HMS Tartar (1702)

History
England
Name	HMS Tartar
Ordered	7 April 1702
Builder	Woolwich Dockyard
Launched	12 September 1702
Commissioned	August 1702
Honours and awards	Velez Malaga 1704
Fate	Breaking at Deptford completed 24 June 1755
General characteristics as built
Class and type	32-gun fifth rate
Tons burthen	4207⁄94 tons (bm)
Length	108 ft 0 in (32.92 m) gundeck 90 ft 9 in (27.66 m) keel for tonnage
Beam	29 ft 6 in (8.99 m)
Depth of hold	13 ft 0 in (3.96 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	145/110
Armament	as built 32 guns 4/4 × demi-culverins (LD) 22/20 × 6-pdr guns (UD) 6/4 × 4-pdr guns (QD)
General characteristics 1733 establishment
Class and type	20-gun sixth rate
Tons burthen	43025⁄94 tons (bm)
Length	106 ft 0 in (32.31 m) gundeck 86 ft 11.5 in (26.50 m) keel for tonnage
Beam	30 ft 6 in (9.30 m)
Depth of hold	9 ft 5 in (2.87 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	1733 establishment 20 guns 20 × 9-pdr guns (UD)

HMS Tartar was a 32-gun fifth rate built by the Woolwich Dockyard in 1702. Her initial commissioning was in time for the War of the Spanish Succession. She partook in the Battle of Velez Malaga in 1704. She spent the rest of her career on counter piracy and trade protection patrols. She was rebuilt as a 20-gun sixth rate in 1733. She was finally broken in 1755.

She was the first vessel to carry this name in the English and Royal Navy.^[1]

She was awarded the battle honour Velez Malaga 1704.^[2]