LÉ Maev
Nameplate of LÉ Maev, on display in the Maritime Museum of Ireland | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| 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 |
| Ireland | |
| Name | LÉ Maev |
| Namesake | Medb, the legendary queen of Connacht |
| Acquired | 1946 |
| Identification | Pennant number: 02 |
| Fate | Scrapped 23 March 1972 |
| 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 |
| Speed |
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| Complement | 5 officers, 74 ratings |
| Sensors & processing systems | |
| Electronic warfare & decoys | Degaussing |
LÉ Maev /ˈmeɪv/ was a Flower-class corvette of the Irish Naval Service. She was launched in August 1941 as HMS Oxlip, and served on the Arctic convoys during World War II.