HMS Tartar (1801)

HMS Tartar was a 32-gun fifth-rate Narcissus-class frigate of the Royal Navy, built at Frindsbury and launched in 1801. She captured privateers on the Jamaica station and fought in the Gunboat War and elsewhere in the Baltic Sea before being lost to grounding off Estonia in 1811.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Tartar.

Tartar
History
United Kingdom
NameTartar
BuilderBrindley, Frindsbury
Launched27 June 1801
CommissionedJuly 1801
Honours and
awards		Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Anholt 27 March 1811"
Fate
  • Beached 21 August 1811
  • Later burned
General characteristics
Class and typeNarcissus-class fifth-rate frigate
Tons burthen894 64⁄94 bm
Length
  • 142 ft 0 in (43.3 m) (overall)
  • 118 ft 3+1⁄2 in (36.1 m) (keel)
Beam37 ft 8+1⁄2 in (11.5 m)
Draught
  • 9 ft 9 in (3.0 m) (unladen)
  • 13 ft 3 in (4.0 m) (laden)
Depth of hold12 ft 6 in (3.8 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 26 × 18-pounder guns
  • 6 × 9-pounder guns
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