HMS Tartarus (1834)

HMS Tartarus was a paddle steamer gunvessel, the name ship of her class, built for the Royal Navy during the 1830s.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Tartarus.

History
United Kingdom
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)
Class and type: Tartarus-class gunvessel
Displacement: 560 long tons (570 t)
Tons burthen: 523 24/94 bm
Length:
  • 145 ft (44.2 m) (Gun deck)
  • 125 ft 6 in (38.3 m) (Keel)
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

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]

Notes
  1. Winfield, p. 1303
  2. Winfield & Lyon, p. 163
  3. Colledge, p. 345
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References
  • Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
  • Phillips, Lawrie; Lieutenant Commander (2014). Pembroke Dockyard and the Old Navy: A Bicentennial History. Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: The History Press. ISBN 978-0-7509-5214-9.
  • Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1793-1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates (epub). Barnsley, UK: Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.
  • Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6.
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