Two ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Oryx:
- The intended name for an Admiralty M-class destroyer, subsequently built as HMS Octavia (1916).
- HMS Oryx (1927), an auxiliary minesweeper, formerly the Norwegian whaler Hval I, hired from 1940 and renamed in 1941; she became HMS Gemsbuck in 1944 and was returned to Norway the following year.
References
- Colledge, J J (1970). Ships of the Royal Navy: An Historical Index - Vol.2. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 172.
List of ships with the same or similar names
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