HMS Tamar (1863)
HMS Tamar at Malta, 1882 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Tamar |
| Builder | Samuda Brothers |
| Launched | June 1863 |
| Fate | Scuttled off old Wan Chai Ferry Pier (near today's Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre), Hong Kong, 12 December 1941 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Troopship |
| Displacement | 4,650 tons |
| Tons burthen | 2,812 bm |
| Length | 320 ft (98 m) |
| Beam | 45 ft (14 m) |
| Propulsion | 1 propeller; 500 hp (373 kW) steam plant |
| Sail plan | Barque rigged |
| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Armament | 3 guns |
HMS Tamar was a Royal Navy troopship built by the Samuda Brothers at Cubitt Town, London, and launched in Britain in 1863. She served as a supply ship from 1897 to 1941, and gave her name to the shore station HMS Tamar in Hong Kong (1897 to 1997).