HMS Rover (1796)

History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Rover
Builder	Nathaniel Tynes, Bermuda
Launched	1796
Fate	Wrecked 23 June 1798
General characteristics [1]
Type	Sloop-of-war
Tons burthen	356 (bm)
Length	104 ft 0 in (31.7 m) (gundeck); 80 ft 1+1⁄2 in (24.4 m) (keel)
Beam	26 ft 1 in (8.0 m)
Depth of hold	16 ft 0+1⁄4 in (4.9 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	80
Armament	16 × 24-pounder carronades
Notes	3 masts

HMS Rover was a 16-gun sloop-of-war that the Royal Navy purchased in 1796, commissioned in 1798, and that was wrecked in early 1798. In her brief career she captured one French privateer.