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.

Oxford Castle in March 1944
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Oxford Castle
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
Identification	Pennant number: K692
Fate	Scrapped, 6 September 1960
General characteristics
Class and type	Castle-class corvette

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

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.