HMS Oxford Castle (K692)

Oxford Castle in March 1944
History
United Kingdom
Name	Oxford Castle
Namesake	Oxford Castle
Builder	Harland & Wolff
Yard number	1238
Laid down	21 June 1943
Launched	11 December 1943
Completed	10 March 1944
Commissioned	10 March 1944
Decommissioned	1946
Identification	Pennant number: K692
Fate	Scrapped, 6 September 1960
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Castle-class corvette
Displacement	1,010 long tons (1,030 t) (standard)
Length	252 ft (76.8 m)
Beam	33 ft (10.1 m)
Draught	13 ft 9 in (4.2 m) (deep load)
Installed power	2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers 2,880 ihp (2,150 kW)
Propulsion	1 shaft, 1 triple-expansion engine
Speed	16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Range	6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	99
Sensors and processing systems	Type 145 and Type 147 ASDIC Type 272 search radar HF/DF radio direction finder
Armament	1 × QF 4 in (102 mm) DP gun 2 × twin, 2 × single 20 mm (0.8 in) AA guns 1 × 3-barrel Squid anti-submarine mortar 1 × depth charge rail and 2 throwers; 15 depth charges

HMS Oxford Castle (K692) was a Castle-class corvette, built for the United Kingdom's Royal Navy during the Second World War. She was named after Oxford Castle in England.

Construction and career

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.

Bibliography

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