HMS Tartarus (1797)

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

History
Great Britain
NameCharles Jackson
BuilderEdward Mosley, Howdon, Newcastle upon Tyne[1]
Launched1792
FateSold 1797
Great Britain
AcquiredApril 1797 by purchase
Honours and
awards		NGSM with clasp "Egypt"
FateWrecked 20 December 1804
General characteristics [2]
Tons burthen333,[3] or 34426⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • Overall:94 ft 6 in (28.8 m)
  • Keel:79 ft 10 in (24.3 m)
Beam28 ft 6 in (8.7 m)
Depth of hold12 ft 2 in (3.7 m)
Complement67
Armament
  • Mercantile: 2 × 12-pounder + 8 × 6-pounder guns
  • Royal Navy
    • Upper deck: 4 × 68-pounder carronades
    • QD: 4 × 18-pounder carronades
    • Fc: 4 × 18-pounder carronades
    • 2 × 10" mortars

HMS Tartarus was the mercantile Charles Jackson, launched in 1792 at Newcastle. She traded with Saint Petersburg until the British Royal Navy purchased her in 1797 and converted her to a bomb vessel. She served in two campaigns before she was lost in a gale on 20 December 1804.

  1. ^ Tyne Built Ships "C".
  2. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 374.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference LR1793 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).