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HMS Roebuck was a fifth-rate ship of the Royal Navy which served in the American and French Revolutionary Wars. Designed to operate in the shallower waters of British America, she joined Lord Howe's squadron towards the end of 1775 and took part in operations against New York the following year. She engaged the American gun batteries at Red Hook during the Battle of Long Island in August 1776, and helped force a passage up the Hudson River in October (pictured). On 25 August 1777, Roebuck escorted troopships to Turkey Point, Maryland, where an army was landed for an assault on Philadelphia. As Admiral Mariot Arbuthnot's flagship in December 1779, she accompanied troopships for an attack on Charleston, leading the British squadron across the shoal to engage Fort Moultrie and the American ships beyond. During the French Revolutionary Wars, she served as a hospital ship with the fleet that captured Martinique, Guadeloupe and Saint Lucia in 1794. (Full article...)
Just a suggested blurb ... thoughts and edits are welcome. - Dank (push to talk) 21:40, 9 September 2019 (UTC)