LÉ Maev (02)
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | HMS Oxlip |
| Builder: | A & J Inglis, Glasgow |
| Laid down: | 9 December 1940 |
| Launched: | 28 August 1942 |
| Completed: | 28 December 1942 |
| Decommissioned: | 1946 |
| Maiden voyage: | 1942 |
| In service: | 1942-46 |
| Identification: | K123 |
 Ireland
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| Name: | LÉ Maeve |
| Namesake: | Medbh, the legendary queen of Connacht |
| Acquired: | 1946 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: 02 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Flower-class corvette |
| Displacement: | 1020 tons standard (1280 full load) |
| Length: | 205 ft (62 m) |
| Beam: | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Depth: | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
| Installed power: | Single reciprocating vertical 4-cylinder triple expansion by John Kincaid, Greenock. |
| Propulsion: | 2,759 ihp (2,057 kW) 2 cylindrical Scotch single-ended boilers. Single shaft |
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| Complement: | 5 officers, 74 ratings |
| Sensors and processing systems: | |
| Electronic warfare & decoys: | Degaussing |
LÉ Maev was a Flower-class corvette of the Irish Naval Service. She was named after Medb, the legendary queen of Connacht. She was launched in August 1942 as HMS Oxlip, and served on the Arctic convoys during World War II.
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