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Tartar (1781 ship)

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History
Great Britain
NameTartar
Launched1779, France[1]
RenamedFriends (1782)
Captured1782, and recaptured
FateLast listed 1793
General characteristics
Tons burthen60,[1] or 80[2] (bm)
Sail planSchooner
Complement50 (1781)
Armament14 × 6-pounder guns + 4 swivel guns (1781)

Tartar was built in France in 1779, probably under another name, and taken in prize. She was in 1781 briefly a Bristol-based privateer. A French privateer captured her, but a British privateer recaptured her. She then became the merchantman Friends, and traded between Bristol and North America, primarily Newfoundland. Friends was last listed in 1793.

Career

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Tartar first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR), in 1781.[1] She underwent fitting at Hilhouse, where she was fitted with sails to be able to sail as a lugger or schooner. Her first master was Aaron Floyd, who had been master on an earlier Bristol privateer named Tartar.[3] Captain Aaron Floyd acquired a letter of marque on 10 February 1781.

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1781 A. Floyd Easton & Co Bristol cruise LR

Lloyd's List reported in March 1781 that the privateer Phoenix, of Dartmouth, Captain Pidgely, had captured a brig from Mauritius and recaptured the Bristol privateer Tartar, and brought them both into Penzance.[4] Phoenix and Tartar had sailed from Bristol together on 19 March. The French privateer was Black Princess.[5][a]

Tartar was offered for sale at Falmouth in September.[8]

Tartar then came under new ownership. Captain Doyle purchased her, renamed her Friends, and started sailing her between Bristol and Newfoundland.[2]

Year Vessel Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1782 Tartar A.Floyd
Doyle
T.Easton & Co. Bristol privateer LR; now Friends
1782 Friends Doyle Captain & Co. Bristol–Newfoundland LR; former Tartar

By 1786 Friends was sailing between Bristol and Philadelphia, as well as Newfoundland. She underwent repairs in 1788.

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1791 J.Doyle
J.Roche
Captain & Co. Bristol–Newfoundland LR; repairs 1788

Fate

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Friends was last listed in 1793.

Notes

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  1. ^ Damer Powell assigns this capture and recapture to Tartar (1775 ship).[5][6] However, a record of Tarter's privateering voyages does not mention the incident.[7] This is not surprising as this capture/recapture took place after Tartar (1775 ship) had ceased privateering.

Citations

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  1. ^ a b c LR (1781), Seq.No.T315.
  2. ^ a b LR (1782), Seq.No.F390.
  3. ^ Powell (1930), p. 287.
  4. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 1254. 30 March 1781. hdl:2027/hvd.32044105233001.
  5. ^ a b Powell (1930), pp. 287–288.
  6. ^ Rogers (1931), p. 243.
  7. ^ Rogers (1931), pp. 236–243.
  8. ^ Powell (1930), p. 288.

References

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  • Rogers, Bertram M.H. (1931). "The privateering voyage of the "Tartar" of Bristol". Mariner's Mirror. 7 (3): 236–243. doi:10.1080/00253359.1931.10655609.
  • Powell, J. W. Damer (1930). Bristol privateers and ships of war. J.W. Arrowsmith: Bristol.