HMS Roxburgh (1904)

History
United Kingdom
Name:	HMS Roxburgh
Namesake:	Roxburghshire
Builder:	London & Glasgow Shipbuilding, Govan
Laid down:	13 June 1902
Launched:	19 January 1904
Completed:	5 September 1905
Fate:	Sold for scrap, 8 November 1921
General characteristics
Class and type:	Devonshire-class armoured cruiser
Displacement:	10,850 long tons (11,020 t) (normal)
Length:	473 ft 6 in (144.3 m) (o/a)
Beam:	68 ft 6 in (20.9 m)
Draught:	24 ft (7.3 m)
Installed power:	21,000 ihp (16,000 kW) 17 Dürr boilers; 6 cylindrical boilers
Propulsion:	2 × Shafts 2 × 4-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines
Speed:	22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)
Complement:	610
Armament:	4 × single BL 7.5-inch Mk I guns 6 × single BL 6-inch Mk VII guns 2 × single 12-pounder 8 cwt guns 18 × single QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss guns 2 × single 18-inch torpedo tubes
Armour:	Belt: 2–6 in (51–152 mm) Decks: .75–2 in (19–51 mm) Barbettes: 6 in (152 mm) Turrets: 5 in (130 mm) Conning tower: 12 in (305 mm) Bulkheads: 5 in (127 mm)

HMS Roxburgh was one of six Devonshire-class armoured cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. She was assigned to the 1st Cruiser Squadron of the Channel Fleet upon completion and was transferred to the reserve Third Fleet in 1909. She was then assigned to the 5th Cruiser Squadron of the reserve Second Fleet in 1912 and the 3rd Cruiser Squadron the following year.

Upon mobilisation in mid-1914 her squadron was assigned to the Grand Fleet and spent much of its time patrolling the northern exits from the North Sea and the Norwegian coast. She was torpedoed in mid-1915 by a German submarine and repairs took almost a year. Roxburgh was transferred to the North America and West Indies Station in mid-1916 and spent the rest of the war escorting convoys. She rammed a German submarine while escorting a convoy in early 1918. She was reduced to reserve in 1919, but recommissioned later that year for use as a radio training ship. The ship was paid off in 1920 and sold for scrap the following year.

Roxburgh was designed to displace 10,850 long tons (11,020 t). The ship had an overall length of 473 feet 6 inches (144.3 m), a beam of 68 feet 6 inches (20.9 m) and a deep draught of 24 feet (7.3 m). She was powered by two 4-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one shaft, which produced a total of 21,000 indicated horsepower (16,000 kW) and gave a maximum speed of 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph). The engines were powered by seventeen Dürr and six cylindrical boilers. She carried a maximum of 1,033 long tons (1,050 t) of coal and her complement consisted of 610 officers and enlisted men.

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