| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Shakespeare |
| Pennant | D 84 |
| Built by | Thornycroft (Southampton, U.K.) |
| Ordered | Apr 1918 |
| Laid down | Oct 1918 |
| Launched | 23 Apr 1920 |
| Commissioned | 15 Apr 1925 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Completed by Portsmouth Dockyard (Portsmouth, U.K.) Sold to be broken up for scrap in July 1945. Commanding Officers: Lt.Cdr. Edward Gavin Heywood-Lonsdale, RN Lt. Ronald John Hanson, RN Cdr. Alan MacGregor Sheffield, RN Cdr. John Egerton Broome, RN HMS Keppel in Dockyard Control during refit Cdr. Martin James Evans, OBE, RN Lt.Cdr. John Byron, DSC, RNR (retired) Cdr. Ismay James Tyson, RNR HMS Keppel is not listed as Active unit as in the July 1945 Navy List |
Commands listed for HMS Keppel (D 84)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Capt. Francis Stephen Walter de Winton, RN | 31 May 1939 | 1 Dec 1939 | |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. Edward Gavin Heywood-Lonsdale, RN | 1 Dec 1939 | ??? | |
| 3 | Lt. Ronald John Hanson, RN | ??? | 1 Feb 1941 | |
| 4 | Cdr. Alan MacGregor Sheffield, RN (retired) | Feb 1941 | 10 Sep 1941 | |
| 5 | Cdr. John Egerton Broome, RN | 10 Sep 1941 | ??? | |
| 6 | Cdr. Martin James Evans, OBE, RN | 19 Apr 1943 | ??? | |
| 7 | Lt.Cdr. (retired) John Byron, DSC, RNR | ??? | 2 Dec 1943 | |
| 8 | Cdr. Ismay James Tyson, RD, RNR | 2 Dec 1943 | ??? | |
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Noteable events involving Keppel include:
24 Oct 1939
HMT Keppel (Capt. F.S.W. De Winton, RN) picks up 31 survivors from the British merchant Tafna that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-37 84 miles west of Gibraltar in position 35º44'N, 07º23'W.
13 Jul 1941
HMS Keppel (Cdr. A.M. Sheffield, RN) picks up 7 survivors in position 60°38'N, 23°15'W from the Norwegian merchant Vigrid that was torpedoed and sunk on 24 June 1941 about 400 nautical miles south-east of Cape Farewell in position 54º30'N, 41º30'W by the German submarine U-371. (see map)
27 Mar 1942
On 27 March 1942 the German submarine U-587 was sunk in position 47º21'N, 21º39'W by depth charges by the British escort destroyers HMS Grove (Lt.Cdr. J.W. Rylands, RN) and HMS Aldenham (Lt. H.A. Stuart-Menteth, RN) and the British destoyers HMS Volunteer (Lt. A.S. Pomeroy, RN) and HMS Leamington (Lt.Cdr. H.G. Bowerman, RN) of the 2nd Escort Group, escorting the troop convoy WS-17. The u-boat was found after a HF/DF fix by the British destroyer HMS Keppel (Cdr. J.E. Broome, RN). (see map)
22 Sep 1943
The German submarine U-229 was sunk in the North Atlantic south-east of Cape Farewell, Greenland, in position 54º36'N, 36º25'W, by depth charges, gunfire and ramming from the British destroyer HMS Keppel (Lt.Cdr. J. Byron, DSC, RNR). HMS Keppel then struggled to Newfoundland for repairs to her bows. (see map)
24 Feb 1944
The German submarine U-713 was sunk in the Arctic north-west of Narvik, Norway, in position 69º27'N, 04º53'E, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Keppel (Cdr. I.J. Tyson, DSC, RNR). (see map)
2 Apr 1944
The German submarine U-360 was sunk in the Norwegian Sea south-west of Bear Island, in position 72º28'N, 13º04'E, by British destroyer HMS Keppel (Cdr. I.J. Tyson, DSC, RNR). (see map)
24 Aug 1944
The German submarine U-354 was sunk in the Barents Sea north-east of North Cape, in position 72º49'N, 30º41'E, by depth charges from the British sloops HMS Mermaid (Lt.Cdr. J.P. Mosse, RN) and HMS Peacock (Lt.Cdr. R.B. Stannard, VC, DSO, RD, RNR), the British frigate HMS Loch Dunvegan (Cdr. E. Wheeler, RD, RNR) and the British destroyer HMS Keppel (Cdr. I.J. Tyson, DSO, DSC, RD, RNR). (see map)
2 Sep 1944
The German submarine U-394 was sunk in the Norwegian Sea some nautical miles south-east of Jan Mayen island, Norway, in position 69º47'N, 04º10'E, by rockets and depth charges from a Swordfish aircraft (Sqdn. 825) from the British escort carrier HMS Vindex (Capt. H.T.T. Bayliss, RN), and the British destroyers HMS Keppel (Cdr. I.J. Tyson, DSO, DSC, RNR) and HMS Whitehall (Lt.Cdr. P.J. Cowell, DSC, RN) and the British sloops HMS Mermaid (Lt.Cdr. J.P. Mosse, RN) and HMS Peacock (Lt.Cdr. R.B. Stannard, VC, DSO, RNR). (see map)