| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | unnamed (DE-567) |
| Builder | Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard,Hingham,Massachusetts |
| Laid down | 6 October 1943 |
| Launched | 20 November 1943 |
| Completed | 14 January 1944 |
| Commissioned | never |
| Fate | Transferred to United Kingdom 14 January 1944 |
| Acquired | Returned by United Kingdom 12 November 1945[1] |
| Stricken | 8 January 1946 |
| Fate |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMSTyler (K576) |
| Namesake | Admiral SirCharles Tyler (1760–1835), British naval officer who wascommanding officer ofHMS Tonnant at theBattle of Trafalgar in 1805[2] |
| Acquired | 14 January 1944 |
| Commissioned | 14 January 1944[3] |
| Decommissioned | 1945 |
| Fate | Returned to United States 12 November 1945[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 1,400 long tons (1,422 t) |
| Length | 306 ft (93 m) |
| Beam | 36.75 ft (11.2 m) |
| Draught | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 24 knots (44 km/h) |
| Range | 5,500 nautical miles (10,200 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Complement | 186 |
| Sensors and processing systems |
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| Armament |
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| Notes | Pennant number K576 |
HMSTyler (K576) was a BritishCaptain-classfrigate of theRoyal Navy in commission duringWorld War II. Originally constructed as aUnited States NavyBuckley-classdestroyer escort, she served in the Royal Navy from 1944 to 1945.
Allocated to the United Kingdom on 10 June 1943, the ship waslaid down as the unnamed U.S. Navy destroyer escortDE-567 byBethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., inHingham,Massachusetts, on 6 October 1943 andlaunched on 20 November 1943. She was transferred to the United Kingdom upon completion on 14 January 1944.
Commissioned into service in the Royal Navy[3] as the frigate HMSTyler (K567) on 14 January 1944 simultaneously with her transfer, the ship was assigned to patrol and escort duty in theEnglish Channel and also supported theinvasion ofNormandy in the summer of 1944.
During 1945,Tyler alternated between escort duty in theNorth Atlantic Ocean and patrols and escort missions in the English Channel. On 21 January 1945, she picked up the sole survivor of theNorwegianmerchant shipGalatea, which theGermansubmarineU-1051 hadtorpedoed and sunk offBardsey Island inSt. George's Channel in position52°40′00″N005°23′00″W / 52.66667°N 5.38333°W /52.66667; -5.38333 (SS Galatea sunk). On 27 January 1945 she joined the British frigatesHMS Bligh (K467) andHMS Keats (K482) in adepth charge attack which sank the German submarineU-1172 in St. George's Channel in position52°24′00″N005°42′00″W / 52.40000°N 5.70000°W /52.40000; -5.70000 (U-1172 sunk).
After the end of World War II,Tyler steamed to theUnited States, arriving at thePhiladelphia Naval Shipyard inPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania, on 31 October 1945. The Royal Navy formally returned her to the U.S. Navy on 12 November 1945.[1]
The U.S. Navy struckTyler from itsNaval Vessel Register on 8 January 1946. She was sold on 23 May 1946 for scrapping to Hugo Neu ofNew York City and later resold to theNorthern Metal Company of Philadelphia. She was scrapped in the summer of 1946.
This article incorporates text from thepublic domainDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be foundhere.
