HMS Tartarus (1834)
HMS Tartarus was a paddle steamer gunvessel, the name ship of her class, built for the Royal Navy during the 1830s.
| 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: | |
| 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 |
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 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
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
- Winfield, p. 1303
- Winfield & Lyon, p. 163
- 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.
- 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.