Tartar (1781 ship)
| History | |
|---|---|
| Great Britain | |
| Name | Tartar |
| Launched | 1779, France |
| Renamed | Friends (1782) |
| Captured | 1782, and recaptured |
| Fate | Last listed 1793 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 60, or 80 (bm) |
| Sail plan | Schooner |
| Complement | 50 (1781) |
| Armament | 14 × 6-pounder guns + 4 swivel guns (1781) |
Tartar was built in France in 1779, probably under another name, and taken in prize. She was in 1781 briefly a Bristol-based privateer. A French privateer captured her, but a British privateer recaptured her. She then became the merchantman Friends, and traded between Bristol and North America, primarily Newfoundland. Friends was last listed in 1793.