HMS Tamar (1814)

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

History
United Kingdom
Name	Tamar
Namesake	River Tamar
Builder	Josiah & Thomas Brindley, Frindsbury
Laid down	May 1813
Launched	23 March 1814
Completed	5 November 1814
Fate	Sold in 1837
General characteristics
Type	Sixth-rate post ship
Tons burthen	444 33/94 (as designed)
Length	108 ft (33 m) (gundeck) 89 ft 9.625 in (27.37168 m) (keel)
Beam	30 ft 6 in (9.30 m)
Sail plan	Full rigged ship
Complement	155
Armament	20 guns (from 1817, 28 guns): Upper Deck: 18 × 32-pdr carronades Quarterdeck: 6 x 12-pdr carronades Forecasle: 2 x 12-pdr carronades and 2 × 6-pdr guns

HMS Tamar was a 26-gun Conway class sixth rate launched in 1814, converted into a coal hulk in 1831 at Plymouth and sold in 1837.

Built in 1814 by Josiah & Thomas Brindley, Frindsbury. She arrived in Halifax, after 75 men died of fever, including Captain Arthur Stowe. 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.

Converted to a coal hulk in 1831, based at Plymouth.

Fate

She was sold in 1837.

References

• Rif Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1793-1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates, Chatham Publishing, London 2005. ISBN 978-1-84415-717-4.