The vessel collided with the corvette Heartsease on 23 December which meant that the next two months were spent in repair on the Clyde and later in Southampton.

[1] At Cape Town, Tetcott headed into the Indian Ocean and on to Alexandria via the Red Sea and the Suez Canal, arriving in early June 1942 where she joined the 9th Destroyer Flotilla.

On 4 August, with the destroyers Sikh and Zulu the ship attacked the German submarine U-372 and forced the U-boat to the surface.

In September 1942, the ship was assigned with Hero to convoy duties in the Red Sea, but returned to the Mediterranean in October.

This convoy succeeded in reaching Malta, and the ship formed part of the close escort on the return journey.

The ship returned to the UK, arriving at Portsmouth on 21 May[2] before heading to Gibraltar in June for a refit, which started on 5 July.