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Roebuck Class

NationalityGreat Britain
Nominal Guns44
Approved1769
DesignerThomas Slade
RateFifth Rate
TypeShip
Designed Crew280
Ships in Class17
Design Armament Broadside Weight = 285 Imperial Pound ( 129.2475 kg) BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck20British 18-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck22British 9-Pounder
Forecastle2British 6-Pounder
Design Dimensions and Ship Information
 OrderedShipyardLaunchedOut of serviceFateGundeck LengthLength of KeelBreadthDepth in holdBurthen
As Designed     140' 0"115' 9"37' 9 ½"16' 4"879 2694
Roebuck 1769/11/30Chatham Dockyard 1774/04/281811/07Broken Up140' 0"115' 9"37' 9 ½"16' 4"879 2694
Romulus 1776/05/14Bucklers Hard 1777/12/171781/02/19Captured140' 0"115' 8 ½"37' 11"16' 4"884 7694
Actaeon UnknownRotherhithe 1778/01/291802/04/30Sold140' 1 ½"115' 10 ½"37' 11 ¼"16' 4"887 894
Janus 1776/07/24Limehouse 1778/05/141810/08/10Wrecked140' 0 ½"115' 10 ½"37' 10 ½"16' 4"883 8094
Charon 1776/10/09Harwich 1778/10/081781/10/10Sunk in Action140' 3"116' 1"38' 0"16' 4"891 5794
Ulysses 1777/04/16Liverpool 1779/07/141816/01/11Sold140' 0"115' 3 ⅛"38' 0 ½"16' 4 ¾"887 894
Endymion 1778/02/02Limehouse 1779/08/281790/08/20Wrecked140' 0"115' 7"38' 1 ½"16' 4"893 5994
Assurance 1778/05/20Rotherhithe 1780/04/201815/03Broken Up140' 4"115' 11 ½"38' 2"16' 4 ½"898 4594
Dolphin 1777/01/08Chatham Dockyard 1781/03/101817/07Broken Up139' 11"115' 6 ¼37' 10 ¼"16' 4"880 4794
Argo 1779/02/26Howden Dock 1781/06/071816/01/11Sold140' 8"115' 9 ⅜"38' 0 ¾"16' 4 ½"892 2194
Diomede 1779/08/14Bristol 1781/10/181795/08/02Wrecked140' 0"116' 0 ½"37' 11"16' 4"887 3794
Serapis 1780/07/13Bristol 1782/11/071826/07/17Sold140' 2 ½"115' 5"38' 0"16' 4 ½"886 4694
Gladiator 1780/07/13Bucklers Hard 1783/01/201817/08Broken Up140' 0"115' 1"37' 11 ½"16' 5"882 094
Charon 1781/09/19Bristol 1783/05/171805/12Broken Up140' 1 ½"115' 3 ⅞"38' 1"16' 4 ½"889 6394
Guardian 1780/08/11Limehouse 1784/03/231790/04/12Beached140' 0"115' 6"38' 2 ½"16' 4"896 3394
Experiment 1780/07/13East Cowes 1784/11/271836/09/08Sold140' 0 ½"115' 8"38' 0 ½"16' 4"890 3594
Regulus 1780/10/20Northam 1785/02/101816/03Broken Up140' 1"115' 8 ⅝"38' 0"16' 4"888 7794
Sources
IDDescriptionAuthorType
BWAS-1714 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792Rif WinfieldBook
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