Roberts provided bombardment support during
Operation Torch in
North Africa, where she was damaged by two bombs in the
Battle of Béjaïa. She was repaired in time to support
Operation Husky (the invasion of
Sicily) and the
Allied landings near Salerno (
Operation Avalanche). During the
D-Day landings, she was controlled from the headquarters ship also positioned off
Sword Beach. She also took part in the
Walcheren operations. In July 1945,
Roberts departed the United Kingdom for the Indian Ocean to support
Operation Mailfist, the planned liberation of Singapore. She was near
Port Said at the time the Japanese surrender on 15 August, but was not recalled until 11 September by which time she had reached
Kilindini Harbour in Kenya. She eventually reached Plymouth on 22 November.
Roberts was sold for scrap shortly after the war, but hired back by the navy as an accommodation ship at
Devonport until 1965. She was sold for scrap again in July 1965, finally berthing at
Thos. W. Ward in
Inverkeithing for break up in early August. One of
Roberts weapons (originally installed on the
battleship ) is mounted outside the
Imperial War Museum in Lambeth, south London, together with one from the battleship . ==Notes==