HMS Tartar (1756)

Tartar (original plan)
History
Great Britain
NameTartar
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered12 June 1755
BuilderJohn Randall's yard, Nelson Dock, Rotherhithe
Laid down4 July 1755
Launched3 April 1756
Completed2 May 1756 at Deptford Dockyard
FateWrecked 1 April 1797
General characteristics
Class & typeLowestoffe-class sixth-rate frigate
Tons burthen587 19⁄94 (bm) (4 tons more than designed)
Length
  • 117 ft 10 in (35.9 m) (gundeck)
  • 96 ft 11 in (29.5 m) (keel)
Beam33 ft 9 in (10.3 m)
Depth of hold10 ft 3 in (3.1 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement200 officers and men
Armament
  • Upperdeck: 24 × 9-pounder guns
  • QD: 4 × 3-pounder guns
  • 12 × swivel guns

HMS Tartar was a 28-gun sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy.

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