Dates: 1941 - 1965
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, Clydebank, she was laid down 30 April 1940, launched 1 April 1941 and completed on 27 October 1941. She reused the twin 15 inch gun turret of the World War I monitor Marshal Soult.
HMS Roberts provided bombardment support during Operation Torch in North Africa, where she was damaged by two 500 kg bombs. She was repaired in time to support Operation Husky (the invasion of Sicily), Allied landings near Salerno Operation Avalanche, the D-Day landings and the Walcheren operations.
HMS Roberts was sold for scrapping shortly after the war, but hired back by the navy as an accommodation ship at Devonport until 1965. She was broken up at Inverkeithing in July 1965.
One of HMS Robert’s guns (originally in HMS Resolution) is mounted outside the Imperial War Museum in Lambeth, South London, together with one from the battleship Ramillies.
Forces Reunited Forum Posts involving HMS Roberts
" that picture of the monitor is it not HMS Roberts she was at Devonport in 53/4sI could be wrong. "
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" Quoting: Dave Whitfield that picture of the monitor is it not HMS Roberts she was at Devonport in 53/4s I could be ong. I’ve just been looking through this old ..."
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" Old Ships There must be some "Old Salts" out there who remember their old ships. Talk to me you old Guzz lads and tell me if you were on HMS Comet 1954 to 1955. Or did you ever serve time on HMS Ramehead 1952 or HMS Roberts 1953. On your cap tally you would have worn ..."
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" Quoting: robert wells i can remember a battleship being there during my training nigel with guns that five or six ratings would be comfortable sitting on barrel// can imagine it being eerie like going back in time// especially with it being in mothballs for such a long period// at the same ..."
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"Does anyone have any details of my grandfather William Stannard who served on HMS Roberts 1941 - 1943? I would be very interested to speak to anyone who went through Bougie, Sicily & Italy landings."
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