HMS Tamar (1863)

HMS Tamar at Malta, 1882
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Tamar
BuilderSamuda Brothers
LaunchedJune 1863
FateScuttled off old Wan Chai Ferry Pier (near today's Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre), Hong Kong, 12 December 1941
General characteristics
TypeTroopship
Displacement4,650 tons
Tons burthen2,812 bm
Length320 ft (98 m)
Beam45 ft (14 m)
Propulsion1 propeller; 500 hp (373 kW) steam plant
Sail planBarque rigged
Speed12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Armament3 guns

HMS Tamar was a Royal Navy troopship built by the Samuda Brothers at Cubitt Town, London, and launched in Britain in 1863. She served as a supply ship from 1897 to 1941, and gave her name to the shore station HMS Tamar in Hong Kong (1897 to 1997).