H.M.S. Roberts (1915)

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H.M.S. Roberts (1915)
Pendant Number: M.08 (1914)
M.04 (Sep 1915)
M.1A (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Swan Hunter[2]
Laid down: 17 Dec, 1914[3]
Launched: 15 Apr, 1915[4]
Commissioned: Jun, 1915[5]
Sold: 1936[6]

H.M.S. Roberts was one of six Abercrombie class monitors completed for use in the Great War. There was a second, similar monitor built during World War II.

Service

Roberts was paid off 26 May, 1919.[7]

The monitor was put up for disposal in December, 1931.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 102.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 43.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 43.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 102.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 43.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 43.
  7. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 856.
  8. "Royal Navy" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 4 December, 1931. Issue 45997, col D, p. 24.
  9. Garnett Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/90. f. 100.
  10. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 397k.
  11. Garnett Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/90. f. 100.
  12. Alington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/336. f. 336.
  13. Alington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/336. f. 336.
  14. Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 59.
  15. Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 59.
  16. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 397o.
  17. Thompson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/70. f. 70.
  18. Thompson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/70. f. 70.
  19. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 896.

Bibliography

  • Buxton, Ian L. (1978). Big Gun Monitors: The History of the Design, Construction and Operation of the Royal Navy's Monitors. Tynemouth: World Ship Society. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).


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