HMS Tamar (1758)
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Tamar.
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 Great Britain
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| Name: | HMS Tamar |
| Ordered: | 11 January 1757 |
| Builder: | John Snooks, Saltash |
| Laid down: | 15 March 1757 |
| Launched: | 23 January 1758 |
| Commissioned: | January 1758 |
| In service: | 1758-1780 |
| Renamed: | HMS Pluto in 1780 |
| Honours and awards: | Battle of Ushant (1778) |
| Captured: | 30 November 1780 |
| Fate: | captured at sea by 24-gun French privateer Duc de Chartres |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | 16-gun Favourite-class sloop-of-war |
| Tons burthen: | 313 15⁄94 (bm) |
| Length: |
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| Beam: | 27 ft 4 in (8.3 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 8 ft 3.5 in (2.5 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sail |
| Sail plan: | Ship rig |
| Complement: | 125 |
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HMS Tamar or Tamer was a 16-gun Favourite-class sloop-of-war of the Royal Navy.
The ship was launched in Saltash in 1758 and stationed in Newfoundland from 1763 to 1777.
She was renamed HMS Pluto when she was converted into a fire ship in 1777. The French privateer Duc de Chartres captured her on 30 November 1780;[1] her subsequent fate is unknown.[2]
References
Bibliography
- Hepper, David J. (1994). British warship losses in the age of sail 1650-1859. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot. ISBN 9780948864308.
- Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships of the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 9781844157006.
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