 "Oxfordshire" made an average of four trips per year between Britain and the Far East, calling en route at Ceylon, Aden, Port Said and Suez in Egypt.However, by the early 1960s the use of aircraft to fulfil transport requirements and the declining number of overseas British garrisons meant that trooping by sea was soon to be redundant.In 1962 the British Government finally decided to rely entirely on air trooping, so the long-term charters of "Oxfordshire" and near sister-ship "Nevasa" were terminated and the vessels withdrawn from service.