Rover (N 62)

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Rover (N 62)

Built By:	Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group:	R2
Fate:	Sold in July 1946 and scrapped at Durban.

Rover in 1930

Rover (N 62)

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Commanders

1930:	Lieutenant Commander	Conway Benning Allen
1932:	Lieutenant Commander	Sydney Moffatt Raw
1933:	Lieutenant Commander	Eric Alonzo Stocker
1936:	Lieutenant Commander	Harold Godfrey Bowerman
1939:	Lieutenant Commander	Hubert Anthony Lucius Marsham
1941:	Lieutenant Commander	George Henry Greenway
1941:	Lieutenant Commander	George Henry Reynolds
1941:	Lieutenant Commander	Richard Micaiah Towgood Peacock
1941:	Lieutenant	Henry Carty Gowan
1943:	Lieutenant	Peter Minet Staveley
1943:	Lieutenant	Anthony Robert Profit	DSC MID
1944:	Lieutenant	Goodwin Felton Gower
1945:	Lieutenant	Arthur George Chandler	MID
1945:	Lieutenant Commander	Jack Gethin Hopkins
1945:	Lieutenant	Malcolm John Luxmoor Duff	DSC

Served in Chinese waters until being sent to the Mediterranean in 1940. In 1943 returned to the Far East for training duties.

1930-1931: Portsmouth.
1931-1935: Mediterranean.
1935-1940: China Station.
1939 - 4th Flotilla: HMS Medway, Hong Kong.
1940-1942 - 1st Flotilla: HMS Medway, Alexandria.
1942: Eastern Fleet-Training Duties.

It should be noted that although some boats were attached to HMS Medway at Singapore, they often operated in a detached mode covering the China Station such as Hong Kong and even to the point of patrolling the Siberian Coast and boats attached to 1st Flotilla in Alexandria were likely to spend much of their time at Malta, even though Malta had been given up as a submarine base due to the air attacks. Although submarines did still operate from Malta during this period the 10th Flotilla was not recognised as such until September 1941.

Events

24-07-1929	Laid Down

11-06-1930	Launched

29-01-1931	Completed

07-01-1941	HMS Rover attacks the Italian merchant Edda with four torpedoes about 15 nautical miles west-north-west of Tobruk, Libya. All torpedoes missed and Rover was damaged by depth charges from the Italian torpedo boats Clio und Castore.

14-02-1941	HMS Rover torpedoes and damages the Italian tanker Cesco about 17 nautical miles south-east of Capo Rizzuto.

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Length overall	287 ft 2 inch
Beam	29 ft 11 inch
Depth	16 ft 11 7/8 inch
Displacement	1763 tons (surface)
	2030 tons (submerged)
Diving Depth	500 ft
Speed	Surface 17 to 17.5 knots (design)
	Surface 17.5 knots (service)
	Submerged 9 knots (design)
	Submerged8.75 knots (service)
No. of shafts	2
Propeller	3 blades. 6 ft 9 inch diameter
Endurance	Surface: 11400 miles at 8 knots (design)
	Surface: 10900 miles at 8 knots (service)
	Submerged: 60 miles at 4 knots (design)
	Submerged: 8.8 miles at 8.8 knots or 60 miles at 4 knots (service)
Armament	6 x 21 inch bow tubes
	2 x 21 inch stern tubes
	(14 torpedoes carried)
	1 x 4 inch gun
Complement	5 Officers and 51 Ratings

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Class:	1911 - 1924: E Class
Built By:	Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group:	E1
Fate:
Submarine E3 had been detailed to patrol off the Island of Borkum in the North Sea. However Submarine E3 was sighted, whilst on the surface, by the German U-Boat U-27. The Commander of U-27 fired his torpedoes and sank E3. It is reported that four of the crew were seen in the water after the Submarine sank but the Commander of U-27 (Lieutenant Commander Bernhard Wegener) was unwilling to close the area to make a rescue as he was concerned that there was another British Submarine in the area. When he finally closed the area of the sinking all four had vanished. As a result all of the crew of Submarine E3 died in the sinking.