There have been sixteen Royal Navy ships called HMS Roebuck after a small deer native to the British Isles. Most are listed here:
Roebuck, a flyboat purchased in January 1585.
Roebuck, 10, a 90 ton vessel launched at Woolwich in 1636 and sunk in 1641 as a result of a collision.
Roebuck, 14, 110 tons, captured in 1646 and commissioned into the Royalist Navy two years later. Captured at Kinsale in November 1649 by Parliamentarian forces and sold two years later.
Roebuck, 34, captured in 1653 and converted to a hulk in 1654. Sold in 1668.
Roebuck, 16, 129 ton sixth rate launched at Harwich in 1666 and sold in 1683.
Roebuck, 6, fireship of 70 tons bought in 1688. Renamed Old Roebuck in 1690 and deliberately sunk in Portsmouth in 1696 to form foundations.
HMS Roebuck (1690), 12, launched at Woolwich as a fireship in 1690, and later converted to a 26 gun fifth rate. Sailed under the command of William Dampier to Australia in 1699 and sank in 1701 at Ascension Island on the return voyage.
Roebuck, 42, fifth rate 494 ton vessel launched at Portsmouth in 1704 and dismantled in 1725. Rebuilt in 1722 as a 598 ton ship at Woolwich, she was sunk in April 1743 as a breakwater at Sheerness.
Roebuck, 44, 708 ton fifth rate launched at Southampton in December 1743 and sold in July 1764.
Roebuck, 44, frigate launched at Chatham on 28 April 1774 and converted to a hospital ship in 1790. In 1799 she was converted to a troopship, and four years later to a guard ship. Broken up in 1811. She is best known for capturing USS Confederacy in 1781 along with HMS Orpheus.
Roebuck, wooden screw gunvessel launched at Millwall in March 1856 and sold at Charlton in 1864.
Roebuck, a destroyer launched at Hawthorn on 4 January 1901 and broken up at Portsmouth in 1919.
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