HMS ''Tamar'' was a 26-gun ''Conway''-class

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launched in 1814, converted into a coal hulk in 1831 at Plymouth, and sold in 1837. Josiah & Thomas Brindley launched ''Tamar'' at

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in 1814. She arrived in Halifax, after 75 men died of fever, including Captain Arthur Stowe. She was driven ashore on the coast of

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, in early August 1819, but later was refloated. Under the command of Captain George Richard Pechell, she captured a large pirate brig near

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in 1820. She was part of the failed settlement on Melville Island at

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in the

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. On 3 March 1821 ''Tamar'' came into Kingston, Jamaica, with the brigantine ''Jupiter''. ''Tamar'' had detained ''Jupiter'' in the Mona Passage on 23 May after a long chase. ''Jupiter'', of eight guns and 190 men, was flying the Buenos Ayrean flag and did not surrender until ''Tamar'' had fired several shots into her that killed one man and wounded another, and that severely damaged her rigging. A few days later ''Tamar'' sailed for Savanilla with ''Jupiter''.''

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Fate

''Tamar'' was converted to a coal hulk in 1831, based at

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. She was sold in 1837.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tamar (1814) 1814 ships Ships built on the River Medway Conway-class post ships Maritime incidents in 1819