HMS Tartarus (1834)

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

Description
Tartarus had a length at the gun deck of 145 ft and 125 ft at the keel. She had a beam of 28 ft, a draught of 10 ft and a depth of hold of 14 ft. The ship's tonnage was 523 $24⁄94$ tons burthen and she displaced 560 LT. 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.

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