a three-funneled destroyer with a contract speed of 30 knots, Roebuck was assigned to the C class. The class letters were painted on the hull below the bridge area and on a funnel. July 1914 found her in the Portsmouth local flotilla tendered to . She was deployed to Devonport under orders of the Commander in Chief, Portsmouth for the training of cadets until the Armistice. By December 1918 she was paid off and laid-up in reserve awaiting disposal. She was broken up at Portsmouth Dockyard in 1919. Pennant numbers Notes Citations Bibliography Ships built on the River Tyne 1901 ships C-class destroyers (1913) World War I destroyers of the United Kingdom Greyhound-class destroyers