HMS Tartarus (1797)

History
Great Britain
Name	Charles Jackson
Builder	Edward Mosley, Howdon, Newcastle upon Tyne
Launched	1792
Fate	Sold 1797
Great Britain
Acquired	April 1797 by purchase
Honours and; awards	NGSM with clasp "Egypt"
Fate	Wrecked 20 December 1804
General characteristics
Tons burthen	333, or 34426⁄94 (bm)
Length	Overall:94 ft 6 in (28.8 m); Keel:79 ft 10 in (24.3 m);
Beam	28 ft 6 in (8.7 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft 2 in (3.7 m)
Complement	67
Armament	Mercantile: 2 × 12-pounder + 8 × 6-pounder guns; Royal Navy; Upper deck: 4 × 68-pounder carronades; QD: 4 × 18-pounder carronades; Fc: 4 × 18-pounder carronades; 2 × 10" mortars;

HMS Tartarus was the mercantile Charles Jackson, launched in 1792 at Newcastle. She traded with Saint Petersburg until the British Royal Navy purchased her in 1797 and converted her to a bomb vessel. She served in two campaigns before she was lost in a gale on 20 December 1804.

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