LÉ Maev
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Construction
HMS Oxlip was ordered in July 1939 as part of the Royal Navy's 1939 War Emergency building programme. The Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 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.
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 she was decommissioned and in 1946 she was sold to the Irish Government.
Convoys escorted
| 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 |
LÉ Maev was commissioned into Irish service in December 1946,[3] and named after Medb, the legendary queen of Connacht.
She was decommissioned in March 1972.[4]
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