HMS Rover (N62)
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 HMS Rover | |
| History | |
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 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 & type | Rainbow-class submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 287 ft (87 m) |
| Beam | 30 ft (9.1 m) |
| Draught | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
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| Speed |
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| Complement | 53 |
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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.
Ordered by the Royal Navy on 28 February 1929, the submarine was laid down on 24 July 1929 by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering, at Barrow-in-Furness. A Rainbow-class vessel, the submarine's sisters were HMS Rainbow, Regent and Regulus,[1] and it was 287 ft (87 m) long, with a beam of 30 ft (9.1 m), and a draught of 16 ft (4.9 m). Carrying a crew of 53 officers and ratings, the submarine displaced 1,763 long tons (1,791 t) surfaced and 2,030 long tons (2,060 t) submerged, and was armed with eight 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (six in the bow and two in stern) with 14 spare torpedoes for reloads, and one 4.7 in QF Mark IX deck gun.[citation needed] Propulsion was provided by two Admiralty diesel engines, producing 4,640 horsepower (3,460 kW), which were used when the vessel was surfaced, and two electric motors, producing 1,635 hp (1,219 kW) to power the vessel's two shafts when submerged. The vessel was capable of sailing at 17.5 knots (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph) when surfaced and 8.6 knots (15.9 km/h; 9.9 mph) when submerged.[citation needed] It was launched on 11 June 1930 and construction was completed on 29 January 1931.[1]
