Tartar (1813 privateer)

History
United States
NameTartar
OwnerJames & William Bosley (of New York)
BuilderTalbot County, Maryland
Launched1813
Commissioned7 December 1813
FateWrecked 20 or 22 December 1813
General characteristics [1]
Tons burthen276 (bm)
Length102 ft 6 in (31.2 m)
Beam25 ft (7.6 m)
Depth of hold10 ft (3.0 m)
Sail planSchooner
Complement47 men[a]
Armament4 × 18-pounder + 6 × 9-pounder guns[b]

Tartar was an unsuccessful American privateer schooner during the War of 1812. She was launched in 1813 and was driven ashore and destroyed on her maiden voyage at the end of the year, not having captured anything.

  1. ^ a b Cranwell & Crane (1940), p. 396.
  2. ^ Cranwell & Crane (1940), pp. 270–275.
  3. ^ Emmons (1853), p. 194.


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