HMS Tartar (F43)

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Tartar at a buoy
History
United Kingdom
Name	Tartar
Namesake	Tatars
Ordered	19 June 1936
Builder	Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend
Cost	£339,750
Laid down	26 August 1936
Launched	21 October 1937
Commissioned	10 March 1939
Decommissioned	1946
Identification	Pennant numbers: G43, later F43
Nickname(s)	'Lucky Tartar'
Honours and awards	12 battle honours
Fate	Sold for scrap, 6 January 1948
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Tribal-class destroyer
Displacement	1,891 long tons (1,921 t) (standard) 2,519 long tons (2,559 t) (deep load)
Length	377 ft (114.9 m) (o/a)
Beam	36 ft 6 in (11.13 m)
Draught	11 ft 3 in (3.43 m)
Installed power	3 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers 44,000 shp (33,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range	5,700 nmi (10,600 km; 6,600 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	190
Sensors and processing systems	ASDIC
Armament	4 × twin 4.7 in (120 mm) guns 1 × quadruple 2-pdr (40 mm (1.6 in)) AA guns 2 × quadruple 0.5 in (12.7 mm) anti-aircraft machineguns 1 × quadruple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 20 × depth charges, 1 × rack, 2 × throwers

HMS Tartar was a Tribal-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that saw service in most of the naval theatres of World War II. She had an eventful career, eventually receiving the nickname 'Lucky Tartar' due to her numerous escapes from dangerous situations.^[1] She was one of only four from the sixteen Royal Navy-operated Tribal-class destroyers to survive the war.