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'''H.M.S. ''Roberts''''' was one of six [[Abercrombie Class Monitor (1915)|''Abercrombie'' class monitors]] completed for use in the [[Great War]].  There was [[H.M.S. Roberts (1941)|a second, similar monitor]] built during World War II.
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
  
Paid off 26 May, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 856}}
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''Roberts'' was paid off 26 May, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 856}}
  
She was put up for disposal in December, 1931.<ref>"Royal Navy" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 4 December, 1931.  Issue '''45997''', col D, p. 24.</ref>
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The monitor was put up for disposal in December, 1931.<ref>"Royal Navy" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 4 December, 1931.  Issue '''45997''', col D, p. 24.</ref>
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
*Captain [[Argentine Hugh Alington]],
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* Captain [[Herbert Neville Garnett|Herbert N. Garnett]], May 1915.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Roberts_(1915) Wikipedia]</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Neville Garnett|nick=Herbert N. Garnett|appt=April, 1915<ref>Garnett Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/90.|D7602876}} f. 100.</ref>{{NLOct15|p. 397''k''}}|end=May, 1916<ref>Garnett Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/90.|D7602876}} f. 100.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
*Captain [[Kenneth Gilbert Balmain Dewar]], 28 August, 1916.<ref>{{TNA|ADM 196/45}}.  f. 59.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Argentine Hugh Alington|nick=Argentine H. Alington|appt=May, 1916<ref>Alington Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/336.}} f. 336.</ref>|end=28 August, 1916<ref>Alington Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/336.}} f. 336.</ref>}}
*Captain [[Bolton Meredith Eyres-Monsell, First Viscount Monsell|Bolton M.  Eyres-Monsell]], ? - 2 January 1919.{{CN}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Kenneth Gilbert Balmain Dewar|nick=Kenneth G. B. Dewar|appt=28 August, 1916<ref>Dewar Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45}}.  f. 59.</ref>|end=May, 1917<ref>Dewar Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45}}.  f. 59.</ref>}}
*Lieutenant-Commander [[Evelyn John James Southby]], 2 January, 1919.{{SMNLFeb19|p. 896}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederick Vere Williamson|nick=Frederick V. Williamson|appt=21 May, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 397''o''}}|end=20 January, 1918}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Wilfred Arthur Thompson|nick=Wilfred A. Thompson|appt=22 January, 1918<ref>Thompson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/70.|D7603577}} f. 70.</ref>|end=12 August, 1918<ref>Thompson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/70.|D7603577}} f. 70.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''N''')|name=Winstanley Robert Coverdale Moorsom|nick=Winstanley R. C. Moorsom|appt=31 August, 1918|end=30 September, 1918}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Bolton Meredith Eyres-Monsell, First Viscount Monsell|nick=Bolton M.  Eyres-Monsell|appt=30 September, 1918|end=17 December, 1918}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Evelyn John James Southby|nick=Evelyn J. J. Southby|appt=2 January, 1919{{NLFeb19|p. 896}}|end=August, 1919}}
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==

Latest revision as of 16:36, 1 September 2021

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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