Rover
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Leyland companies
- Rover Company (1885-1967), a British motorcycle and car manufacturing company, absorbed into Leyland Motor Corporation in 1967
- Austin Rover GroupAustin Rover GroupThe Austin Rover Group was a British motor manufacturer. It was formed in 1981 as the mass-market car manufacturing subsidiary of British Leyland...
(1982-1989), a mass-market car manufacturing subsidiary of Leyland - Land Rover GroupLand Rover GroupLand Rover Group was a division of British Leyland and later the Rover Group that was in existence between 1981 and 1987. LRG brought British Leyland's light commercial vehicle production under one management, consisting of the Land Rover utility 4x4 range, the Range Rover luxury 4x4 and the...
(1981-1987), a light commercial vehicle division of Leyland - Freight RoverFreight RoverFreight Rover was a British commercial vehicle manufacturer based in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom.-History:The company was created as a division of the Land Rover Group of British Leyland in 1981, creating a new single brand for BL's panel van business.Under later company organisation...
(1981-1986), a commercial van/truck manufacturing division of Leyland
Rover and MG companies
- Rover GroupRover GroupThe Rover Group plc was the name given in 1986 to the British state-owned vehicle manufacturer previously known as British Leyland or BL. Owned by British Aerospace from 1988 to 1994, when it was sold to BMW, the Group was broken up in 2000 with the Rover and MG marques being acquired by the MG...
(1986-2000), the new name given to Leyland in 1986 after the company divested its other divisions, later sold to BMW - MG Rover GroupMG Rover GroupMG Rover was the last domestically owned mass-production car manufacturer in the British motor industry. The company was formed when BMW sold the car-making and engine manufacturing assets of the original Rover Group to the Phoenix Consortium in 2000....
(2000-2005), a company formed in 2000 when BMW sold most of the Rover Group to the Phoenix Consortium
Other companies
- Land RoverLand RoverLand Rover is a British car manufacturer with its headquarters in Gaydon, Warwickshire, United Kingdom which specialises in four-wheel-drive vehicles. It is owned by the Indian company Tata Motors, forming part of their Jaguar Land Rover group...
, a 4x4, SUV and all-terrain vehicle manufacturer sold by BMW to Ford in 2000, and now owned by Tata Motors
Automobiles and locomotives
- Rover Light Armoured CarRover Light Armoured CarThe Light Armoured Car , also known as Rover, was an armoured car produced in Australia during the Second World War.-History and description:...
, a WWII Australian vehicle unrelated to the Rover Company - GWR Rover class, a class of locomotives
- Rover was one of the GWR 3031 ClassGWR 3031 ClassThe Dean Single, 3031 Class, or Achilles Class was a type of steam locomotive built by the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1899. They were designed by William Dean for passenger work...
locomotives that were built for and run on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915.
Air and space travel
- Rover (space exploration)Rover (space exploration)A rover is a space exploration vehicle designed to move across the surface of a planet or other astronomical body. Some rovers have been designed to transport members of a human spaceflight crew; others have been partially or fully autonomous robots...
, a vehicle that explores the surface of an astronomical body - Lunar roverLunar roverThe Lunar Roving Vehicle or lunar rover was a battery-powered four-wheeled rover used on the Moon in the last three missions of the American Apollo program during 1971 and 1972...
- Mars Exploration RoverMars Exploration RoverNASA's Mars Exploration Rover Mission is an ongoing robotic space mission involving two rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, exploring the planet Mars...
Water travel
- Rover (log canoe)Rover (log canoe)The Rover is a Chesapeake Bay log canoe, built about 1886, probably in Chester, Maryland by the Thompson brothers. She measures 28'-1" with a 6'-4" beam. She has a longhead bow, braced back to the hull, and a sharp stern. She is privately owned and races under No. 11 in Eastern Shore competition...
- Rover (barque)
- Rover class tankerRover class tankerThe Rover class is a ship class of "Small Fleet Tanker" of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary of the United Kingdom. They are tasked with the support of naval warships by the replenishment at sea with fuel oils and with limited supplies of other naval stores...
, a class of ships - HMS RoverHMS RoverSeven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Rover: was a 16-gun sloop, formerly the American Cumberland. The British captured her in 1779, only to lose her temporarily to the French in 1780, before they recaptured her in 1781; she was wrecked later that year. was a 16-gun sloop launched in...
, the name of seven ships of the Royal Navy
Football (Soccer) teams
- Albion Rovers F.C., Coatbridge, Scotland
- Albion Rovers F.C. (Newport), Wales
- Blackburn Rovers F.C.Blackburn Rovers F.C.Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....
, England - Blackpool Wren Rovers F.C.Blackpool Wren Rovers F.C.Blackpool Wren Rovers F.C. are an English football club based in Squires Gate, Blackpool, Lancashire.The club's ground is Bruce Park, which is located on School Road...
, Lancashire, England - Bristol Rovers F.C.Bristol Rovers F.C.Bristol Rovers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Bristol, that competes in Football League Two. The team plays its home matches at the Memorial Stadium, in the Horfield area of the city....
, England - Doncaster Rovers F.C.Doncaster Rovers F.C.Doncaster Rovers Football Club is an English football club, based at the Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. The team currently competes in the Football League Championship, after being promoted via the League One play-offs in 2008, and have remained there since.The club was founded in...
, England - Forest Green Rovers F.C.Forest Green Rovers F.C.Forest Green Rovers Football Club is an English football club based in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, currently the longest-serving members of the Conference National. The club is affiliated to the Gloucestershire County FA.-Early years:...
, Gloucestershire, England - Paulton Rovers F.C.Paulton Rovers F.C.Paulton Rovers Football Club are an English football club based at the Athletic Field on Winterfield Road in the village of Paulton near Bristol. They were established in 1881 and currently play in the Southern League Division One South and West...
, near Bristol, England - Raith Rovers F.C.Raith Rovers F.C.Raith Rovers Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in Kirkcaldy, Fife. They are members of the Scottish Football League, currently playing in the First Division, having secured promotion from the Second Division as champions in 2009. Rovers have won one national trophy, the...
, Kirkcaldy, Scotland - Rochedale Rovers Football Club, Queensland, Australia
- Shamrock Rovers F.C.Shamrock Rovers F.C.Shamrock Rovers Football Club are a professional football club from Dublin, Ireland. They compete in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland and are the most successful club in Irish football history. The club have won the League of Ireland title a record 17 times and the FAI Cup a record 24...
, Dublin, Ireland - Sligo Rovers F.C.Sligo Rovers F.C.Sligo Rovers Football Club is a professional Irish football club playing in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland. The club was founded in 1928 and have been in the League of Ireland since 1934. The club is a co-operative venture, owned by the people of Sligo. Sligo Rovers have played at...
, Sligo, Ireland - Tampines Rovers FCTampines Rovers FCTampines Rovers Football Club are a professional association football club based in Tampines, Singapore, that play in the S.League. Founded in 1945, they have won the national league championship five times, the Singapore Cup thrice and the ASEAN Club Championship once...
, Singapore - Taringa Rovers Soccer Football Club, Brisbane, Australia
- Tranmere Rovers F.C.Tranmere Rovers F.C.Tranmere Rovers Football Club are an English team based in Birkenhead, Wirral. The club currently compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system...
, Birkenhead, England
Other sports uses
- Featherstone RoversFeatherstone RoversFeatherstone Rovers are a semi-professional rugby league club, based in Featherstone, West Yorkshire, England. They currently play in the Championship. The Rovers are one of the last vestiges of "small town teams" that were once common in rugby league during the early twentieth century...
, a rugby league club in Featherstone, United Kingdom - Hull Kingston RoversHull Kingston RoversHull Kingston Rovers or Hull KR is an English professional rugby league football club based in Hull, England. The club formed in 1882 and currently competes in Super League, having won promotion from National League One in 2006...
, a rugby league club in Kingston Upon Hull, United Kingdom - Rover (ice hockey)Rover (ice hockey)In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, ice hockey consisted of seven positions. Along with the goaltender, two defencemen, and three forwards who remain today, a Rover was also part of the team. Unlike all the others, the rover did not have a set position, and roamed the ice at will, going...
, a long-defunct ice hockey position - "Rover" (song)Rover (song)"Rover" is a song traditionally sung at the end of athletic contest victories by fans of the University of California Los Angeles. It is a parody of the song I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover. The UCLA Band arrangement opens with There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight. Following the...
, a sports cheer at the University of California Los Angeles - Rovers Football ClubRovers Football ClubThe Rovers Football Club was an Australian rules football club that competed in the Western Australian Football Association from 1885 to 1899. The club won the premiership in 1885 and 1891.-History:...
, a defunct Australian rules football club - A position in the game of softballSoftballSoftball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
- One of the followers in Australian rules football
- An alternate name for the strong safety in American football
Fictional uses
- Rover (The Prisoner)Rover (The Prisoner)Rover is a fictional entity from the 1967 British television program The Prisoner, and was an integral part of the way 'prisoners' were kept within The Village. It was depicted as a floating white ball that could coerce, and, if necessary, disable inhabitants of The Village, primarily Number Six...
, a fictional floating white sphere - Rover (comic), a comic book series featuring the character Alf TupperAlf TupperAlf Tupper was a fictional working class, 'hard as nails' runner, whose adventures appeared in first The Rover and then The Victor, British boys' comics from D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd...
- Rover, the protagonist of the novella "RoverandomRoverandom"Roverandom" is a novella written by J.R.R. Tolkien, originally told in 1925. It deals with the adventures of a young dog, Rover. In the story, an irritable wizard turns Rover into a toy, and Rover goes to the moon and under the sea in order to find the wizard again to turn him back into a...
" - Rover, the US title of They Came on Viking Ships, a children's historical novel
Other uses
- Rover (Beanie Baby)
- Rover (fish)
- Rover (lawnmower)Rover (lawnmower)Rover is a brand of lawnmower in Australia. Rover also owns Scott Bonnar.Rover Mowers Limited is an operating division of MTD Products Australia Pty Ltd. Rover Mowers Ltd...
- Rover (ticket)Rover (ticket)A rover is a bus or train ticket in the United Kingdom that allows unlimited travel on any operating company over a set route, for a certain period of time, at certain times....
- ROVERROVERROVER, which stands for Remotely Operated Video Enhanced Receiver, is a system which allows ground forces, such as Forward Air Controllers , to see what an aircraft or unmanned aerial vehicle is seeing in real time by receiving images acquired by the aircraft's sensors on a laptop on the ground...
, a military system that transmits images from aircraft - Rover Scout, a Scouting service division
- SwagmanSwagmanA swagman is an old Australian and New Zealand term describing an underclass of transient temporary workers, who travelled by foot from farm to farm carrying the traditional swag...
, a class of Australian transient temporary workers - An animated "search companion" in the Windows Explorer file browser