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Tamar, 1863
Type: Iron Troopship ; Armament 6 x 6 pdr
Launched : 5 Jan 1863 ;
BM: 2812 tons ; Displacement: 4857 tons
Propulsion: Screw
Machinery notes: 2171 hpi 500 hp
Notes:
10 Oct 1863 Sheerness. Commissioned for Particular Service as a Troopship
1864 Troop Ship. Irregular or particular service. Medical report : number of Cases of Disease and Injury.
1870 Particular Service
1874 her crew had formed part of the Naval Brigade that had helped to defeat the Ashanti at Amoaful.
3 Oct 1876 Commissioned at Devonport
1879 Particular Service. Troopship.
21 Oct 1884 Commissioned at Devonport
1 Apr 1886 Has been appointed to take crews of the Sapphire, Heroine, Satellite, Cockchafer, Espoir and Merlin to the Pacific and China Stations, and will return home with the relieved crews.
3 May 1886 Arrived in the Mersey from Plymouth
19 May 1886 Madeira. Left for Cape of Good Hope yesterday.
1890 Particular Service. Troopship.
1897 Base ship at Hong Kong. Receiving Ship
19 Jun 1900 Serving as Receiving Ship at Hong Kong during the Boxer Rebellion.
1914 Hong Kong.
Aug 1914 Hong Kong
1941 scuttled before the advancing Japanese could take her.
1946-1997 Naval Base Hong Kong