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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.
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.