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Tartar, 1854
Type: Corvette ; Armament 18
Launched : 17 May 1854 ;
Disposal date or year : 1866
BM: 1296 tons
Propulsion: Screw
Machinery notes: 250
Notes:
ex-Russian Wojn, seized on stocks.
18 Mar 1855 arrived Spithead from Devonport.
26 Mar 1856 Portsmouth. Sailed last night with the Desperate, for the westward to search for the missing steamer Pacific.
9 Apr 1856 Admiralty have received a report which advises that no trace has been found of the Pacific, but the search continues.
23 Apr 1856, Present at Fleet Review, Spithead ; Captain Dunlop
1860 Pacific
16 Aug 1860 Sheerness. Commissioned.
1864 China station. Medical report : measles, small-pox, VD overview, and VD onboard : number of Cases of Disease and Injury.