Allied Warships

HMS Roxborough ( I 07)

Destroyer of the Town class

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Town
Pennant	I 07
Built by	Fore River Shipbuilding Co. (Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	7 Aug 1918
Launched	14 Dec 1918
Commissioned	23 Sep 1940
End service	1 Aug 1944
History	Commissioned as HMS Roxborough 23 September 1940, the destroyer crossed the Atlantic to join the Western Approaches Command, guarding convoys during the dangerous last leg of their voyages into British ports. In March 1942, Roxborough took up western Atlantic escort duty out of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Returning to the Tyne 10 January 1944, Roxborough lay in reserve there until transferred to Russia 1 August 1944. She was returned to Great Britain 7 February. She was scrapped in 1952.
Former name	USS Foote (DD 169)
Career notes	to Soviet Union as USSR Doblestnyj

Commands listed for HMS Roxborough ( I 07)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt. Vere Alison Wight-Boycott, RN	23 Sep 1940	May 1942
2	Lt.Cdr. Alfred Christopher Price, RN	May 1942	15 Jan 1943 (+)
3	T/Lt. Gerald Maurice Greenwood, RCNVR	15 Jan 1943	20 Jan 1943
4	Lt. Michael Charles Morris, RN	Jan 1943	Sep 1943
5	Lt. Francis Louis Boyer, RN	Sep 1943	27 Dec 1943
6	Cdr. Edgar George Skinner, DSC, RD, RCNR	27 Dec 1943	Jan 1944

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Notable events involving Roxborough include:

23 Apr 1941
HrMs O 10 (Lt. J.H. Geijs, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Lough Foyle together with HMS Keppel (Cdr. A.M. Sheffield, RN), HMS Douglas (Cdr. W.E. Banks, DSC, RN), HMS Roxborough (Lt. V.A. Wight-Boycott, OBE, RN), HMS Gladiolus (Lt.Cdr. H.M.C. Sanders, DSC, RNR), HMS Veronica (Lt.Cdr. (retired) D.F. White, RNR), HMS St. Elstan (T/Lt. G. Butcher, RNVR) and HMS Vizalma (T/Lt. M.M. Firth, RNVR). (1)

9 May 1941
HrMs O 10 (Lt. J.H. Geijs, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Lough Foyle together with HMS Roxborough (Lt. V.A. Wight-Boycott, OBE, RN), HMS St. Elstan (T/Lt. G. Butcher, RNVR) and HMS St. Zeno (T/Lt. J.K. Craig, RNVR). (1)

1 Jul 1941
HMS H 34 (Lt. H. Winter, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Boadicea (A/Cdr. E.C.L. Turner, RN), HMS Beagle (Cdr. R.T. White, DSO and Bar, RN), HMS Roxborough (Lt. V.A. Wight-Boycott, OBE, RN), HMS Orchis (T/Lt. H. Vernon, RNR) and aircraft. (2)

15 Jan 1943
The Commanding Officer of HMS Roxborough, Lt.Cdr. Alfred Christopher Price, RN dies when a huge wave crushed the ships bridge. 2 other crewmembers were also killed in this incident.