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Allied Warships

HMS Rover (N 62)

Submarine of the R class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeSubmarine
ClassR 
PennantN 62 
Built byVickers Armstrong (Barrow-in-Furness, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down24 Jul, 1929 
Launched11 Jun, 1930 
Commissioned29 Jan, 1931 
End service 
Loss position
 
HistorySold to be broken up for scrap on 30 July 1946. Scrapped at Durban, South Africa.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Hubert Anthony Lucius Marsham, RN
19 April 1939 – 5 July 1941

Lt.Cdr. R.M.T. Peacock, RN
5 July 1941 – January 1942

Lt.Cdr. G.H. Reynolds, RN
January 1942 – 6 November 1943

Lt. Anthony Robert Profit, DSC, RN
6 November 1943 – 6 September 1944

Lt. F.M. Piggott, RNR
6 September 1944 – still in command in July 1945 according to the Navy List

HMS Rover is not listed in the October 1945 Navy List 


Noteable events involving Rover include:

7 Jan, 1941
HMS Rover (Lt.Cdr. H.A.L. Marsham, RN) attacks the Italian merchant Edda (6107 GRT) with four torpedoes about 15 nautical miles west-north-west of Tobruk, Libya in position 32º13'N, 23º40'E. All torpedoes missed their target and Rover was damaged by depth charges from the Italian torpedo boats Clio und Castore. (see map)

14 Feb, 1941
HMS Rover (Lt.Cdr. H.A.L. Marsham, RN) torpedoes and damages the Italian tanker Cesco (6161 GRT) about 17 nautical miles south-east of Capo Rizzuto in position 38º45'N, 17º25'E. (see map)




K Boats, The
Everitt, Don

Books dealing with this subject include:

Hunter-Killer, Y\'Blood, William T., 1983
The K Boats, Everitt, Don, 1999


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