HMS Tartar (1702)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Tartar.

History
Royal Navy EnsignEngland
NameHMS Tartar
Ordered7 April 1702
BuilderWoolwich Dockyard
Launched12 September 1702
CommissionedAugust 1702
Honours and
awards		Velez Malaga 1704
FateBreaking at Deptford completed 24 June 1755
General characteristics as built
Class and type32-gun fifth rate
Tons burthen4207⁄94 tons (bm)
Length
  • 108 ft 0 in (32.92 m) gundeck
  • 90 ft 9 in (27.66 m) keel for tonnage
Beam29 ft 6 in (8.99 m)
Depth of hold13 ft 0 in (3.96 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement145/110
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 type20-gun sixth rate
Tons burthen43025⁄94 tons (bm)
Length
  • 106 ft 0 in (32.31 m) gundeck
  • 86 ft 11.5 in (26.50 m) keel for tonnage
Beam30 ft 6 in (9.30 m)
Depth of hold9 ft 5 in (2.87 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-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]

  1. ^ Colledge (2020)
  2. ^ Thomas (1998), Battles and Campaign honours, Section V, Velez Malaga