History
United States
NameUSS Tisdale (DE-278)
NamesakeRyland Dillard Tisdale
Ordered25 January 1942[1]
BuilderBoston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts
Laid down5 June 1943
Launched17 July 1943[2]
Completed19 October 1943
Commissionednever
FateTransferred to United Kingdom 19 October 1943
AcquiredReturned by United Kingdom 27 February 1946
Stricken20 March 1946
FateSold 20 November 1946 for scrapping
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Keats
NamesakeAdmiral Richard Goodwin Keats
Acquired19 October 1943
Commissioned19 October 1943[1]
IdentificationPennant number K482
FateReturned to United States 27 February 1946
General characteristics
Displacement1,140 long tons (1,158 t)
Length289.5 ft (88.2 m)
Beam35 ft (11 m)
Draught9 ft (2.7 m)
Propulsion
  • Four General Motors 278A 16-cylinder engines
  • GE 7,040 bhp (5,250 kW) generators (4,800 kW)
  • GE electric motors for 6,000 shp (4,500 kW)
  • Two shafts
Speed20 knots (37 km/h)
Range5,000 nautical miles (9,260 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement156
Sensors and
processing systems
Armament

HMS Keats (K482) was a British Captain-class frigate of the Royal Navy in commission during World War II. Originally constructed as the United States Navy Evarts-class destroyer escort USS Tisdale (DE-278), she served in the Royal Navy from 1943 to 1946.

Construction and transfer

The ship was ordered on 25 January 1942[1] and laid down by the Boston Navy Yard in Boston, Massachusetts, on 5 June 1943 as the U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Tisdale (DE-278), the first ship of the name in honour of Commander Ryland Dillard Tisdale (1894-1942) who had been killed in action during combat with the Moros on Mindanao on 23 May 1942. She was launched on 17 July 1943.[2] The United States transferred the ship to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease on 19 October 1943.

Service history

The ship was commissioned into service in the Royal Navy as HMS Keats (K482) named in honour of Admiral Richard Goodwin Keats[3] (who served in the Royal Navy during the American Revolution, French Revolution and Napoleonic wars, before being appointed Governor of the Royal Hospital Greenwich) 19 October 1943[1] simultaneously with her transfer. She served on patrol and escort duty.

On 27 January 1945, Keats shared credit with the British frigates HMS Bligh and HMS Tyler for a depth-charge attack that sank the German submarine U-1172 in the St George's Channel at position 52°24′00″N 005°42′00″W / 52.40000°N 5.70000°W / 52.40000; -5.70000 (U-1172 sunk).[1] On 15 April 1945, she joined the British frigate HMS Grindall in a depth-charge attack that sank the German submarine U-285 in the North Atlantic Ocean southwest of Ireland at position 50°13′00″N 012°48′00″W / 50.21667°N 12.80000°W / 50.21667; -12.80000 (U-258 sunk).[1]

The Royal Navy returned Keats to the U.S. Navy on 27 February 1946.

Disposal

The U.S. Navy struck Keats from its Naval Vessel Register on 20 March 1946 and sold her on 19 November 1946 to George H. Nutman, Inc., of Brooklyn, New York, for scrapping.[2]

Note

For a biography of Admiral Sir Richard Goodwin Keats G.C.B. see; Hannah, P., A Treasure to the Service, Green Hill, Adelaide, 2021, ISBN 978-1-922629-73-9

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