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 and 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	2 × Parsons steam turbines 2 × boilers 2 × shafts
Speed	12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph)
Complement	350
Armament	2 × 15 in (380 mm)/42 Mk 1 guns (1x2) 8 × 4 in (100 mm) anti-aircraft guns (4x2) 16 × 2-pdr "pom-pom" anti-aircraft guns (1x8, 2x4) 20 × 20 mm anti-aircraft cannons
Armour	Turret: 13 in (330 mm) Barbette: 8 in (200 mm) Belt: 4–5 in (100–130 mm)

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.