The work she carried out prior to, and during, the war proved invaluable, allowing coalition ships to operate closer to shore than previously thought possible, and reducing helicopter flying time by ten minutes per sortie during the landings.

Roebuck completed a Ship Life Extension Period (refit) towards the end of 2005, and then deployed to the Mediterranean, returning to the UK in April 2006.

Upon arrival in August, the crew had barely a few hours' notice before the ship was placed on display at HMNB Devonport Navy Days 2006 as the representative of the Hydrographic Squadron after HMS Enterprise could not attend.

[3] Her affiliations according to her official website were:- The Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers, the town of Didcot in Oxfordshire, TS Roebuck, the sea cadet unit based at Norton Manor Camp in Taunton in Somerset, and 130 (Bournemouth) Squadron of the Air Training Corps.

[4] On her way to Bangladesh, the ship visited ports of Gibraltar, Morocco, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Cyprus, Oman and Sri Lanka.

She played an important role to secure the maritime boundary verdict against Myanmar and India by supplying accurate data.

The mission of this ship is to maintain the marine environment and navigability of the rivers, delimitate the maritime boundary and preserve the coastal area by collecting the necessary information and statistical data.