HMS Roebuck (H95)
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| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Roebuck |
| Ordered: | May 1940 |
| Builder: | Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. |
| Laid down: | 19 June 1941 |
| Launched: | 10 December 1942 (premature) |
| Commissioned: | 10 June 1943 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1705 tons |
| Length: | 358 ft (109 m) |
| Propulsion: | Geared turbines, 2 shafts generating 40000 shp |
| Speed: | 37 knots |
| Complement: | 175 |
| Armament: | 4 × 4.7" guns (4x1) 4 × 2pdr AA (1x4) 6 × 20 mm AA (2x2, 2x1) 8 × 21" torpedo tubes |
| Honours and awards: | Sabang (1944) Burma (1944-45) |
| Badge: | On a Field White, a Roebuck guardant proper. |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Roebuck.
HMS Roebuck (H95) was an R-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service during World War II. She was the fifteenth ship to carry the traditional ship name, which was used as far back as the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.
Roebuck had the dubious honour of being launched prematurely by an air raid at Scotts shipyard in Greenock, her partially complete hulk lying submerged in the dockyard for 9 months before it was salved and completed.[1]
She was converted into a Type 15 fast anti-submarine frigate during 1952-1953, with the new pennant number F195. She was scrapped at Inverkeithing in August 1969.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ British and Empire Warships of the Second World War, H. T. Lenton, Greenhill Books, ISBN 1-85367-277-7
- ^ http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4512.html Destroyer HMS Roebuck of the R class
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