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|comm=5 Sep, 1905{{Conways1860|p. 71}}
|fatedate=8 Nov, 1921{{DittColl|p. 43}}
|order=1901-02 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 71}}
|name=Roxburgh
|launch=19 Jan, 1904{{Conways1860|p. 71}}
|builder=[[London & Glasgow]]{{Conways1860|p. 71}}
|laid=13 Jun, 1902{{Conways1860|p. 71}}
|fate=Sold
|pend=86  (1914)<br>3A (Jan 1918)<br>N.34 (Apr 1918){{DittColl|p. 43}}
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==Service==
In December 1907, she collided with a steamboat of {{UK-Magnificent|f=p}}.  Lowly {{SubRN}} [[Percy Ralph Passawer Percival]] of ''Roxburgh'' was blamed in the incident, which is somewhat unusual.  That same month, command of the ship was being turned over from Captain [[Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe|The Hon. Somerset A. Gough-Calthorpe]] to [[Morgan Singer]], but the incident is not mentioned in either man's Service Record.<ref>Percival Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/255.|D7604667}} f. 303.</ref>

As part of the Channel Fleet, ''Roxburgh'' was to start refitting in Devonport in September 1908, after {{UK-Hampshire}} rejoined the Fleet.<ref>Report from Charles Beresford dated 10 April 1908 in ''Naval Policy - Strategy - Tactics: Miscellaneous papers from Private Office received by record office'' at {{TNA|ADM 116/942}}, unnumbered folio halfway within series.</ref>

In early August 1909 while the cruiser was in Plymouth Sound, £500 of public money was found to be missing from the ship.  A forensic inquiry into her books was so extensive that she was unable to sail for Bantry on 8 August as ordered.  It was believed that a large quantity of gold had been removed from her safe quite recently.{{NMI|7 Aug. 1909, p. 7}}  This was similar to a larger theft that had occurred in the {{UK-Indomitable}} in May 1909.{{NMI|26 May 1909, p. 9}}

''Roxburgh'' was completed to full crew at Devonport on 12 February, 1913 for service in the {{UK-CS|3}}.{{NLJul13|p. 368}}

In mid-1913, it was decided to purchase a [[Type 9 Wireless Set|Type 9 Cruiser Auxiliary set]] for her.{{ARTS1913|W/T Appendix, p. 13}}

On 21 June, 1915, ''Roxburgh'' was torpedoed off May Island by {{DE-U38}}.  {{UK-Botha}}, {{UK-Fearless}} and destroyers of the {{UK-DF|1}} escorted her back into [[Rosyth]] under her own power.<ref>[[Diary of Alec S. Tempest]].</ref>

==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cecil Spencer Hickley|nick=Cecil S. Hickley|appt=August, 1905<ref>Hickley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 330.</ref>|end=August, 1905<ref>Hickley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 330.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Percy Ashe|nick=Edward P. Ashe|appt=5 September, 1905<ref>Ashe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/39.|D7578769}} f. 42.</ref>|end=1 November, 1905<ref>Ashe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/39.|D7578769}} f. 42.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe|nick=The Hon. Somerset A. Gough-Calthorpe|appt=1 November, 1905<ref>Gough-Calthorpe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 130/264.</ref>|end=19 December, 1907<ref>Gough-Calthorpe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 130/264.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Morgan Singer|nick=Morgan Singer|appt=19 December, 1907<ref>Singer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 220.</ref>|end=25 January, 1910<ref>Singer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 220.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cuthbert Edward Hunter|nick=Cuthbert E. Hunter|appt=25 January, 1910<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 8 January, 1910.  Issue '''39164''', col A, p. 5.</ref><ref>Hunter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 372.</ref>|end=4 April, 1911<ref>Hunter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 372.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Cecil Villiers|nick=Edward C. Villiers|appt=4 April, 1911{{NLApr11|p. 368}}|end=15 September, 1911{{INF}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cole Cortlandt Fowler|nick=Cole C. Fowler|appt=15 September, 1911{{NLJul13|p. 368}}|end=after June, 1913}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Philip Wylie Dumas|nick=Philip W. Dumas|appt=26 December, 1913{{NLApr14|p. 368}}|end=mid 1914}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Sydney Stewart Hall|nick=Sydney S. Hall|appt=25 July, 1914<ref>Hall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}}  f. 258.</ref>|end=31 October, 1914<ref>Hall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}}  f. 258.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Bertram Mordaunt Chambers|nick=Bertram M. Chambers|appt=31 October, 1914<ref>Chambers Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 407.</ref>|end=27 April, 1915<ref>Chambers Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 407.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cunningham Robert de Clare Foot|nick=Cunningham R. de C. Foot|appt=27 April, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 397''l-r''}}<ref>Foot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 196.</ref>|end=10 December, 1915<ref>Foot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 196.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frederic Aubrey Whitehead|nick=Frederic A. Whitehead|appt=10 December, 1915<ref>Whitehead Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/453.|D7602771}} f. 504.</ref>{{NLDec16|p. 397''k-r''}}|end=10 September, 1917<ref>Whitehead Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/453.|D7602771}} f. 504.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Percy Valentine Hickman|nick=Henry P. V. Hickman|appt=6 September, 1917<ref>Hickman Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/218.}} f. 224.</ref>|end=3 January, 1918<ref>Hickman Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/218.}} f. 224.</ref>|note=temporary}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Gerald William Vivian|nick=Gerald W. Vivian|appt=1 September, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 397''p''}}|end=31 January, 1919<ref>Vivian Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 63.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Leal Jermain|nick=Robert L. Jermain|appt=5 April, 1919{{NavAppts|Tuesday, April 8, 1919, Issue 42069, p.18}}|end=12 April, 1919|note=temporary}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Derwent Allen|nick=John D. Allen|appt=12 April, 1919<ref>Allen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44}} f. 44.</ref>|end=13 January, 1920<ref>Allen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44}} f. 44.</ref>}}
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The confusion between Hickman and Vivian is noted.

==See Also==
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* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-05-HMS_Roxburgh.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net]
{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Roxburgh_(1904)}}
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==Footnotes==
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