| Name: | ABERCROMBIE |
| Type: | Monitor |
| Keel: | 26/04/1941 |
| Launched: | 31/03/1942 |
| Completed: | 22/04/1943 |
| Builder: | Vickers-Armstrong Ltd |
| Yard: | High Walker |
| Yard Number: | 42 |
| Dimensions: | 8536disp - 9717disp, 354.0 x 89.75 x 11.0ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, SR geared, 4800hp |
| Engines by: | Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 12.25knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 1 x 2 x 15ins, 4 x 2 x 4.0ins AA, 4 x 4 x 2pdr AA, 8 x 2 x 20mm AA guns |
| History: | |
| 22/04/1943 | British Royal Navy |
| 24/12/1954 | Broken up |
| Comments: | A member of the ROBERTS Class |
| 09/09/1943: Damaged by a contact mine off Salerno, Italy. Repaired | |
| 21/08/1944: Damaged by 2 mines off Malta. Repaired | |
| 05/12/1954: Arrived at Barrow for breaking up | |
| 24/12/1954: Breaking up commenced by TW Ward Ltd |
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