&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:HMSCoromandel1860.jpg) HMS Coromandel in 1860
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Tartar |
| Namesake | Tatars |
| Operator | Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company |
| Builder | Thomas & Robert White, Cowes, Isle of Wight |
| Cost | £17,567 |
| Launched | 7 July 1853 |
| Fate | Sold to the Royal Navy 28 August 1855 |
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Coromandel |
| Namesake | Coromandel Coast |
| Acquired | 8 January 1855 |
| Fate | Sold 17 August 1866 in Hong Kong |
| General characteristics [1][2] | |
| Tonnage | 171nrt |
| Tons burthen | 303 (bm) |
| Length | 172.8 ft (52.7 m) |
| Beam | 22.6 ft (6.9 m) |
| Depth | 11.6 ft (3.5 m) |
| Propulsion | Sail & paddles driven by a trunk geared steam engine. Her engine was made by Maudsley, Sons & Field, and generated 150nhp and 550, or 557ihp |
| Speed | 12 knots[1] |
HMS Coromandel was a wooden paddle dispatch vessel of the Royal Navy. She was built for the P&O company as the passenger and cargo steamer Tartar. The Navy purchased her in 1855 and she participated in several battles in Chinese waters, including having been sunk and recovered. The Navy sold her in 1866 and she went through several changes in ownership before she was broken up in 1876.