| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | ASW Trawler |
| Class | [No specific class] |
| Pennant | FY 112 |
| Built by | Smiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 29 Dec 1936 |
| Commissioned | Oct 1939 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Completed in February 1937. Sold in 1945. |
Commands listed for HMS Kelt (FY 112)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Skr. William McKenzie Smith, RNR | 17 Oct 1939 | 28 Jan 1941 |
| 2 | T/Lt. William Thomason Hodson, RNVR | 28 Jan 1941 | mid 1941 |
| 3 | T/S.Lt. Stuart Creer Callister, RNVR | mid 1941 | 19 Apr 1942 |
| 4 | T/Lt. Kenneth Prat Alliston, RANVR | 19 Apr 1942 | 21 Aug 1942 |
| 5 | T/Lt. Stanley Grant Fowler, RNR | 21 Aug 1942 | Oct 1942 |
| 6 | T/Lt. George Beaumont Butler, RNVR | Oct 1942 | mid 1944 |
| 7 | T/Lt. James Taylor, RNVR | mid 1944 |
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Noteable events involving Kelt include:
7 Mar 1942
HMS Kelt (T/Lt. S.C. Callister, RNR) picks up 24 survivors from the Norwegian tanker Sydhav that was torpedoed and sunk the previous day by the German submarine U-505 south-west of Freetown in position 04º47'N, 14º57'W.