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| History |
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 United Kingdom |
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| Name | Tartarus |
| Namesake | Tartarus |
| Ordered | 27 July 1833 |
| Builder | Pembroke Dockyard |
| Laid down | September 1833 |
| Launched | 23 June 1834 |
| Completed | 3 October 1834 |
| Commissioned | 27 August 1834 |
| Fate | Broken up by 6 November 1860 |
| General characteristics (as built) |
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| Class and type | Tartarus-class gunvessel |
| Displacement | 560 long tons (570 t) |
| Tons burthen | 523 24/94 bm |
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| Beam | 28 ft 4 in (8.6 m) |
| Draught | 10 ft 6 in (3.2 m) |
| Depth | 14 ft 9 in (4.5 m) |
| Installed power | 200 nhp |
| Propulsion | 2 × Side-lever steam engines |
| Complement | 80 |
| Armament | 2 × 9-pdr cannon |
HMS Tartarus was a paddle steamer gunvessel, the name ship of her class, built for the Royal Navy during the 1830s.
Description
Tartarus had a length at the gun deck of 145 feet (44.2 m) and 125 feet 6 inches (38.3 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 28 feet 4 inches (8.6 m), a draught of 10 feet 6 inches (3.2 m) and a depth of hold of 14 feet 9 inches (4.5 m). The ship's tonnage was 523 24⁄94 tons burthen and she displaced 560 long tons (570 t).[1] The Tartarus class was initially armed with a pair of 9-pounder cannon, but these were later exchanged for a single 32-pounder smoothbore cannon on a pivot mount and a pair of 32-pounder carronades. The ships had a crew of 80 officers and ratings.[2]
Construction and career
Tartarus, the third ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,[3] was ordered on 2 July 1833, laid down in September 1833 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 23 June 1834.[2] She was completed on 3 October 1834 at Woolwich Dockyard and commissioned on 27 August of the same year.[1]