HMCS Oakville (K178)

HMCS Oakville (K178)

HMCS Oakville was a Royal Canadian Navy Flower-class corvette which took part in convoy escort duties during World War II.

Oakville was laid down by Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co., Port Arthur on 21 December 1940 and was launched on 21 June 1941. She was commissioned into the RCN on 18 November 1941.

Oakville is credited with sinking U-94 on 28 August 1942 in the Caribbean Sea.

Oakville was paid off from the RCN and decommissioned on 20 July 1945. She was sold in 1946 to Venezuela as Patria. The ship's bell disappeared prior to the sale and remains missing.

Oakville was integral to the attempted capture and sinking of U-94