HMS ''Keats'' (K482) was a British Captain-class

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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 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

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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. The United States transferred the ship to the United Kingdom under

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on 19 October 1943.

Service history

The ship was commissioned into service in the Royal Navy as HMS ''Keats'' (K482) named in honour of

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Richard Goodwin Keats Admiral Sir Richard Goodwin Keats (16 January 1757 – 5 April 1834) was a British naval officer who fought throughout the American Revolution, French Revolutionary War and Napoleonic War. He retired in 1812 due to ill health and was made Comm ...

Captain Class Frigate Association HMS Keats K482 (DE 278)
/ref> (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 simultaneously with her transfer. She served on patrol and escort duty. On 27 January 1945, ''Keats'' shared credit with the British frigates and for a depth-charge attack that sank the German

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in the

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at position . On 15 April 1945, she joined the British frigate in a depth-charge attack that sank the German submarine in the North Atlantic Ocean southwest of Ireland at position . 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,

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, for scrapping.

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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References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Keats (K482) Captain-class frigates Evarts-class destroyer escorts World War II frigates of the United Kingdom World War II frigates and destroyer escorts of the United States Ships built in Boston 1943 ships