HMS Oxford Castle (K692)

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Namesake Oxford Castle Laid down 21 June 1943 Commissioned 10 March 1944 Launched 11 December 1943		Yard number 1238 Completed 10 March 1944 Construction started 21 June 1943 Builder Harland and Wolff

Name HMS Oxford Castle (K692)

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.

Publications

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.

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