the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).

Construction

The vessel was built by Philip and Son, Dartmouth and launched on 28 February 1955, and commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS Jackton.

Operational history

Australia

The ship was purchased by the RAN in 1961, and was commissioned as HMAS Teal on 30 August 1962.

During the mid-1960s, Teal was one of several ships operating in support of the Malaysian government during the Indonesia-Malaysia Confrontation. She fought an action on 13 December 1964 with two Indonesian sampans, capturing one. This service was later recognised with the battle honour "Malaysia 1964–66".

Decommissioning and fate

HMAS Teal paid off on 14 August 1970. Teal was sold to Ian and Gary Baker, Tasmania. The vessal was transported to Tasmania where she was later sold. As of November 2014 operating as M/Y Teal, a research and training ship for Girne University Cyprus.