| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Frigate |
| Class | Captain |
| Pennant | K 576 |
| Built by | Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard Inc. (Hingham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 6 Oct 1943 |
| Launched | 20 Nov 1943 |
| Commissioned | 14 Jan 1944 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Assigned USN penant DE 567 but not named. Returned to the USN on 12 November 1946. Scrapped. Commanding Officer: HMS Tyler is not listed in the October 1945 Navy List |
| Former name | DE 567 |
Commands listed for HMS Tyler (K 576)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt. Christopher Henry Rankin, RN | 14 Jan 1944 | Jul 1945 ? |
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Noteable events involving Tyler include:
21 Jan 1945
HMS Tyler (A/Lt.Cdr. C.H. Ranking, RN) picks up the sole survivor from the Norwegian merchant Galatea that was torpedoed and sunk off Bardsey Island in the St.Georges Channel in position 52º40'N, 05º23'W by the German submarine U-1051.
27 Jan 1945
The German submarine U-1172 was sunk in St George´s Channel, in position 52º24'N, 05º42'W, by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Tyler (A/Lt.Cdr. C.H. Ranking, RN), HMS Keats (T/A/Lt.Cdr. N.F. Israel, DSC, RNR) and HMS Bligh (Cdr. B.W. Taylor, RN). (see map)