HMS Roberts (F40)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Roberts |
| Builder | John Brown & Company, Clydebank |
| Laid down | 30 April 1940 |
| Launched | 1 February 1941 |
| Commissioned | 27 October 1941 |
| Fate | Sold June 1965 and scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Roberts-class monitor |
| Displacement | 7,970 long tons (8,100 t) |
| Length | 373 ft 3 in (113.77 m) oa |
| Beam | 89 ft 9 in (27.36 m) |
| Draught | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
| Installed power | 4,800 shp (3,600 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph) |
| Complement | 350 |
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HMS Roberts was a Royal Navy Roberts-class monitor of the Second World War. She was the second monitor to be named after Field Marshal Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts.
Built by John Brown & Company, of Clydebank, she was laid down 30 April 1940, launched 1 February 1941 and completed on 27 October 1941. She reused the twin 15-inch gun turret of the First World War monitor Marshal Soult.