HMS Tamar (1863)
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HMS Tamar was a Royal Navy troopship built by the Samuda Brothers at Cubitt Town, London, and launched in Britain in 1863. She served as a supply ship from 1897 to 1941, and gave her name to the shore station HMS Tamar in Hong Kong (1897 to 1997).
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HMS Tamar at Malta, 1882 | |
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Name | HMS Tamar |
Builder | Samuda Brothers |
Launched | June 1863 |
Fate | Scuttled off old Wan Chai Ferry Pier (near today's Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre), Hong Kong, 12 December 1941 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Troopship |
Displacement | 4,650 tons |
Tons burthen | 2,812 bm |
Length | 320 ft (98 m) |
Beam | 45 ft (14 m) |
Propulsion | 1 propeller; 500 hp (373 kW) steam plant |
Sail plan | Barque rigged |
Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Armament | 3 guns |
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