Frigate of the Captain class
HMS Keats, crew photograph
Photograph with thanks to Sheila Baker
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Frigate |
| Class | Captain |
| Pennant | K 482 |
| Built by | Boston Navy Yard (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 5 Jun, 1943 |
| Launched | 17 Jul, 1943 |
| Commissioned | 19 Oct, 1943 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
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| History | Returned to the USN on 27 February 1946.
Commanding Officers:
T/A/Lt.Cdr. Neil Frederick Israel, DSC, RNR
19 October 1943 – July 1945
Bar to DSC awarded on 3 July 1945
T/Lt. D.T. Hewlett, RNVR
July 1945 – still listed in the October 1945 Navy List |
| Former name | USS Tisdale DE 278 |
| Noteable events involving Keats include: 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) 15 Apr, 1945
The German submarine U-285 was sunk in the North Atlantic south-west of Ireland, in position 50º13'N, 12º48'W, by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Grindall (T/A/Lt.Cdr. D. Turquand-Young, RNVR) and HMS Keats (T/A/Lt.Cdr. N.F. Israel, DSC, RNR). (see map) |
