HMS Tamar was a 26-gun Conway-class post-ship launched in 1814, converted into a coal hulk in 1831 at Plymouth, and sold in 1837.
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Tamar |
| Namesake | River Tamar |
| Ordered | 18 January 1813 |
| Builder | Josiah & Thomas Brindley, Frindsbury |
| Laid down | May 1813 |
| Launched | 23 March 1814 |
| Completed | 5 November 1814 |
| Fate | Sold in 1837 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type | Sixth-rate post ship |
| Tons burthen | 45083⁄94 (bm) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 30 ft 9 in (9.4 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 155 |
| Armament |
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Josiah & Thomas Brindley launched Tamar at Frindsbury in 1814. She arrived in Halifax, after 75 men died of fever, including Captain Arthur Stowe. She was driven ashore on the coast of Labrador, British North America, in early August 1819, but later was refloated.[2] Under the command of Captain George Richard Pechell, she captured a large pirate brig near San Domingo in 1820. She was part of the failed settlement on Melville Island at Fort Dundas in the Gulf of Carpentaria.
On 3 March 1821 Tamar came into Kingston, Jamaica, with the brigantine Jupiter. Tamar had detained Jupiter in the Mona Passage on 23 May after a long chase. Jupiter, of eight guns and 190 men, was flying the Buenos Ayrean flag and did not surrender until Tamar had fired several shots into her that killed one man and wounded another, and that severely damaged her rigging. A few days later Tamar sailed for Savanilla with Jupiter.[3]
Fate
editTamar was converted to a coal hulk in 1831, based at Plymouth. Tamar was sold in 1837.[1]
Citations
edit- ^ a b Winfield (2008), p. 240.
- ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5422). 17 September 1819.
- ^ Lloyd's List 11 May 1821, №5591.
References
edit- Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-246-7.