British Fifth Rate frigate 'Tartar' (1801)

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Tartar
Nominal Guns	32	BWAS-1793
Nationality	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	28.1.1800	BWAS-1793
Keel Laid Down	8.1800	BWAS-1793
Launched	27.6.1801	BWAS-1793
How acquired	Built by Contract	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Frindsbury - Kent	BWAS-1793
Designed by	Sir John HenslowBritish Designer Ship Builder Dockyard Staff Service 1761-1805	BWAS-1793
Constructor	Josiah and Thomas BrindleyBritish Ship Builder Service 1801	BWAS-1793
Category	Fifth Rate	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Frigate	BWAS-1793
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1793
Wrecked	21.8.1811	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck142' 0"Imperial Feet43.2816
Length of Keel118' 3 ½"Imperial Feet35.9791
Breadth37' 8 ½"Imperial Feet11.2903
Depth in Hold12' 6"Imperial Feet3.6576
Draught Forward9' 0"Imperial Feet2.7432
Draught Aft13' 3"Imperial Feet3.9624
Burthen894 ⁶⁴⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

27.6.1801Broadside Weight = 372 Imperial Pound ( 168.702 kg)BWAS-1793
Upper Gun Deck26 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck8 British 24-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck2 British 9-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 24-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 9-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
13.1.1798254Design Complement

9 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
7.1801 - 6.1802CaptainBWAS-17936.1802 - 1803CaptainBWAS-17931803 - 3.1804Captain ResignedBWAS-17931.5.1804 - 3.1805CaptainBWAS-17933.1805 - 1807CaptainBWAS-17931807 - 10.1807CaptainBWAS-179310.1807 - 15.5.1808Captain†BWAS-179315.5.1808 - 16.5.1805LieutenantTRN516.5.1808 - 21.8.1811CaptainBWAS-1793

6 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
1.1802 - 1802Acting LieutenantNBD18492.1808 - 8.12.1808LieutenantNBD18492.2.1808 - 15.5.1808First LieutenantTRN516.5.1808 - 25.8.1809First LieutenantNBD18491809LieutenantTRN51809LieutenantBWAS-1793

1 Petty Officer

DatesRatingNameSource
1808 - 15.5.1808Midshipman†TRN5

1 Crewman

DatesRatingNameSource
30.8.1801 - 4.18021st Class VolunteerNBD1849

Service History

DateEventSource
27.6.1801Began fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1793
18.7.1801Completed fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1793
10.1801Sailed for JamaicaBWAS-1793
25.7.1803Capture of the Duquesne
31.7.1804Capture of the Hirrondelle
31.7.1804Took the Schooner off San Domingo
9.6.1806Took the Sloop in the West Indies
10.1807Began small repair at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1793
4.1808Completed small repair at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £18011.0.0dBWAS-1793
15.5.1808Action at Bergen
3.11.1808Took the Privateer off the Maze of Norway
15.5.1809Chased a Danish 4-gun privateer ashore on the Courland coast, sent in her boats, under Lieutenants Thomas Sykes and Frederick Augustus Hargood Parker, and brought off the vessel without lossTRN5
27.3.1811At the defence of Anholt IslandBWAS-1793
27.3.1811Attack on Anholt Island
11.8.1811Bilged on Dago Island in the BalticBWAS-1793
21.8.1811Run ashore at Kahar Inlet and later burntBWAS-1793

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

TRN5William Laird Clowes, Digital Book

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