History
United Kingdom
NameTartarus
NamesakeTartarus
Ordered27 July 1833
BuilderPembroke Dockyard
Laid downSeptember 1833
Launched23 June 1834
Completed3 October 1834
Commissioned27 August 1834
FateBroken up by 6 November 1860
General characteristics (as built)
Class and typeTartarus-class gunvessel
Displacement560 long tons (570 t)
Tons burthen523 24/94 bm
Length
  • 145 ft (44.2 m) (Gun deck)
  • 125 ft 6 in (38.3 m) (Keel)
Beam28 ft 4 in (8.6 m)
Draught10 ft 6 in (3.2 m)
Depth14 ft 9 in (4.5 m)
Installed power200 nhp
Propulsion2 × Side-lever steam engines
Complement80
Armament2 × 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

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 2494 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

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]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Winfield, p. 1303
  2. 1 2 Winfield & Lyon, p. 163
  3. Colledge, p. 345

References

  • 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.
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