HMS Oxlip (K123)

History
United Kingdom
Name: HMS Oxlip
Namesake: Oxlip
Builder: A & J Inglis, Glasgow
Yard number: J1164
Laid down: 9 December 1940
Launched: 28 August 1941
Completed: 28 December 1941
Decommissioned: 1946
Identification: Pennant number: K123
Fate: Transferred to the Irish Naval Service
General characteristics [1][2]
Class and type: Flower-class corvette
Displacement: 925 long tons (940 t; 1,036 short tons)
Length: 205 ft (62.48 m)o/a
Beam: 33 ft (10.06 m)
Draught: 11.5 ft (3.51 m)
Propulsion:
  • single shaft
  • 2 × fire tube Scotch boilers
  • 1 × 4-cycle triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine
  • 2,750 ihp (2,050 kW)
Speed: 16 knots (29.6 km/h)
Range: 3,500 nautical miles (6,482 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h)
Complement: 85
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • 1 × SW1C or 2C radar
  • 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV ASDIC
Armament:

HMS Oxlip was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Navy during World War II.

Construction

Oxlip was ordered in July 1939 as part of the Royal Navy's 1939 War Emergency building programme. She was laid down by A & J Inglis of Glasgow on 9 December 1940, launched on 28 August 1941 and completed on 28 December the same year. After working up and trials she joined Western Approaches Command for anti-submarine warfare and convoy escort duties.

Service history

From February 1942 onwards Oxlip served with close escort groups on Arctic convoys taking war materiel from the Western Allies to the Soviet Union. In three years Oxlip sailed with 18 Arctic convoys (outbound and homebound), contributing to the safe and timely arrival of more than 300 merchant ships. With the end of hostilities Oxlip was decommissioned and in 1946 she was sold.

Post-war service

In 1946 Oxlip was sold to the Irish Naval Service where she was commissioned as LÉ Maev. She was stricken in March 1972.

Convoys escorted

Arctic convoys 1942-45[3]
Outbound Homebound
PQ 11 QP 8
PQ 14 QP 11
JW 51A RA 52
JW 55B RA 55B
JW 56B RA 56
JW 59 RA 59A
JW 61 RA 61
JW 65 RA 65
JW 66 RA 66

Notes

  1. ↑ Elliott p187
  2. ↑ Conway p62
  3. ↑ Ruegg, Hague p90

References

  • 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. OCLC 67375475.
  • Gardiner R, Chesnau R: Conways All the Worlds Fighting Ships 1922–1946 (1980) ISBN 0-85177-146-7
  • Elliott, P : Allied Escort Ships of World War II (1977) ISBN 0 356 08401 9
  • Kemp P : Convoy! Drama in Arctic Waters (1993) ISBN 1 85409 130 1
  • Ruegg, B, Hague A: Convoys to Russia 1941-1945 (1992) ISBN 0 905617 66 5
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