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HMS Tartarus (1834)

History
United Kingdom
Name	Tartarus
Namesake	Tartarus
Ordered	27 July 1833
Builder	Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down	September 1833
Launched	23 June 1834
Completed	3 October 1834
Commissioned	27 August 1834
Fate	Broken up by 6 November 1860
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Tartarus-class gunvessel
Displacement	560 long tons (570 t)
Tons burthen	523 24/94 bm
Length	145 ft (44.2 m) (Gun deck) 125 ft 6 in (38.3 m) (Keel)
Beam	28 ft 4 in (8.6 m)
Draught	10 ft 6 in (3.2 m)
Depth	14 ft 9 in (4.5 m)
Installed power	200 nhp
Propulsion	2 × Side-lever steam engines
Complement	80
Armament	2 × 9-pdr cannon

HMS Tartarus was a paddle steamer gunvessel, the name ship of her class, built for the Royal Navy during the 1830s.

Description[edit]

Tartarus had a length at the gun deck of 145 feet (44.2 m) and 125 feet 6 inches (38.3 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 28 feet 4 inches (8.6 m), a draught of 10 feet 6 inches (3.2 m) and a depth of hold of 14 feet 9 inches (4.5 m). The ship's tonnage was 523 24⁄94 tons burthen and she displaced 560 long tons (570 t).^[1] The Tartarus class was initially armed with a pair of 9-pounder cannon, but these were later exchanged for a single 32-pounder smoothbore cannon on a pivot mount and a pair of 32-pounder carronades. The ships had a crew of 80 officers and ratings.^[2]

Construction and career[edit]

Tartarus, the third ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,^[3] was ordered on 2 July 1833, laid down in September 1833 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 23 June 1834.^[2] She was completed on 3 October 1834 at Woolwich Dockyard and commissioned on 27 August of the same year.^[1]

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References[edit]

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
• Phillips, Lawrie; Lieutenant Commander (2014). Pembroke Dockyard and the Old Navy: A Bicentennial History. Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: The History Press. ISBN 978-0-7509-5214-9.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1793-1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates (epub). Barnsley, UK: Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.
• Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.