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HMS Roebuck (1690)
HMS〔The abbreviation "HMS" would not have been applied to ''Roebuck'' at the time, as this was not formally adopted until 1789. It is used here only to indicate ship's official status.〕 ''Roebuck'' was a fifth-rate warship in the Royal Navy which, under the command of William Dampier, carried the first English scientific expedition to Australia in 1699. The wreck of the ship has since been located by a team from the Western Australian Maritime Museum at a site on the coast of Ascension Island where it foundered more than 300 years ago.
==Construction and early service==
The ''Roebuck'' was built by Snellgrove at Wapping, East London, and launched on 17 April 1690 during the reign of William and Mary as one of 12 purpose-built fireships. It carried 8 guns, was 292 tons (builder's measure), long, and wide. In June 1690 ''Roebuck'' was present at the Battle of Beachy Head.
Around 1695 the ship was upgraded and listed as a 26-gun fifth-rate. Though plans and models of similar ships survive, being a relatively lowly vessel at its time of construction, no contemporary plans of the ''Roebuck'' itself have been found. This lack of detail has resulted in considerable disagreement until recently about the vessel's appearance. As a result, only notional images have appeared in artwork and on postage stamps.
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