| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Submarine |
| Class | R |
| Pennant | N 62 |
| Built by | Vickers Armstrong (Barrow-in-Furness, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 24 Jul 1929 |
| Launched | 11 Jun 1930 |
| Commissioned | 29 Jan 1931 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Sold to be broken up for scrap on 30 July 1946. Scrapped at Durban, South Africa. Commanding Officers: Lt.Cdr. Richard Micaiah Towgood Peacock, RN Lt.Cdr. George Henry Reynolds, RN Lt. Anthony Robert Profit, DSC, RN Lt. F.M. Piggott, RNR HMS Rover is not listed in the October 1945 Navy List |
Commands listed for HMS Rover (N 62)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Hubert Anthony Lucius Marsham, RN | 19 Apr 1939 | 5 Jul 1941 |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. Richard Micaiah Towgood Peacock, RN | 5 Jul 1941 | Jan 1942 |
| 3 | Lt.Cdr. George Henry Reynolds, RN | Jan 1942 | 6 Nov 1943 |
| 4 | Lt. Anthony Robert Profit, DSC, RN | 6 Nov 1943 | 6 Sep 1944 |
| 5 | Lt. Frederick Melbourne Piggott, RNR | 6 Sep 1944 | Jul 1945 ? |
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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)
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