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'''{{hms|Roland|DD-476}}''' was a [[Roland-class]] [[Destroyer]] of the [[Royal Manticoran Navy]]. Commissioned in 2012 as the first chapter raised within the [[Tenth Fleet]], she served through two commissions and two fleets (the Tenth and later the [[Second Fleet]]) across nearly eight years before her decommissioning on 4 January 2020.
'''{{hms|Roland|DD-476}}''' was a [[Roland-class]] [[Destroyer]] of the [[Royal Manticoran Navy]]. Commissioned in 2012 as a founding chapter of the [[Tenth Fleet]] and its first hyper-capable ship, she served through two commissions and two fleets (the Tenth and later the [[Second Fleet]]) across nearly eight years before her decommissioning on 4 January 2020.


==History==
==History==
First commissioned on 23 May, 2012, ''Roland'' launched in [[Tenth Fleet]] under the command of [[LCDR]] Jack Yeager. <ref name="BSD120502">[[Orders:BuShips Directive 1205-02]]</ref> Under this crew, HMS ''Roland'' was the first hyper-capable ship commissioned in the [[Tenth Fleet]], and was awarded the RMU along with the rest of TG91.1; she was assigned to said task group by Naval Directive 14JU-01 on 17 June, 2014<ref name="ND14JU01">[[Naval Directive 14JU-01]]</ref> and subsequently as a part of [[Destroyer Division 231]] within that formation<ref name="ND16JUN01">[[Orders:Naval Directive 16JUN-01]]</ref>. While active, this chapter attended and participated in [[FleetEx_FresCon_2016|FresCon]]. This iteration was placed into the Active Reserve on 23 August, 2016, as the chapter upgraded to the ''Invictus''-class [[Superdreadnought]] {{hms|Intractable|SD-459}} <ref name="BSD1608-07">[[Orders:BuShips Directive 1608-07]]</ref>.
''Roland'' was commissioned on 23 May 2012 in the [[Tenth Fleet]] under [[LCDR]] Jack Yeager, the fleet's first hyper-capable ship.<ref name="BSD120502">[[Orders:BuShips Directive 1205-02]]</ref> On 17 June 2014 she was assigned to Task Group 91.1,<ref name="ND14JU01">[[Naval Directive 14JU-01]]</ref> and later joined [[Destroyer Division 231]] within it.<ref name="ND16JUN01">[[Orders:Naval Directive 16JUN-01]]</ref> She took part in [[FleetEx FresCon 2016|FresCon 2016]], and on 23 August 2016 was placed in reserve when her crew transferred to the ''Invictus''-class [[Superdreadnought]] {{hms|Intractable|SD-459|hcn}}.<ref name="BSD1608-07">[[Orders:BuShips Directive 1608-07]]</ref>


HMS ''Roland'' recommissioned on 10 June 2017 in the [[Second Fleet]] under [[LCDR]] Jeffry M. Ellis, transferring {{hmlac|Caleb|LAC-013}} to the reserve fleet. She was decommissioned on 4 January 2020, her crew transferred to {{hmss|Greenwich|SS-001}}.<ref name="BSD200106">[[Orders:BuShips Directive 2001-06]]</ref>
HMS ''Roland'' recommissioned on 10 June 2017 in the [[Second Fleet]] under [[LCDR]] Jeffry M. Ellis, transferring {{hmlac|Caleb|LAC-013}} to the reserve fleet. She was decommissioned on 4 January 2020, her crew transferred to [[HMSS Greenwich (SS-001)]].<ref name="BSD200106">[[Orders:BuShips Directive 2001-06]]</ref>


===Legacy===
===Legacy===
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| 1 || [[LCDR]] Jack Yeager || 23 May 2012 || 23 August 2016
| 1 || [[CAPTJG]] Sir Jack Yeager, [[KE]] || 23 May 2012 || 23 August 2016
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| 2 || [[LCDR]] Jeffry Ellis || 10 June 2017 || 04 January 2020
| 2 || [[LCDR]] Jeffry Ellis || 10 June 2017 || 04 January 2020
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===Crew Lineage===
===Crew Lineage===


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