HMS Rover (1796)

History
Great Britain
NameHMS Rover
BuilderNathaniel Tynes, Bermuda
Launched1796
FateWrecked 23 June 1798
General characteristics [1]
TypeSloop-of-war
Tons burthen356 (bm)
Length
  • 104 ft 0 in (31.7 m) (gundeck);
  • 80 ft 1+12 in (24.4 m) (keel)
Beam26 ft 1 in (8.0 m)
Depth of hold16 ft 0+14 in (4.9 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement80
Armament16 × 24-pounder carronades
Notes3 masts

HMS Rover was a 16-gun sloop-of-war that the Royal Navy purchased in 1796, commissioned in 1798, and that was wrecked in early 1798. In her brief career she captured one French privateer.

  1. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 264.