Roebuck Class | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Great Britain |
| Nominal Guns | 44 |
| Approved | 1769 |
| Designer | Thomas Slade |
| Rate | Fifth Rate |
| Type | Ship |
| Designed Crew | 280 |
| Ships in Class | 17 |
| Design Armament | Broadside Weight = 285 Imperial Pound ( 129.2475 kg) | BWAS-1714 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Gun Deck | 20 | British 18-Pounder | |
| Upper Gun Deck | 22 | British 9-Pounder | |
| Forecastle | 2 | British 6-Pounder | |
| Design Dimensions and Ship Information | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ordered | Shipyard | Launched | Out of service | Fate | Gundeck Length | Length of Keel | Breadth | Depth in hold | Burthen | |
| As Designed | 140' 0" | 115' 9" | 37' 9 ½" | 16' 4" | 879 26⁄94 | |||||
| Roebuck | 1769/11/30 | Chatham Dockyard | 1774/04/28 | 1811/07 | Broken Up | 140' 0" | 115' 9" | 37' 9 ½" | 16' 4" | 879 26⁄94 |
| Romulus | 1776/05/14 | Bucklers Hard | 1777/12/17 | 1781/02/19 | Captured | 140' 0" | 115' 8 ½" | 37' 11" | 16' 4" | 884 76⁄94 |
| Actaeon | Unknown | Rotherhithe | 1778/01/29 | 1802/04/30 | Sold | 140' 1 ½" | 115' 10 ½" | 37' 11 ¼" | 16' 4" | 887 8⁄94 |
| Janus | 1776/07/24 | Limehouse | 1778/05/14 | 1810/08/10 | Wrecked | 140' 0 ½" | 115' 10 ½" | 37' 10 ½" | 16' 4" | 883 80⁄94 |
| Charon | 1776/10/09 | Harwich | 1778/10/08 | 1781/10/10 | Sunk in Action | 140' 3" | 116' 1" | 38' 0" | 16' 4" | 891 57⁄94 |
| Ulysses | 1777/04/16 | Liverpool | 1779/07/14 | 1816/01/11 | Sold | 140' 0" | 115' 3 ⅛" | 38' 0 ½" | 16' 4 ¾" | 887 8⁄94 |
| Endymion | 1778/02/02 | Limehouse | 1779/08/28 | 1790/08/20 | Wrecked | 140' 0" | 115' 7" | 38' 1 ½" | 16' 4" | 893 59⁄94 |
| Assurance | 1778/05/20 | Rotherhithe | 1780/04/20 | 1815/03 | Broken Up | 140' 4" | 115' 11 ½" | 38' 2" | 16' 4 ½" | 898 45⁄94 |
| Dolphin | 1777/01/08 | Chatham Dockyard | 1781/03/10 | 1817/07 | Broken Up | 139' 11" | 115' 6 ¼ | 37' 10 ¼" | 16' 4" | 880 47⁄94 |
| Argo | 1779/02/26 | Howden Dock | 1781/06/07 | 1816/01/11 | Sold | 140' 8" | 115' 9 ⅜" | 38' 0 ¾" | 16' 4 ½" | 892 21⁄94 |
| Diomede | 1779/08/14 | Bristol | 1781/10/18 | 1795/08/02 | Wrecked | 140' 0" | 116' 0 ½" | 37' 11" | 16' 4" | 887 37⁄94 |
| Serapis | 1780/07/13 | Bristol | 1782/11/07 | 1826/07/17 | Sold | 140' 2 ½" | 115' 5" | 38' 0" | 16' 4 ½" | 886 46⁄94 |
| Gladiator | 1780/07/13 | Bucklers Hard | 1783/01/20 | 1817/08 | Broken Up | 140' 0" | 115' 1" | 37' 11 ½" | 16' 5" | 882 0⁄94 |
| Charon | 1781/09/19 | Bristol | 1783/05/17 | 1805/12 | Broken Up | 140' 1 ½" | 115' 3 ⅞" | 38' 1" | 16' 4 ½" | 889 63⁄94 |
| Guardian | 1780/08/11 | Limehouse | 1784/03/23 | 1790/04/12 | Beached | 140' 0" | 115' 6" | 38' 2 ½" | 16' 4" | 896 33⁄94 |
| Experiment | 1780/07/13 | East Cowes | 1784/11/27 | 1836/09/08 | Sold | 140' 0 ½" | 115' 8" | 38' 0 ½" | 16' 4" | 890 35⁄94 |
| Regulus | 1780/10/20 | Northam | 1785/02/10 | 1816/03 | Broken Up | 140' 1" | 115' 8 ⅝" | 38' 0" | 16' 4" | 888 77⁄94 |
| Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Description | Author | Type |
| BWAS-1714 | British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792 | Rif Winfield | Book |