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Keats

 

A British name retained. 'Sir Richard Keats (1756-1834), a captain in the Royal Navy, commanded HMS Superb from 1801 to 1807.

 

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Tisdale (DE-278) (q.v.) was renamed HMS Keats upon transfer to the United Kingdom under lend-lease 19 October 1943.