HMS Oxford Castle (K692)

Oxford Castle in March 1944
History
United Kingdom
Name: HMS Oxford Castle (K692)
Namesake: Oxford Castle
Builder: Harland and 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
Fate: Scrapped, 6 September 1960
General characteristics
Class & 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 and 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

  1. 1 2 McCluskie, Tom (2013). The Rise and Fall of Harland and Wolff. Stroud: The History Press. p. 154. ISBN 9780752488615.


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