HMS Oakley (L98)

HMS Oakley was a Type II Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was originally to have been named Tickham, however she was renamed after her sister ship Oakley was transferred to Poland and was renamed ORP Kujawiak (L72). She entered service in May 1943, carrying out convoy escort, patrol and anti-shipping attacks for most of the rest of the Second World War. She was adopted by the Civil community of Leighton Buzzard in Bedfordshire as part of Warship Week in 1942. In 1957, she was sold to the West German Navy, serving as a training ship for the German Naval Gunnery school until scrapped in 1972.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Oakley.

HMS Oakley at anchor on the Clyde c1943 (IWM)
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Oakley
Ordered20 December 1939
BuilderYarrow & Co Ltd, Scotstoun
Laid down19 August 1940
Launched15 January 1942
Commissioned7 May 1942
IdentificationPennant number: L98
FateSold to West Germany, 11 November 1957
BadgeOn a Field Red, a bugle horn erect and an annulet interlaced Gold
History
West Germany
NameGneisenau
Acquired11 November 1957
Commissioned18 October 1958
IdentificationPennant number: F212
FateScrapped 1972
General characteristics
Class and typeType II Hunt-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 1,050 long tons (1,070 t) standard,
  • 1,490 long tons (1,510 t) full load
Length
  • 264 ft 3 in (80.54 m) pp,
  • 280 ft (85.34 m) oa
Beam31 ft 6 in (9.60 m)
Draught7 ft 9 in (2.36 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
  • 2 shaft Parsons geared turbines, 19,000 shp (14,000 kW)
Speed27 kn (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Range3,700 nmi (6,900 km; 4,300 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement168
Armament
  • 6 × QF 4 in Mark XVI guns on twin mounts Mk. XIX
  • 4 × QF 2 pdr Mk. VIII (1 × quad mount)
  • 2 × 20 mm Oerlikons
  • 110 depth charges
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