Name Tamar Laid down May 1813 Construction started May 1813 | Namesake River Tamar Completed 5 November 1814 Launched 23 March 1814 | |
Class and type Conway class sixth rate Builder Josiah & Thomas Brindley, Frindsbury | ||
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
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