ROEBUCK BACK FROM THE GULF
Royal Navy News Service (UK)
Posted 6/06/2003
Devonport based coastal survey ship HMS Roebuck returns to Devonport on Monday 9 June after an extended deployment to the Gulf during which the ship played a pivotal role before and during operations against Iraq.
Hydrographic charts of the seabed compiled by HMS Roebuck were used to plan the recent military operation and by the coalition ships during the conflict. The ship surveyed the main amphibious operating area, which was larger than the county of Hampshire, in less than six weeks, plotting any contacts on the seabed larger than a coffee table.
HMS Roebuck and her ship's company of 53, sailed from Plymouth in November 2002 originally for a 3½ month deployment to conduct surveys in the Southern Arabian Gulf. In early December, with the possibility of conflict increasing, the ship was re-tasked to the Northern Arabian Gulf and the deployment extended.
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