| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 178 |
| Built by | Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co. (Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada) |
| Ordered | 1 Feb 1940 |
| Laid down | 21 Dec 1940 |
| Launched | 21 Jun 1941 |
| Commissioned | 18 Nov 1941 |
| End service | 20 Jul 1945 |
| History | Fo'c's'le extention at Galvaston (Texas, U.S.A.) completed on 29 March 1944. Decommissioned 20 July 1945. |
Commands listed for HMCS Oakville (K 178)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt. Alex Charles Jones, RCNR | 18 Nov 1941 | 11 May 1942 |
| 2 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Clarence Aubrey King, DSC, RCNR | 12 May 1942 | 21 Apr 1943 |
| 3 | T/Lt. Harold Farncomb, RCNVR | 22 Apr 1943 | 22 Oct 1944 |
| 4 | T/Lt. Morgan Alan Griffiths, RCNVR | 23 Oct 1944 | 20 Jul 1945 |
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Notable events involving Oakville include:
28 Aug 1942
German U-boat U-94 was sunk in the Caribbean Sea, in position 17°40'N, 74°30'W by depth charges from an American Catalina aircraft (VP-92) and ramming by the Canadian corvette HMCS Oakville (T/A/Lt.Cdr. C.A. King, DSC, RCNR).
30 Nov 1943
HMS H 33 (Lt. D.G. Kent, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Oakville (T/Lt. H. Farncomb, RCNVR) and HMS Fennel (A/Lt.Cdr. W.P. Moffat, RCNVR). (1)
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Sources
- ADM 173/17788
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.