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Allied Warships

HMCS Oakville (K 178)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 178 
Built byPort Arthur Shipbuilding Co. (Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada) 
Ordered1 Feb, 1940 
Laid down21 Dec, 1940 
Launched21 Jun, 1941 
Commissioned18 Nov, 1941 
End service20 Jul, 1945 
Loss position
 
HistoryFo'c's'le extended at Galvaston (Texas, U.S.A.) on 29 March 1944.

Decommissioned 20 July 1945.
Became the Venezuelan Patria in 1946.  


Noteable events involving Oakville include:

28 Aug, 1942
The German submarine U-94 was sunk in the Caribbean Sea, in position 17º40'N, 74º30'W by depth charges from an American Catalina aircraft (VP-92) and ramming by the Canadian corvette HMCS Oakville (A/Lt.Cdr. C.A. King, DSC, RCNR). (see map)


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