LÉ Maev (02)

History
United Kingdom
Name:	HMS Oxlip
Builder:	A & J Inglis, Glasgow
Laid down:	9 December 1940
Launched:	28 August 1942
Completed:	28 December 1942
Decommissioned:	1946
Maiden voyage:	1942
In service:	1942-46
Identification:	K123
Ireland
Name:	LÉ Maeve
Namesake:	Medb, the legendary queen of Connacht
Acquired:	1946
Identification:	Pennant number: 02
General characteristics
Class and type:	Flower-class corvette
Displacement:	1020 tons standard (1280 full load)
Length:	205 ft (62 m)
Beam:	33 ft (10 m)
Depth:	14 ft (4.3 m)
Installed power:	Single reciprocating vertical 4-cylinder triple expansion by John Kincaid, Greenock.
Propulsion:	2,759 ihp (2,057 kW) 2 cylindrical Scotch single-ended boilers. Single shaft
Speed:	max: 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) cruising: 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement:	5 officers, 74 ratings
Sensors and processing systems:	ASDIC Radio Radar Gyrocompass Echo sounder Decca Navigator System
Electronic warfare & decoys:	Degaussing

LÉ Maev was a Flower-class corvette of the Irish Naval Service. She was named after Medb, the legendary queen of Connacht. She was launched in August 1942 as HMS Oxlip, and served on the Arctic convoys during World War II.