Several vessels have been named Rover:
Britannia may refer to any one of a large number of ships:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Rover:
The British Royal Navy purchased HMS Shark on the stocks in 1775. She was launched in 1776, and in 1778 converted to a fireship and renamed HMS Salamander. The Navy sold her in 1783. She then became the mercantile Salamander. In the 1780s she was in the Greenland whale fisheries. In 1791 she transported convicts to Australia. She then became a whaling ship in the South Seas whale fisheries for a number of years, before becoming a general transport and then a slave ship. In 1804 the French captured her, but the Royal Navy recaptured her. Although she is last listed in 1811, she does not appear in Lloyd's List (LL) ship arrival and departure (SAD) data after 1804.
Several vessels have been named Thames, for the River Thames:
Numerous ships have sailed under the name Antelope. Notable ones include:
Multiple British vessels have been named King George for one of the members of the British monarchs:
A number of sailing ships have been named Queen Charlotte.
Several vessels have been named Harriet, or Harriot:
HMS Duguay-Trouin was an 18-gun French privateer sloop launched in 1779 at Le Havre. Surprise captured her in 1780 and the British Royal Navy took her into service under her existing name. It sold Duguay-Trouin on 30 October 1783. She then became the West Indiaman Christopher, and later a slaver. She was lost at Charleston in September 1804.
Numerous vessels have borne the name Active :
Several ships have been named Commerce:
Several ships have been named Hannah:
Several vessels have been named Nile ether for the Battle of the Nile, or for the Nile river:
Several vessels have been named Spy:
Several vessels have been named Tartar:
Several vessels have been named Nimble:
Several ships have been named Mentor:
Several vessels have been named Ellis:
Rover was launched in 1786 in Poole. She spent her brief career sailing to Newfoundland from England, and returning via Spain, having delivered fish. In 1793 a French privateer captured her, but a British letter of marque quickly recaptured her. She was lost in 1795 while delivering fish from Newfoundland to Spain.