HMS Tartar (1854)
HMS Tartar was a wooden screw corvette of the Royal Navy. Originally built for the Russian Empire, she was seized by British forces on 5 April 1854, shortly before her launch.
HMS Tartar with HMS Cossack | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Russian Empire | |
| Name | Voin (Russian: "Войн") |
| Builder | W. & H. Pitcher, Northfleet |
| Out of service | Seized while under construction in 1854 |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Tartar |
| Launched | 17 May 1854 |
| Completed | 26 January 1855 |
| Acquired | 5 April 1854 |
| Fate | Broken up in February 1866 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Cossack-class corvette |
| Displacement | 1,965 long tons (1,997 t) |
| Length | 195 ft (59 m) |
| Beam | 39 ft (12 m) |
| Draught | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament | 18 guns (two 110-pdrs, four 40-pdrs and fourteen 8-inch) |
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