| HMS Roxburgh (1904) | |
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| Career (UK) |  |
| Class and type: | Devonshire-class armoured cruiser |
| Name: | HMS Roxburgh |
| Builder: | London and Glasgow Co. |
| Launched: | 19 January 1904 |
| Fate: | Sold in 1921 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 10,850 tons |
| Length: | 473.5 ft (144.3 m) |
| Beam: | 68.5 ft (20.9 m) |
| Draught: | 24 ft (7.3 m) |
| Propulsion: |
16 Boilers 2 shafts 21,000hp (16MW) |
| Speed: | 22 knots (41km/h) |
| Complement: | 655 officers and men |
| Armament: |
4 x BL 7.5-inch (190.5 mm) Mk I guns |
HMS Roxburgh was a 10,850 ton Devonshire-class armoured cruiser of the Royal Navy, and the first ship to bear the name. (The second was the HMS Roxburgh (I07), former US Navy destroyer USS Foote (DD-169)). She was built by London and Glasgow Co., and launched on 19 January 1904. She was assigned to the Channel Fleet early in her career. She served and her sisters served in the First World War, with Roxburgh surviving to be sold in 1921 to Stanlee for breaking up. She was however re-sold on 8 November 1921 and was finally broken up in Germany.
On February 13, 1918 in the North Channel the HMS Roxburgh rammed and sink the German submarine SM U 89 with no survived.
References[]
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
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