Seven ships of the

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have been named HMS ''Rover'': * was a 16-gun sloop, formerly the American ''Cumberland''. The British captured her in 1779, only to lose her temporarily to the French in 1780, before they recaptured her in 1781; she was wrecked later that year. * was a 16-gun sloop launched built in

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in 1796 along with and wrecked in 1798. * was a

''Cruizer''-class

brig-sloop During the 18th and 19th centuries, a sloop-of-war was a warship of the Royal Navy with a single gun deck that carried up to 18 guns. The rating system of the Royal Navy covered all vessels with 20 or more guns; thus, the term encompassed all ...

laid down in 1804 but not launched until 1808. She served in the North Sea, off the north coast of Spain, in the Channel, and on the North American station. She captured two letters-of-marque and numerous merchant vessels before being laid-up in 1815. She then sat unused until she was sold in 1828. She became a

whaler A whaler or whaling ship is a specialized vessel, designed or adapted for whaling: the catching or processing of whales. Terminology The term ''whaler'' is mostly historic. A handful of nations continue with industrial whaling, and one, Jap ...

that made four voyages to the British southern whale fishery between 1830 and 1848. She was last listed in 1848. * HMS ''Rover'' was to have been an 18-gun sloop. She was ordered in 1829, but the design was revised, and she was re-ordered as the next HMS ''Rover''. * was an 18-gun sloop launched in 1832 and broken up in 1845. * was a 16-gun

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launched in 1853 and sold in 1862 to the

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. * was an iron screw

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launched in 1874 and sold in 1893. * was a launched in 1930 and sold for scrapping in 1946.

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