LÉ Maev /ˈmeɪv/ was a Flower-class corvette of the Irish Naval Service.[2] She was named after Medb, the legendary queen of Connacht. She was launched in August 1941 as HMS Oxlip, and served on the Arctic convoys during World War II.
![]() Nameplate of LÉ Maev, on display in the Maritime Museum of Ireland
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Name | HMS Oxlip |
Namesake | Oxlip |
Builder | A & J Inglis, Glasgow |
Laid down | 9 December 1940 |
Launched | 28 August 1941 |
Completed | 28 December 1941 |
Decommissioned | 1946 |
Maiden voyage | 1942 |
In service | 1942-46 |
Identification | Pennant number: K123 |
Fate | Sold to Irish Navy 1946 |
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Name | LÉ Maev |
Namesake | Medb, the legendary queen of Connacht |
Acquired | 1946 |
Identification | Pennant number: 02 |
Fate | Scrapped 23 March 1972 |
General characteristics | |
Class and 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[1] |
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 |
Maev was commissioned into Irish service in December 1946,[3] and decommissioned in March 1972.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Naval Service - Fleet History". military.ie. Irish Defence Forces. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012.
- ^ Aidan McIvor (1994). A History of the Irish Naval Service. Irish Academic Press. p. 228. ISBN 9780716525233.
- ^ "RTÉ Archives - Policing Irish Waters Against Poachers". RTÉ. 1971. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
In 1946 the Department of Defence bought three British corvettes for a bargain price and the Long Éireannach (LÉ) Cliona, LÉ Maev and LÉ Macha, were the sum total of the Irish navy for the next twenty years