- HMS Rover (1796)
HMS "Rover" was a 16-gun sloop of the
Royal Navy .She was initially planned as a
brig , but during construction she was lengthened and given a full ship rig. She was rated as a sloop, and did not require a commander with the rank ofpost-captain . She was purchased on the stocks and launched in 1796. She was wrecked in theGulf of St Lawrence on23 June 1798 , but her crew were saved.References
*Colledge
* [http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mma/wrecks/wrecks/shipwrecks.asp?ID=3676 Rover at the Marine Heritage Database]
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