British sloop 'Rover' (1781)

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Rover
Nominal Guns	16	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French corvette 'Le Rover' (1780) (16) 1780-1781 French 16 Gun Unrated Corvette
Captured	1.1781	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Unknown	NNF-1774
Category	Unrated	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Sloop	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1714
Foundered	29.10.1781	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck90' 0"Imperial Feet27.432
Length of Keel76' 5"Imperial Feet23.186
Breadth22' 8"Imperial Feet6.8072
Depth in Hold9' 0"Imperial Feet2.7432
Burthen208 ⁷⁸⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

1.1781Broadside Weight = 48 Imperial Pound ( 21.768 kg)BWAS-1714
Gun Deck16 British 6-Pounder

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
11.2.1781 - 29.10.1781Commander† ADM 6/22/350
Issued by , Barbados - Windward Islands - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Confirmed 10.10.1781BWAS-1714

Service History

DateEventSource
29.10.1781Foundered with all handsBWAS-1714

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

NNF-1774Alain Demerliac, Book

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Cy on Monday 7th of February 2022 22:57

ADM 48/40/78 is a stock seamans will, completed by members of a ships crew. Different man. This Richard Hawford was lost with his ship.

Posted by Simon Cox on Monday 7th of February 2022 18:56

Richard Hawford,† after his name?
Will of Hawford or Hanford, Richard Ship Name: Arethusa
ADM 48/40/78 , 07 February 1796

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Monday 16th of May 2022 06:45	Cy	British Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Oxford' (1727) (50) 1727-1758 British 50 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line
Sunday 15th of May 2022 21:56	Albert Parker	British Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Oxford' (1727) (50) 1727-1758 British 50 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line
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