HMS Oxford Castle (K692)
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 Oxford Castle in March 1944
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Oxford Castle |
| Namesake | Oxford Castle |
| Builder | Harland & Wolff |
| Yard number | 1238[1] |
| Laid down | 21 June 1943 |
| Launched | 11 December 1943 |
| Completed | 10 March 1944[1] |
| Commissioned | 10 March 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 1946 |
| Identification | Pennant number: K692 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 6 September 1960 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Castle-class corvette |
HMS Oxford Castle (K692) was a Castle-class corvette, of United Kingdom's Royal Navy. She was named after Oxford Castle in England.
She was built at Harland & Wolff in Northern Ireland and launched on 11 December 1943. She survived the Second World War and was scrapped at Briton Ferry in September 1960.
References
[edit]- ^ a b McCluskie, Tom (2013). The Rise and Fall of Harland and Wolff. Stroud: The History Press. p. 154. ISBN 9780752488615.
Publications
[edit]- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
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