HMS Tartarus (1834)

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

HMS Tartarus was a paddle steamer gunvessel, the name ship of her class, built for the Royal Navy during the 1830s.

History
United Kingdom
Name	Tartarus
Namesake	Tartarus
Ordered	27 July 1833
Builder	Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down	September 1833
Launched	23 June 1834
Completed	3 October 1834
Commissioned	27 August 1834
Fate	Broken up by 6 November 1860
General characteristics (as built)
Class & type	Tartarus-class gunvessel
Displacement	560 long tons (570 t)
Tons burthen	523 24/94 bm
Length	145 ft (44.2 m) (Gun deck) 125 ft 6 in (38.3 m) (Keel)
Beam	28 ft 4 in (8.6 m)
Draught	10 ft 6 in (3.2 m)
Depth	14 ft 9 in (4.5 m)
Installed power	200 nhp
Propulsion	2 × Side-lever steam engines
Complement	80
Armament	2 × 9-pdr cannon

Description

Tartarus had a length at the gun deck of 145 feet (44.2 m) and 125 feet 6 inches (38.3 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 28 feet 4 inches (8.6 m), a draught of 10 feet 6 inches (3.2 m) and a depth of hold of 14 feet 9 inches (4.5 m). The ship's tonnage was 523 24⁄94 tons burthen and she displaced 560 long tons (570 t).^[1] The Tartarus class was initially armed with a pair of 9-pounder cannon, but these were later exchanged for a single 32-pounder smoothbore cannon on a pivot mount and a pair of 32-pounder carronades. The ships had a crew of 80 officers and ratings.^[2]

Construction and career

Tartarus, the third ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,^[3] was ordered on 2 July 1833, laid down in September 1833 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 23 June 1834.^[2] She was completed on 3 October 1834 at Woolwich Dockyard and commissioned on 27 August of the same year.^[1]