HMS Rover (N62)

HMS Rover
History
United Kingdom
Name	Rover
Ordered	28 February 1929
Builder	Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down	24 July 1929
Launched	11 June 1930
Commissioned	29 January 1931
Identification	Pennant number: N62
Fate	Sold to be scrapped, 30 July 1946. Scrapped at Durban.
General characteristics
Class and type	Rainbow-class submarine
Displacement	1,763 long tons (1,791 t) surfaced 2,030 long tons (2,060 t) submerged
Length	287 ft (87 m)
Beam	30 ft (9.1 m)
Draught	16 ft (4.9 m)
Propulsion	Diesel-electric 2 × Admiralty diesel engines, 4,640 hp (3,460 kW) 2 × electric motors, 1,635 hp (1,219 kW) 2 shafts
Speed	17.5 knots (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph) surfaced 8.6 knots (15.9 km/h; 9.9 mph) submerged
Complement	53
Armament	8 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (6 bow, 2 stern) with 14 reloads 1 × 4.7 in QF Mark IX deck gun

HMS Rover was a Rainbow-class submarine designed and built by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering in Barrow-in-Furness for the Royal Navy and was launched on 11 June 1930. During its early career, Rover served in the Far East. During World War II, the submarine operated in the Mediterranean Sea, attacking several Italian convoys and providing assistance to the crippled cruiser HMS York during the evacuation of Crete in 1941, before returning to the Far East to operate against the Japanese. The vessel survived the war and was sold for scrap in 1946.