HMS Roberts (1941)
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 April 1941 and completed on 27 October 1941. During the Second World War, she was used for shore bombardment in North Africa, the Mediterranean and France. After the war, she was used as an accommodation ship, until being sold for scrap in 1965
Class and type: | Roberts-class monitor |
Displacement: | 7,970 long tons (8,100 t) |
Length: | 373 ft 3 in (113.77 m) |
Beam: | 89 ft 9 in (27.36 m) |
Draught: | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
Installed power: | 4,800 shp (3,600 kW) |
Propulsion: | 2 × Parsons steam turbines 2 × boilers 2 × shafts |
Speed: | 12.5 knots |
Complement: | 350 |
Armament: | 2 × 15 in (380 mm)/42 Mk 1 guns (1×2) 8 × 4 in (100 mm) anti-aircraft guns (4×2) 16 × 2-pdr “pom-pom” anti-aircraft guns (1×8, 2×4) 20 × 20 mm anti-aircraft cannons |
Armour: | Turret: 13 in (330 mm) Barbette: 8 in (200 mm) Belt: 4–5 in (100–130 mm) |