Ocean Rover, then Aries, then Ocean Rover again

Ocean Rover, then Aries, then Ocean Rover again
Rig Class.Steam Yacht
Year built:1880 (or was it 1919?)
General characteristics
Ton:300 tons
She was called Ocean Rover when the Duke of Leeds acquired her in 1924, but he changed her name to Aries that year.  The name had been changed back again by the time Sir Alfred acquired her ten years later.

She was requisitioned in November 1939 and was converted at Lamont's, Port Glasgow, for use as a torpedo recovery vessel with the Fleet Air Arm.  She was later used as a calibration vessel and was employed as such on the Clyde and later at Portsmouth.

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