HMS Tamar (1814)
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Tamar.
| Career (UK) |  |
|---|---|
| Class and type: | Conway class sixth rate |
| Name: | Tamar |
| Namesake: | River Tamar |
| Builder: | Josiah & Thomas Brindley, Frindsbury |
| Laid down: | May 1813 |
| Launched: | 23 March 1814 |
| Completed: | 5 November 1814 |
| Fate: | Sold in 1837 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Sixth-rate post ship |
| Tons burthen: | 444 33/94 (as designed) |
| Length: | 108 ft (33 m) (gundeck) 89 ft 9.625 in (27.37168 m) (keel) |
| Beam: | 30 ft 6 in (9.30 m) |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Complement: | 155 |
| Armament: | 20 guns (from 1817, 28 guns):
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HMS Tamar was a 26-gun Conway class sixth rate launched in 1814, converted into a coal hulk in 1831 at Plymouth and sold in 1837.
Built in 1814 by Josiah & Thomas Brindley, Frindsbury. She arrived in Halifax, after 75 men died of fever, including Captain Arthur Stowe. Under the command of Captain George Richard Pechell, she captured a large pirate brig near San Domingo in 1820. She was part of the failed settlement on Melville Island at Fort Dundas in the Gulf of Carpentaria.
Converted to a coal hulk in 1831, based at Plymouth.
Fate
She was sold in 1837.
References
- Rif Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1793-1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates, Chatham Publishing, London 2005. ISBN 978-1-84415-717-4.
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