![]() The Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers, the town of Didcot in Oxfordshire, TS Roebuck, the sea cadet unit based at The Hydrographic Office in Taunton in Somerset, and 130 (Bournemouth) Squadron of the Air Training Corps. Her affiliations according to her official website were:. She was handed over to the Bangladesh Navy on 28 May and sailed on 1 June 2010. She was decommissioned at HMNB Devonport on 15 April 2010. It was announced on 16 December 2009, that Roebuck would be decommissioned in 2010. Upon arrival in August, the crew had barely a few hours' notice before the ship was placed on display at HMNB Devonport Navy Days 2006 as the representative of the Hydrographic Squadron after HMS Enterprise could not attend.ĭuring 2008 Roebuck acted as the Command Platform for the NATO minehunting group SNMCMG1 (NATO Standing Naval Mine Countermeasures Group 1).ĭecommissioning from Royal Navy Service Roebuck then deployed to East Africa in June 2006, returning on Monday 21 August 2006. Roebuck completed a Ship Life Extension Period (refit) towards the end of 2005, and then deployed to the Mediterranean, returning to the UK in April 2006. The work she carried out prior to, and during, the war proved invaluable, allowing coalition ships to operate closer to shore than previously thought possible, and reducing helicopter flying time by ten minutes per sortie during the landings. Roebuck was the first RN ship into Umm Qasr Port following the second Gulf War. Her last commanding officer was Lieutenant-Commander Richard Bird. ![]() It was declared that the ship had been sold to the Bangladesh Navy for £5 million. However, the decision was then taken to keep the ship in service until 2014, though this was later revised in December 2009 to a 2010 decommissioning. Roebuck was due to be decommissioned in 2003 following the entry into service of the Echo class. In addition, as with the other vessels of the survey squadron, she could also operate as a support ship for mine warfare vessels. She was fitted with a full suite of hydrographic sensors, and a Survey Motor Boat for inshore work. Royal Navy service Ģ0mm Gambo Cannon Firing on HMS Roebuck, 2010 (MOD)Īlthough nominally used for surveying along the United Kingdom continental shelf, with the downsizing of the survey fleet, Roebuck was enhanced to enable her to operate overseas. She has twin screws, each powered by an eight-cylinder Mirrlees Blackstone diesel engine. She is the first dedicated hydrographic survey ship to serve with Bangladesh Navy.īrooke Marine built the ship at Lowestoft, Suffolk, launching her on 14 November 1985 and completing her in August 1986. On 1 June 2010 she sailed for Bangladesh. She was handed over to the Bangladesh Navy on. In 2010, she was sold to the Bangladesh Navy. She was the last traditional survey ship to serve in the Royal Navy. She previously served with the Royal Navy as the coastal survey vessel HMS Roebuck (H130) from 3 October 1986 to 15 April 2010. 2 × Mirrlees Blackstone ES8 supercharged diesel engines.īNS Anushandhan is a survey vessel of the Bangladesh Navy.Lady Cassels, wife of Admiral Cassels, last commander of the previous HMS Roebuck HMS Roebuck at HMNB Devonport Navy Days, 26 August 2006
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