| 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 | |
| History | Assigned USN penant DE 567 but not named. Returned to the USN on 12 November 1946. Scrapped. |
| 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 | mid 1945 |
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Notable events involving Tyler include:
11 Apr 1944
HMS United (Lt. N.R. Wood, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory together with HMS Havelock (Lt.Cdr. R. Hart, DSC and Bar, RN), HMS Tyler (Lt. C.H. Ranking, RN), HMS Dumbarton Castle (T/A/Lt.Cdr. P.F. Broadhead, RNR) and HMS Berkeley Castle (T/Lt. F.A. Darrah, RNVR). (1)
27 Dec 1944
HMS Vampire (Lt. C.W. Taylor, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Gibraltar with HMS Anchusa (T/Lt. R.A. Baker, RNVR), HMS Tyler (A/Lt.Cdr. C.H. Ranking, RN) and aircraft. (2)
28 Dec 1944
HMS Vampire (Lt. C.W. Taylor, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Gibraltar with HMS Tyler (A/Lt.Cdr. C.H. Ranking, RN) and HMS Grindall (T/A/Lt.Cdr. D. Turquand-Young, RNVR). (2)
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 52°40'N, 05°23'W by German U-boat U-1051.
27 Jan 1945
The German U-boat U-1172 was sunk in St George's Channel, in position 52°24'N, 05°42'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).
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Sources
- ADM 173/19218
- ADM 173/19345
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.