Frigate of the Captain class
| 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 | |
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| History | Assigned USN penant DE 567 but not named.
Returned to the USN on 12 November 1946. Scrapped.
Commanding Officer:
A/Lt.Cdr. C.H. Ranking, RN
14 January 1944 – still in command in July 1945 according to the Navy List
HMS Tyler is not listed in the October 1945 Navy List |
| Former name | DE 567 |
| 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) |
