HMS Tamar

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There have been several ships and a single naval station called HMS Tamar, after the River Tamar in South West England.

• The first Tamar name was as sloop built by Snook of Saltash in 1758. Renamed as Pluto and became a fire-ship, it was later captured by the French in 1780.

• The second Tamar was built in Chatham Dockyard in 1796, but it served only until 1803.

• The third Tamar began service in 1814 and served until 1827. It was decommissioned from the Royal Navy in 1828 and became a coal depot ship in 1833.

• The fifth HMS Tamar was an iron screw troop ship of 3,650 tons, built by Samuda Brothers in Cubitt Town, Isle of Dogs in 1863. It subsequently gave its name to the Royal Naval station in the British territory of Hong Kong.

• HMS Tamar was the name for the Royal Navy's base in Hong Kong from 1897 to 1997.