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HMS ROEBUCK
built by Scotts Greenock,
Yard No 594
Propulsion: Geared Turbines
Launched: Thursday, 10/12/1942
Built: 1942
Ship Type: Destroyer
Ship's Role: Q and R Class
Tonnage: 1725t standard
Length: 358ft 3in oa
Breadth: 35ft 8in
Draught: 14ft 1in deep load
Owner History:
Admiralty
Status: Arrived for Scrapping - 08/08/1968
Web site: http://www.clydesite.co.uk/warships/readmessages.asp?message=16792
Remarks: Completed by J Brown
delivered: 10/06/43
Additional data by Tom Carryette
Interestingly, this vessel's launch occured because a bomb, narrowly missing her, 'launched' the vessel!
She was converted into a Type 15 frigate at Devonport 1951.
sold in 1968 and scrapped at Inverkeithing.
Previous update by Bruce Biddulph
Previous update by Colin Campbell
Photo supplied by John Ward~McQuaid
Last updated: by John Ward~McQuaid from the original records by Stuart Cameron
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