Tartar (1806 ship)

History
United Kingdom
NameTartar
Launched1802 or 1805, France or Spain
Acquired1806
FateWrecked February 1815
General characteristics
Tons burthen259 (bm)
Complement
  • 1806:35
  • 1813:36
Armament
  • 1806:8 × 6-pounder guns + 10 × 12-pounder guns
  • 1813:12 × 9-pounder guns
  • 1815:2 × 12-pounder carronades

Tartar was launched in France in 1802, or Spain in 1805, almost certainly under another name. In 1806 she sailed under the flag of the United Kingdom on a voyage as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. On her return she started trading between Liverpool and Brazil and Africa. A French frigate captured her in 1813, but then released her. She was wrecked early in 1815.

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