HMS Rover (1874)
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HMS Rover
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | HMS Rover |
| Operators: |
 Royal Navy
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| Preceded by: | Amethyst class |
| Succeeded by: | Emerald class |
| Built: | 1872–1874 |
| In commission: | 1874–89 |
| Completed: | 1 |
| Scrapped: | 1 |
| History | |
 United Kingdom
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| 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) |
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| Depth of hold: | 23 ft (7.01 m) |
| Installed power: | 4,964 ihp (3,702 kW) |
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| Sail plan: | Ship rig |
| Speed: |
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| Range: | 1,840 nmi (3,410 km; 2,120 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement: | 315 |
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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.
Rover was designed in 1872 by Edward Reed, the Director of Naval Construction, as an improved version of the Volage-class corvettes. She displaced 3,462 long tons (3,518 t) tons, nearly 400 long tons (410 t) larger than the older ships. The ship was 280 feet (85.3 m) long between perpendiculars and had a beam of 43 feet 6 inches (13.3 m). Forward the ship had a draught of 17 feet 6 inches (5.3 m), but aft she drew 22 ft 7 in (6.9 m). Her iron hull was covered by a 3-inch (76 mm) layer of oak that was sheathed with zinc from the waterline down to prevent biofouling. Watertight transverse bulkheads subdivided the hull. Her crew consisted of 315 officers and enlisted men.
The ship had one three-cylinder horizontal compound-expansion steam engine made by Ravenhill, Eastons & Co., driving a single 21-foot (6.4 m) propeller. Ten cylindrical boilers provided steam to the engine at a working pressure of 70 psi (483 kPa; 5 kgf/cm2). The engine produced a total of 4,964 indicated horsepower (3,702 kW) which gave Rover a maximum speed of 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph). The ship carried 420 long tons (430 t) of coal, enough to steam 1,840 nautical miles (3,410 km; 2,120 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph).
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