History | |
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Great Britain | |
Name | Tartar |
Launched | 1775, Bermuda[1] |
Captured | October 1800 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 70,[1] or 90[2] (bm) |
Sail plan | Sloop |
Complement | 80[2] |
Armament | 14 × 6-pounder guns,[1] or 18 guns[2] |
Tartar was launched at Bermuda in 1775, possibly under another name. By 1779 she was a privateer sailing out of Liverpool. She captured several prizes, first in the West Indies and then around England. Two French frigates captured her in October 1780.