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HMS ''Rover'' was a 16-gun sloop 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. ==Design== ''Rover'' was designed by Goodrich & Co., and Captain Francis Pender contracted her building in October 1795.〔 She was initially planned as a brig, but during construction she was lengthened and given a full ship rig. An Admiralty Order of 10 November 1795 agreed the purchase, and she was added to the establishment by a second Admiralty Order dated 1 January 1796.〔 She was purchased on the stocks and launched in 1796. ==Service== ''Rover'' was rated as a sloop and she was commissioned as such in April 1798 under Commander George Irwin.〔 On 16 May 1798 ''Rover'' was sailing towards Bermuda when she captured and sent in the French privateer sloop ''Jean Bart''. ''Jean Bart'' was armed with 14 guns and had a crew of 57 men. She was last in Porto Rico and had captured three American ships: *''Thomas'', sailing from Liverpool to Philadelphia; *''Merchant'', sailing from New York to Bristol; and *''Diana'', sailing from New York to Demarara. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Rover (1796)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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