HMS Oryx explained

Two ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Oryx:

• The intended name for an, subsequently built as .
• , 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.^[1]

References

1. Book: Colledge . J J . Ships of the Royal Navy: An Historical Index - Vol.2 . 1970 . David & Charles . Newton Abbot . 172.