NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Rover			Thames Iron Sbdg, Blackwall	1872	12.8.1874	21.9.1875	sold 1893

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	3462
Displacement full, t
Length, m	85.3 pp
Breadth, m	13.3
Draught, m	6.88
No of shafts	1 (hoisting screw)
Machinery	sails + 1 3-cyl HC, 10 cyindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	4964
Max speed, kts	14.5
Fuel, t	coal 420
Endurance, nm(kts)	1840(10)
Armament	2 x 1 - 178/16 MLR Mk III, 16 x 1 - 160/16 64pdr 63cwt MLR
Complement	315

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Project history Rover incorporated design modifications to remedy some of the deficiencies in the previous Volage and Active. She had a different metacentre and a false

Rover incorporated design modifications to remedy some of the deficiencies in the previous Volage and Active. She had a different metacentre and a false keel, to reduce rolling, a vertical stem, without a knee, to save weight forward, and a narrower convergence aft at the waterline. These design changes made her a steadier vessel, but she floated with an excessive trim aft, adversely affecting steering and sailing. Through a redistribution of weights later in her career, these faults were reduced and although slower than the previous pair in smooth water, she was faster in heavier seas. Construction and sub-division followed the same design as in the other two ships, the main difference being that she was zinc- instead of copper-sheathed. Her cross section amidships was not so square, and a false keel was fitted. The compound engine, with one HP and two LP cylinders, was fed from 10 boilers. The hoisting screw was 6.4m in diameter. Rover was full ship-rigged, with 1500m² sail area. She was not a good sailer, never logging more than 11kts, but this was only of secondary importance because of her greatly superior steaming power. The mounting of her guns was a reversal of the system in Active and Volage. The 178mm MLRs became the chase guns and the 64pdrs were truck-mounted on broadside. Modernizations: 1880: - 2 x 1 - 178/16, 16 x 1 - 160/16; + 14 x 1 - 152/26 BL Mk I, 1 x 1 - 76/20 12pdr 8cwt BL, 8 x 6 - 11.4/59, 2 - 356 TC

Naval service

No significant events.