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HMS Roebuck (H95)
Résumé
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.
Ordered in May 1940 from Scotts shipyard in Greenock, construction was delayed and she was not laid down until 19 June 1941. Roebuck then had the dubious honour of being launched prematurely by an air raid on 10 December 1942, her partially complete hulk lying submerged in the dockyard for three months before it was salvaged and completed in May 1943.
After sea trials Roebuck was accepted into service on 10 June and assigned to the 11th Destroyer Flotilla of the Eastern Fleet, first taking passage to Scapa Flow to work-up with Home Fleet. In August she was prepared for foreign service and then took passage to Freetown, finally joining the Flotilla in the Indian Ocean in September, which was deployed for convoy defence and patrols.
On 12 March Roebuck formed part of the escort for the aircraft carrier and the cruisers and , with the destroyer , during the search in the Indian Ocean for the German U-boat supply ship Brake. After being intercepted by aircraft Brake was scuttled by her own crew.
In June Roebuck was deployed with Fleet units off Burma and bombarded Martaban. On 19 June she formed part of the destroyer screen of Force 60 along with the destroyers , , , , and , providing protection for the aircraft carrier , the battlecruiser , , and cruisers , and .
On 25 July she was deployed with the Flotilla as the screen for Eastern Fleet major units covering operations by the aircraft carriers and against targets at Sabang and Sumatra in "Operation Crimson".
In August Roebuck took passage to Simon's Town for a refit by HM Dockyard, rejoining the Flotilla at Trincomalee in November.
In February Roebuck joined Force 68 for offensive patrols and bombarded the Cocos Islands with destroyers , and in Operations "Office" and "Training".
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