HMS Roebuck (H95)

HMS Roebuck was an R-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service during World War II. She was the fifteenth ship to carry this traditional ship name, after a small deer native to the British Isles, which was used as far back as the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Roebuck.

Roebuck in June 1943
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Roebuck
OrderedMay 1940
BuilderScotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Co.
Laid down19 June 1941
Launched10 December 1942 (premature)
Commissioned10 June 1943
Decommissioned1962
IdentificationPennant number H95/F195
Honours and
awards
  • Sabang (1944)
  • Burma (1944–45)
FateScrapped, 1968
BadgeOn a Field White, a Roebuck guardant proper.
General characteristics As R-class destroyer
Class and typeR-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 1,705 tons (1,732 tonnes)
  • 2,425 tons (2,464 tonnes) full load
Length358.25 ft (109.19 m) o/a
Beam35.75 ft (10.90 m)
Draught9.5 ft (2.9 m)
Propulsion2 x Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers, Parsons geared steam turbines, 40,000 shp (30,000 kW) on 2 shafts
Speed36 kn (67 km/h)
Range4,675 nmi (8,658 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement176
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Radar Type 290 air warning
  • Radar Type 285 ranging & bearing
Armament
  • 4 × QF 4.7-inch (120-mm) Mk.IX guns single mounts CP Mk.XVIII
  • 4 × QF 2 pdr Mk.VIII (40 mm L/39), quad mount Mk.VII
  • 2 × 2, 4 × 1 QF 20 mm Oerlikon, single mount P Mk.III
  • 8 (2x4) tubes for 21-inch (530 mm) torpedoes Mk.IX
  • 4 × throwers & 2 x racks, 70 depth charges
General characteristics As Type 15 frigate
Displacement
  • 2,300 tons (standard)
  • 2,700 tons (full load)
Length358 ft (109 m) o/a
Beam37.75 ft (11.51 m)
Draught14.5 ft (4.4 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers,
  • steam turbines on 2 shafts,
  • 40,000 shp
Speed31 kn (57 km/h) (full load)
Range4,675 nmi (8,658 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement174
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Radar
  • Type 293Q target indication.
  • Type 277Q surface search
  • Type 974 navigation
  • Type 262 fire control on director CRBF
  • Type 1010 Cossor Mark 10 IFF
  • Sonar:
  • Type 174 search
  • Type 162 target classification
  • Type 170 attack
Armament
  • 1 × twin 4 in gun Mark 19
  • 1 × twin 40mm Bofors Mk.5;
  • 2 × Limbo Mark 10 A/S mortar
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