HMS Rover (1874)

HMS Rover
Class overview
Name	HMS Rover
Operators	Royal Navy
Preceded by	Amethyst class
Succeeded by	Emerald class
Built	1872–1874
In commission	1874–89
Completed	1
Scrapped	1
History
United Kingdom
Builder	Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company, Leamouth, London
Cost	£169,739
Laid down	1872
Launched	12 August 1874
Completed	21 September 1875
Fate	Sold for scrap, 1893
General characteristics (as built)
Type	Iron screw corvette
Displacement	3,462 long tons (3,518 t)
Length	208 ft (63.4 m) pp
Beam	43 ft 6 in (13.3 m)
Draught	17 ft 6 in (5.33 m) (forward) 22 ft 7 in (6.88 m) (aft)
Depth of hold	23 ft (7.01 m)
Installed power	4,964 ihp (3,702 kW)
Propulsion	Single (hoisting) screw 3-cylinder horizontal compound-expansion steam engine 10 cylindrical boilers
Sail plan	Ship rig
Speed	14.5 knots (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph) Under sail 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Range	1,840 nmi (3,410 km; 2,120 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	315
Armament	2 × 7-inch rifled muzzle-loading guns 16 × 6.3-inch 64-pounder rifled muzzle-loading guns

HMS Rover was an 18-gun iron screw corvette built for the Royal Navy in the 1870s, the sole ship of her class. The ship was initially assigned to the North America and West Indies Station until she returned home in 1879. She was transferred to the Training Squadron when it formed in 1885. Rover was not really suitable for such a role and she was placed in reserve four years later and then sold for scrap in 1893.